Klarisse and I matched on Coffee Meets Bagel, and she was the first one to reach and comment on my profile description that my spirit animal was a polar bear. This was my favorite part of my profile, so we were vibing off to a great start before even meeting in person. We met for our first date at the Alibi Room in West LA, February 2016. She was wearing a black leather jacket with a long, dark floral skirt, and had an oversized Ghibli’s No-Face phone case. Randomly, we were also wearing literally the same exact watch (that’s another story for later). Needless to say, her look was on point, and we talked for hours connecting through our shared love for adventure, movies, reading, food, The Strokes, and food. When it was time to say goodnight outside the bar, I felt the urge to lean in for a goodbye kiss (“eeeeeeeee”) and did so. She deflected me with a deft turn of her cheek, which I laughed off in an irregularly deep baritone that betrayed my internalized face-palm. She just smiled and laughed, and we said goodnight with no mention of the horrific (in my mind, at least) incident. To my surprise, Klarisse set up our next date the same week, making me realize that she handled her boundaries with impressive grace.