It took three apps for Lauren Riihimaki and her fiancé, Jeremy Lewis, to finally reconnect. “This is the most millennial story—probably a lot of others can relate to it,” laughs the crafting expert and content creator behind LaurDIY. She’s in her element: at home in a relaxed crewneck sweatshirt. “He saw me on the dating app Raya…He saw I was single and interested, so he DM’d me on Instagram, but I missed it. I wasn’t following him because we hadn’t crossed paths in many years. Then, I saw him on Hinge.”
When Riihimaki joined dating apps—which, according to The Knot 2022 Real Weddings Study, is now the most popular way engaged couples meet—she wasn’t looking for anything serious. “Whatsoever,” she reiterates. “I had just gotten out of another relationship, and I hadn’t been single since moving to LA…But we went on our first date, and we’ve been pretty much inseparable since then.”
Years before, the LA-based pair had worked together on a project; both were in other relationships at the time. “We had each other’s contact information, but it still took us three apps to officially cross paths again,” she continues. “I don’t even