Meet Jessie & Jacob. What started as a Tinder message & Snapchat exchanges has led to #LoveInTheBOI. Here’s their story!
How did you two meet?
We actually met on Tinder. We ended up matching on the weekend and began talking on there. He was visiting his sister in Corvallis, Oregon where I was finishing up my bachelors degree at OSU at the time. After a couple days he ended up asking "Do you want to see my cats?" Not sure how to take that, I ended up saying sure. He snapchat photos of his two little cats to me and then we ended up talking and video chatting all day and most of the night every day for about 6 weeks. He initially didn't tell me he lived in Washington, which was about 4.5 hour drive from where I was living, so we had to coordinate to finally meet up and have a first date.
Describe Your First Date
Our first date was at a brewpub and a Saint Patrick's day festival. He picked me up from where I worked in Corvallis and we ended up drinking beer and talking for a few hours. Then the next day, we ended up going to a St. Patrick's day festival that the local Irish pub was putting on where we drank green beer, watched irish dancing, and danced around. We started "officially" dating then and it was a really fun time.
What are you favorite local things to do & places to go?
Jacob ended up following me to Boise, Idaho since I got a job here right out of my master's program. We are both beer enthusiasts as Jacob home brews and I like to drink it, our favorite things are to check out all the different breweries in town. We're pleasantly surprised by the variety here! We also enjoy going to Steelhead games, front street fights, and check out the Saturday Market as much as we can. We look forward to going hiking and getting to snowboard. We got engaged at the Frightened Felons night at the Idaho State Penitentiary (we're both big lovers of all things Halloween) and will be getting married on Halloween this year in Idaho!
What is one word of advice you have to those who are still in search of love?
Don't search for it. Sometimes, you think something is meant to be and then all of a sudden, someone pops up and changes everything. We were both in a place where we were not necessarily looking for a person but then we met each other and it was like finding someone I've known forever.
Thank you Jessie & Jacob for sharing your #LoveInTheBOI story! Make sure you follow them on social media at @jessbutchino and @jakeschwehr