What started as a cold snowed-in December night has led to a Colorado State University student having an article featured in the New York Times' new "Modern Love" series. Davis Webster, a junior and English major at CSU, entered the New York Times contest when he found out about it in his writing class. The NY Times has a new weekly series featuring reader-submitted pieces focusing on dating as a millennial.

Webster's story is one involving the social media app Tinder. On a cold snowed-in December evening in Fort Collins, Webster started a conversation out of boredom with a girl who was dressed as a giraffe. Not something you see every day, so he decided to spark up a conversation. This "swipe right" led to days of back and forth messages, covering topics such as school, cuddling, breakfast and much more. However, this isn't the plot of the latest Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore rom-com, where they end up happily ever after. Webster and his giraffe girl never met up and never talked again after their days of messages.

This led Webster to write the essay, "Swiping Right on Tinder, but Staying Put" that ended up in the NY Times on Tuesday. According to the Coloradoan, Webster found out that his essay was a finalist to end up in the publication a few weeks ago. Also according to the Coloradoan, Webster has since deleted Tinder from his phone and has never come across his giraffe girl.

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