Tinder is not exactly famed for its romantic credentials but execs at the eponymous dating app played Cupid in an old-school, Barry White-style manner recently, when they stepped in to help two young students who were forever... not quite getting together.

The story of Ohio seniors Michelle Arendas, 21, and 22-year-old Josh Avsec reads like the script of a slightly anti-climactic rom com.

Their non-romance began when Arendas replied to Avsec's hello message two months late, joking, “Hey, sorry my phone died!”

Ever since that fateful encounter almost three years ago, the pair – who both study at Kent State University – have checked in with one another every few months to exchange banter over excuses for not seeing each other.

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