Our Story
Next door neighbors, and neither of us knew it
It started with a right swipe. Jelyse and Ethan matched on Hinge, and their first date at Carruth Cellars in Little Italy turned into hours of wine, easy conversation, and trading favorite songs back and forth like secrets. Turns out their taste in music lined up almost eerily well, right down to the deep cuts. It was the kind of date that runs long enough to need a second one. Somewhere between glasses of wine, they figured out they lived in the buildings right next door to each other in Little Italy, which felt less like a coincidence and more like the city trying to tell them something.
Not long after, Jelyse and Ethan decided to get a dog together, and a small but mighty little goldendoodle named Hudson joined the family and never left. Two turned into three, and somewhere between long walks, shared playlists, and quiet nights in, it stopped feeling like dating and started feeling like a family.
By the time Thanksgiving weekend rolled around in 2025, it was the easy kind of falling, the kind where you stop noticing the falling and just notice each other. Ethan proposed in West Palm Beach, Florida, the same place they took their very first vacation together, with family close by. Now the three of them are bringing everyone west, to the California coast, to make it official.
The facts
- Met
- On Hinge
- First date
- Carruth Cellars, Little Italy, May 13, 2022
- Fun fact
- Kendrick Lamar dropped Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers that same day
- Turns out
- Lived in the buildings right next door to each other
- Family of three
- Hudson made it official
- Engaged
- Thanksgiving weekend, 2025, West Palm Beach, FL
- Getting married
- February 13, 2027, La Jolla, CA
Family of three.
