Christian and I met on Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 at Ernie Biggs in Springfield, Missouri. That night I had gone out with some of my friends from school to celebrate Valentine's Day. My friend and bridesmaid, Liz Mayer, and I were standing by the bar ordering drinks and taking pictures when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I remember thinking, "Oh no, I bet a creepy dude is behind me, let's get this over with". At that moment I came face to face with Christian Lowe and his friend Vinny. Vinny started the conversation by saying something like, "Not to bother you, but my friend and I have a question. Do people in this area say 'Y'all' or 'You All'". He is from New Jersey and was genuinely curious. I said, "Well I'm from Arkansas and I say 'Y'all'". Christian's face lit up and he said, "Yes! I'm from the south too!" After that we all kind of made small talk and then went our separate ways. It was so dark in the room that I could not see either Vinny or Christian's face very well when we were talking. When they walked away I looked at Liz and said something like, "I can't tell if they were cute". Liz looked at me and said, "Alyssa, that guy is cute" and pointed to Christian. Right then I knew I HAD to talk to him again if it was the last thing I was ever going to do. I am not usually one to approach people I don't know so Liz and our friend KT had to pep talk me into going over to talk to Christian again. Right before I walked back over to Christian, KT handed me a little Valentines card that you give to each other in elementary school. She said, "Give him this, it will work." So I did just that. I gave it to him, and I never looked back.