Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Two Kent State Students Finally Meet On TV This Morning, After Years of Tinder Messaging
Posted By Laura Morrison on Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:14 PM
But that's exactly what two Kent State Students, who'd kept up a Tinder conversation for more than three years without ever meeting up for a coffee, hookup, or otherwise, did on Good Morning America this morning. Seeing one another for the first time, Michelle Arendas and Josh Avsec appeared more than a little nervous and embarrassed, and who could blame them?
The pair's love life (or lack there of) has been the subject of much internet excitement over the past couple weeks, after Avsec posted his hilarious on-and-off-again Tinder texts with Arendas on Twitter.Hearts are melting across the country! ❤️ @Wes_03 and @mch_rnd meet for the first time, LIVE on @GMA after talking on Tinder for 3 YEARS... pic.twitter.com/zKpWlaYxhU
— Good Morning America (@GMA) July 25, 2017
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
Tinder also found the posts pretty amazing, too, deciding to gift the potential love birds with a trip anywhere they wanted. The non-couple, naturally, eventually decided on Hawaii.
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
But before that trip could take place, the good folks at Good Morning America invited the pair to meet for the first time on their show. So this morning, after all of the jokes, internet fame and near-miss meetings, the Ohio natives finally saw each other in the flesh for the first time.
In an earlier interview with WKYC 3, Avsec admitted that the two have "been told by, like, 600 people to get married."
If nothing else, the students will at least have a nice trip to Maui.
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