It was mid-2011 when Louis Tomlinson started dating Eleanor Calder. Louis had recently wrapped up The X Factor with the rest of One Direction and they were quickly seeing themselves become more and more famous. Along the way, he met Eleanor. What's funny is that the fans don't really know how they met. Many theories have floated around about it. One claims Louis's bandmate Harry Styles introduced them. One claims they met through another mutual friend. One claims someone in Eleanor's family worked with the band and introduced them. We don't know for sure, but we know the first time they were seen together publicly was in September 2011 for bandmate Niall Horan's birthday.