We swiped right on Valentine's Day 2023. Our first date was at The Patriarch in Edmond four days later. We met for coffee two days later, attended a church service two days after that, and cooked a meal together at the end of that week. We were hooked! Over the following years, we grew closer through our time together at Red Dirt Poetry open mics, OKC StorySLAM events, and Mayflower Congregational UCC church services. We took trips to Medicine Park, Northwest Arkansas, Arches National Park in Utah, Universal Studios in Orlando, and more. We got engaged on December 23, 2025. We are happy with the life we are building together, and we're so excited to make it official.