I met Sapphire the summer after my 2nd year of university on an app called Bumble. Bumble was originally created as a dating app, where users could swipe left or right on different profiles, depending on if they were interested in a person or not based on their pictures. Recently, the creators of Bumble created two additional modes that users can access through the settings portion of the Bumble app called 'Bumble BFF' and 'Bumble Networking'. The Bumble BFF feature works similarly to the Bumble date feature in that it allows you to swipe left or right on a person. However, the primary difference is that when you swipe you are looking for somebody who you would want to be ‘BFF’s’ with.
I had used Bumble in the past to find dates, but before meeting Sapphire I had never used Bumble BFF to meet besties. That being said, I don’t know what was in the air that day that led me to open up the bumble app and change my settings to ‘BFF’ mode. However, I am happy that I did because if I hadn't, I never would have met her.
During my time on this app, I matched with lots of nice girls that were also in university and looking for friends. However, while the other conversations got boring or dried up over time, the texting conversations between Sapphire and I remained rich. We discovered that we had lots in common, including: both being ex-girl guides, a love of animals, the outdoors, music and the fact that all of our friends from high school had recently moved away and we both really felt lonely. In fact, during one conversation, we even found out that my mom had taught her social studies and language arts in junior high. Baffled (but also delighted) that someone else existed that shared so many of my interests and knew my mom - we decided to meet in person for coffee.
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