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Who would have thought that two people who grew up not 50 miles from each other would each individually travel to the greatest city in the world, the city of New York, a city of 8 million, and find each other through a little thing called Tinder. In the second decade of the third millennium, humans began carrying around a box called a "smart phone" it worked like any old dumb phone, able to dial up numbers and transmit voice messages in real time, but the thing that made this smart phone so smart was that is was also a super computer, with access to all the combined knowledge of the human race. People mostly used these smart phones for a thing called Candy Crush, and later Pokémon Go. Though Mandy didn't. Mandy used hers to take pictures of brass bands. And to organize her library queue. And to listen to 73 different podcasts. Mark surprisingly didn't either. Mark was a genuine hipster about Candy Crush and thought Pokémon Go would destroy his life. He did play 2048, but only because he was really good at it. (He could pretty consistently get the 8192 tile and was once on the very cusp of getting the 16384.) In any case, Miranda and Mark magically met in this city of millions when they both started using Tinder. Miranda really wanted someone to take to her work Holiday parties and perhaps father a red headed baby and what better way to meet that person than by looking at thousands of pictures of strange men. Mark was genuinely lonely. He lacked meaningful interaction in his day-to-day life and was too intimidated by this city-that-never-sleeps to communicate with anyone non-digitally. Years went by, swiping both directions, chatting, meeting, dating. But nothing was to be until Mark, fresh off the celebration of the big dirty 30, went back through some previous matches and stumbled upon a fun little red head in a Red Sox hat. How Mark, well known for his non-red hair, had managed to procure a right swipe from Mandy the world may never know, but the words "Ginger Sox fan huh?" were enough to pique her work party date interests and the rest, as they say, was history. Mark and Miranda smart phone internet talked for a week before Miranda grew bored and said "If you want to meet, here's my number." The unspoken being "you don't even have red hair, so put up or shut up." They dated. They were apart. They talked about moving in. They met each other's families. They met each other's friends. They cooked for each other and planned what shows to watch and began combining their laundry. After Christmas they moved in together. They've travelled. They've spent weeks and months apart. They've seen lots of good music and good art and good theater. They've eaten amazing food. They've had deep talks about their place in society, about society's place in the world, and about the world's place in the universe. They've commiserated about their pasts and they've spoken at length about their futures. On September 8, 2016 on an isolated, windswept, sunset beach in California they agreed to join their futures together. On August 26 they'll be married.

Miranda & Mark

Miranda & Mark

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