Bobby and Eric matched on Tinder on August 25, 2015. Their first conversation was about a movie that turned out to not be very good. Their first date was four days later, on August 29, at an Italian restaurant in Hyde Park. They spent the rest of the evening exploring Mt. Bonnell, driving over the Penneybacker Bridge and walking and dancing through Butler Park. Bobby was 22. Eric was 20.

Eric easily beat Bobby at mini golf on their second date. They spent their first month exploring Austin’s restaurants together, exchanging gifts and bonding over their shared interest in all things nerd.

Bobby gave Eric a key to his apartment on September 21, less than a month after their first date. On October 1, Eric told Bobby he was falling in love with him. Bobby said the same — and they’ve been inseparable ever since.