At a party actually, like some kind of digitally illiterate caveman.
Truth be told that was back when online dating wasn't as common as it is today. Tinder already existed, but wasn't particularly popular in my corner of the world yet.
As for advice: I don't have any, but I was the best man for a good friend of mine who met his wife when he was your age and that was the first woman to ever reciprocate his feelings. Also he "gave up on love" two years prior.
My observation is that couples typically eventually form wherever there's repeated in-person interaction.
Truth be told that was back when online dating wasn't as common as it is today. Tinder already existed, but wasn't particularly popular in my corner of the world yet.
As for advice: I don't have any, but I was the best man for a good friend of mine who met his wife when he was your age and that was the first woman to ever reciprocate his feelings. Also he "gave up on love" two years prior.
My observation is that couples typically eventually form wherever there's repeated in-person interaction.