On Dating Sunday, Harsha was sitting on his couch and beginning to wonder if true love might never be found on a dating app. Then Ruben appeared on Tinder: handsome, charming, and, as Harsha would later discover, slightly more generous with his height in photos. 😄
Ruben, meanwhile, was ready to find his true love in the new year. He had already liked Harsha’s profile, so the moment Harsha swiped right, it was an instant match. Harsha sent the first message while Ruben was waiting for another date to arrive. When that date ran late, Ruben started chatting with Harsha instead—and the conversation came so easily that Harsha stayed on his mind for the rest of the evening.
The next day, they were still talking. Harsha eventually asked Ruben out, and the following Saturday they met at Maggiano’s on a rainy evening in January. Over pasta and sangria, followed by dessert at Cocola, they discovered just how easy it was to talk to one another.
Harsha left the date wanting it to go on forever. Ruben left wanting to make sure Harsha would pursue him—and, perhaps more importantly, that he could be the kind of partner Ruben had been hoping to find.
What followed was exactly that: more dates, more conversations, a growing connection—and two people realizing surprisingly quickly that this might be something special.
