Tom and Amanda met through Volo Baltimore's winter league kickball team in November 2022. During the second week of the season, they spent 4 hours talking in a bar after the game. When Amanda was about to leave to go home, she said goodbye to Tom and waited to see if he would ask for her number. After a long pause, she asked him for his, and they went on their first date on December 6th, 2022, at Buontempo Brothers in Bel Air. After dating for a few months, Amanda decided it was time to take the next big step in their relationship by taking Tom on a trip to Puerto Rico in late April of 2023. After travelling together, they knew that their relationship was the real deal, but Tom still waited until July 23rd to ask Amanda to officially be his girlfriend. On December 24th, 2024, Amanda's engagement ring arrived, and Tom's subtlety was severely lacking as he ran into the bathroom with the package and came back out with an enormous grin on his face and no package in sight. He spent the rest of the day saying, "I really want to give it to you" and finally, after surviving an arduous 18 hours, he went to get the ring to propose on Christmas morning. Amanda started crying and, in her infinite wisdom, thought it would be a great idea to take off her glasses and put them on the sofa behind her. Tom gave her a beautiful speech about how much he loved her, got down on one knee in front of the Christmas tree, and asked her to marry him. Amanda through her tears realized that she couldn't see Tom or the ring since she had put her glasses on the couch. Tom quickly closed the ring box, gave Amanda a minute to collect herself, and then did a fabulous redo of the ring reveal. Amanda (with her glasses finally back on and tears wiped away) saw the love of her life holding the ring of her dreams and said the easiest "yes" of her life.