We met in the way almost no one does these days: through mutual friends. After one amazing date and a 3 month "just friends" period (where we were constantly asked "are you sure you aren't dating?"), we finally made things official on July 16, 2022. That kickstarted nearly 2 years of adventures - battling the NYC version of a long-distance relationship that was trekking from Brooklyn to the Upper West Side and back, perfecting apartment stovetop steak cooking techniques, going to soccer games, breweries, and dog parks galore, and taking as many vacations as we could. While we loved going to England & Spain and our trips back to the Midwest to visit family, nothing compared to our weekend trips to upstate New York. That’s why, immediately after a thunderstorm on June 7th 2024, there was no better place for Brian to get down on one knee and promise to keep finding the fun in everything together for the rest of our lives.