Phil and I first met in 2016 when we worked for The Trumbull County Board of DD. Phil was a bus driver, and I was a bus aide. We spoke in passing, but it wasn't until March of 2017 that we pursued something more. I was venting on Facebook about a work issue, and that's when Phil slid into my messages on Facebook to see what was wrong. We communicated through messenger for a while. We had our first date 4 months later, we saw The Amazing Spiderman in the movie theatre. We spent all of summer 2017 together, and the rest is history! We officially got engaged in August of 2022.