Ali and Charlie have known each other for 10 years, but it was never the right time. Her friendship with Don Saladino was one of the driving forces that brought Ali into NYC quite often. Perform Better Chicago was the site of their first in-person meeting. Finally the stars aligned back in 2016, and they found out they had a lot more in common than they realized. Ali spent numerous days heading down to Drive495, as SoHo was the halfway point for them while Charlie was residing in NJ. They trained together, laughed together, and enjoyed some awesome date nights, both realizing they were in this for the long run. They had both found their person. Among the many Disney trips, date nights, chats and hand holding they fell in love both knowing the exact moment it happened, and both almost saying it at the same time :D Soon Ali found herself spending weekends at Charlie's house in NJ, driving home at 4:30am every Monday to make it back for clients. Soon they realized they wanted to spend the majority of their days together, which prompted Charlie to sell his house and move to Greenwich with Ali, since commuting to the city was still attainable from CT. 7 Months later Charlie proposed, at Disney of course. You will have to ask him the full story as he tells it the best. He had gotten the ring in the fall, keeping it *mostly* a secret from Ali, who had sent him photos of what she wanted in the spring, so as to be surprised when it happened. One year later and they are falling deeper in love everyday. They are very excited to celebrate their love story with their friends and family in April, with so many mutual friends being a part of both of their lives, it will truly be a special evening. Plus, you know they have some unique unconventional things planned for their guests to make for an awesome time.