Annie and Rett have a modern love story that started not with a boom but with a simmer. They matched on a dating app in November 2021 and their first date was perfectly mediocre. They met up on a Tuesday in an otherwise completely empty restaurant and then went to a local San Francisco standup show, where Annie forbade Rett from raising his hand when the comedian asked if anyone was on a first date. Their second date, however, was where the magic happened. Annie and Rett played tennis at Presidio Wall Playground Park, where they wowed each other with their adept racket skills (right, Rett?), and then grabbed lunch at Mandalay. Afterwards, they aimlessly wandered around the Presidio for hours, talking about anything and everything, realizing that they could do this for a while. They moved in together after a year of dating. Rett discovered Annie's love of hoarding and Annie discovered Rett's habit of opening a closet door once in a while, musing the four words she feared most: "Do we need this?" Another year later, they became parents to the beloved Pinto, a little long-haired dachshund who they picked up from San Francisco International Airport, fresh from Taiwan and looking like the cutest little mop they'd ever seen. In October of 2025, the little family of three drove north to Mendocino County for a purported "belated birthday trip," planned by Rett for Annie. Amid the coastal beauty and quiet moments, he surprised her with the best gift of her life—asking her to spend the rest of hers with him. She said yes! And the rest is just getting started.