Tinder Match Who Chatted For Three Years Online Finally Meet IRL

It's like a modern 'Love Actually'

Two students who first started talking on Tinder three years ago have finally met after their bizarre romance went viral.

Michelle Arendas and Josh Avsec, who both attend Kent State University, first matched on Tinder in 2014. However, their romance got off to a slow start when they realised they are both terrible at replying.

Avsec recently tweeted a screenshot of the pair’s funny conversations on Twitter, revealing they often take months to reply to one another, then make a joke about it.

His tweet was soon liked more than 102,000 times and this week, the pair finally met on ‘Good Morning America’.

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

The bosses at Tinder also heard about the pair’s unlikely romance and offered to send them on their first official date.

The company said the pair could choose any location and thankfully, the students didn’t take too long to decide.

They’ve settled for the Hawaiian island Maui for the big event.

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

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

The pair’s meeting on ‘Good Morning America’ appeared to go well, with a bashful Avsec saying: “It is so good to finally meet you Michelle...I’m blushing like crazy!”

We hope they have a great time in Maui and don’t leave it too long before they have a second date.

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