Pete and Chasten Buttigieg's other potential historic first

[Shrek]

https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/04/pete-chasten-buttigieg-hinge-marriage-dating-app-president.html

It’s common knowledge that Barack Obama met the woman who eventually became his wife, Michelle Robinson, when he came to work at her law firm as a summer associate. George W. Bush met the future Mrs. Bush, who was Laura Welch back then, at a barbecue and took her mini-golfing the next day. And we all remember that Bill and Hillary Clinton were law school sweethearts. The historical record is full of these president-and-first-lady origin stories: Harry Truman was just 6 when he met the woman he would go on to marry, in church. (She was 5.) The first time Calvin Coolidge saw his wife, she was reportedly spying on him shaving from a boardinghouse across the street.

So it’s only natural to ask how the current crop of presidential candidates’ how-they-met stories stack up. And when that conversation turns to Pete Buttigieg—who is now officially a presidential candidate, and a seemingly strong one for a mayor from Indiana at that—one realizes that Buttigieg could make history in this realm. Yes, Buttigieg has gotten a lot of attention for his sexual orientation—he is the first openly gay presidential candidate who seems to have a shot—but it would not be the only way he’d be a trailblazer: Buttigieg could also become the first presidential candidate who owes his marriage to a dating app. Reader, they met on Hinge.

[sacto95834]

1. Of course he did

Mayor Pete is a millennial.

[left-of-center2012]

2. "What is Hinge, in a sentence?"

"Hinge is a smartphone dating app, available for iPhones/iPads and Android devices,
that's oriented toward relationships rather than hookups
and tries to match you with people your friends know and can vouch for."
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Again, Mayor Pete made a smart choice.

9 questions about the dating app Hinge you were too embarrassed to ask

[CTyankee]

3. Now if they would only adopt a baby...

maybe after he is in the White House or the VP's residence. That would be so nice.

[forgotmylogin]

4. If they want one.

They shouldn't just do it for optics, of course.

[CTyankee]

5. I said "if." But I do think Pete would be a terrific parent.

[ChiTownDenny]

6. Hinge, eh?

Hmmmm.