Kel and I met on a dating site years ago. Pre-Tinder days, for those who remember. It was one of those sites that you fill in an enormous amount of questions and tick a million boxes, which makes the act of finding a partner akin to doing taxes. This same site managed to give me a 98% match with someone who I was pretty more was my most recent ex-girlfriend. Kel and I weren’t far off either, something like a 95% match.
We were both at an odd place in our lives, just out of relationships, but both social types that just wanted the opportunity to meet a fresh face. It worked out, but in different ways we imagined. We went out on a few dates (ie. went out in bar crawls and got horrifically slaughtered a few times), had a generally good rapport, and kept in close contact.
One night, we were just talking about it, and both came to the conclusion that we weren’t really looking for love in our lives at the point, and decided it best for both of us to stay as friends. We’ve been very close friends ever since, but with a twist.