Emma Gray and Adam Chadroff’s romance grew stronger during the pandemic when Mr. Chadroff would walk from his Manhattan apartment to Ms. Gray’s place in Brooklyn several times a week to see her.
It was almost as if the universe was insisting that Emma Rose Gray and Adam Laurence Chadroff, both New Yorkers, get together, connecting them repeatedly before they ultimately decided to go on a first date.
They initially met on Feb. 20, 2012 as they were boarding a flight from San Juan, P.R., to New York.
Ms. Gray was returning from vacation with her best friend, Laura Stampler, who went to Stanford University with Mr. Chadroff and introduced the two. At that time, Mr. Chadroff had connected on OkCupid with another woman, who happened to be a mutual friend of Ms. Gray and Ms. Stampler.
“I thought that he was cute, but there was no hint of a romantic spark,” Ms. Gray said.
In July 2012, Ms. Gray and Mr. Chadroff became Facebook friends, after seeing each other at a birthday brunch, though the two didn’t converse much. A couple of group outings followed as well. Still, no real connection.
Then fate stepped in — again. On March 14, 2019. Ms. Gray and Mr. Chadroff matched on Hinge. “Fancy seeing you here,” he wrote in a message sent through the app.
“I was excited because I had just come off swearing off dating,” Ms. Gray said. “I was so excited to have matched with someone I had seen in real life.”
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