Though we both grew up in Garden City, KS, because of our 6 year age gap, we didn't meet until we were in our 20s. We can't even pin point a date when we met because it seemed like we were just always around each other. Slowly we grew to be best friends, and despite everyone in our lives urging us to start dating, we were so worried about ruining our friendship that it took a few years before we couldn't deny it any longer. We professed our love on December 7, 2018, moved in together in March of 2020, bought our house together in a new city in 2021, and got engaged in April 2023.