Just a heads up y'all be following episode contains explicit language.

So, you know, go and be a little cussin.

You are listening to Coatswitch from NPR on Gene Demby.

And I'm Shireen Marisol Maraji.

Shireen, I know you love yourself a rom-com.

Gene, who doesn't love people who never ever ever should be together in a million years,

falling in love, we're talking chance encounters between total opposites with undeniable chemistry,

struggling against all odds to win at the game of love.

Rom-coms are the best.

Well, just for you, we're going to start this episode with a couple that has undeniable chemistry.

Meet Kara and Eric Johnston.

We met so randomly in Ohio, I am on like breakup tour.

Spring of Westat, oh, six.

Yes.

Yes.

I was like devastated and so friends were like, come visit us.

And so I tracked from DC all the way to Bowling Green just outside of Toledo.

The first time we laid eyes on each other, we were going into a party at the student center at the University.

It was known by the Alpha Shutout to the Brut.

When I first saw Kara, I noticed she had a natural hair, which I really love,

and just this perfect smile with these really inviting eyes.

And I hold the door open for her.

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