Tinder
The year 2014 seems like so long ago. That was way back in the days when Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, ice bucket challenge, and Ebola were front page news. Those were the days when Josh Avsec matched with Michelle Arendas on Tinder and started a wonderfully bizarre and lengthy conversation. Three years later, the Ohio Kent State University seniors have yet to meet, but are still talking on Tinder with a very funny and sloth-paced tête-à-tête.
Josh started the conversation with a simple, “Hey Michelle” on September 20, 2014. Then Michelle responded over two months later with, “Hey sorry my phone died!” After a quick back-and-forth, Josh stopped talking and then gave Michelle a taste of her own medicine by replying two months later, which started a hilarious trend in the convo.
Hahahaha one day I'm going to meet this girl and it's going to be epic. Look at the dates of our tinder texts. pic.twitter.com/DASQK4c5cX
— Josh Avsec (@Wes_03) July 8, 2017
Hahahaha I specifically didn't add it cuz it was more outlandish then the previous ones pic.twitter.com/PSI6uOoMOq
— Josh Avsec (@Wes_03) July 8, 2017
Michelle finally responded on Twitter on the viral post but said, “sorry I’d reply but I need to give it a few months!”
sorry I'd reply but I need to give it a few months !
— Michelle Arendas (@micharendas) July 8, 2017
Wow😊 This is single handedly the coolest thing twitter has ever done for me. Be sure to check your DMs sometime at the end of August.
— Josh Avsec (@Wes_03) July 8, 2017
After a whirlwind of shitty excuses after shitty excuses, Tinder finally stepped in to hook up these two strangers. “It’s time you got together IRL,” the official Tinder Twitter account stated. “You have 24 hrs to decide the city you want to have your first date in and we’ll send you there!”
It’s time you got together IRL. You have 24 hrs to decide the city you want to have your first date in and we’ll send you there! @mch_rnd https://t.co/7r2JQtcxKC
— Tinder (@Tinder) July 10, 2017
Josh, 22, and Michelle, 21, were able to both decide on Maui, Hawaii and it didn’t take three months to make a decision.
After a long debate over your unbelievably generous offer, our dream first-date would be in Hawaii. Meet you in Maui?? @mch_rnd
— Josh Avsec (@Wes_03) July 11, 2017
Aloha! We're sending you to Maui but you can't take two years to pack your bags! 🏖️
— Tinder (@Tinder) July 11, 2017
This is like some sort of dream. A date in Hawaii is far more epic than I could have ever imagined. Thank you so much! https://t.co/gQD8QffLKq
— Josh Avsec (@Wes_03) July 11, 2017
You can’t even keep a relationship alive for three weeks and these two people keep a Tinder convo going for over three years AND get a free fucking vacation to Maui.