We met at Purdue while in our undergrad programs; we both worked the Friday overnight shift at Jimmy John's. We were friends through our mutual friend, Zach Kane, and primarily hung out at work. We graduated a year apart from each other and went our separate ways, not thinking too much about it. Almost a full year after Nicole graduated, Alex reached out to say he was in East Lansing and Nicole was the closest person he knew in the area... would she want to hang out? We rekindled our friendship and started seeing each other frequently despite the long distance (Nicole was living in Michigan and Alex in Indiana). We started dating and remained long distance for almost 2.5 years before both returning to Purdue. Alex received another Bachelor's degree and Nicole her Master's. The rest is history!