When Azaria and Matt were starting high school, they decided to go to sibling schools only a few miles from each other. Azaria started doing theatre in middle school and knew it was something she wanted to continue to pursue through high school. Matt started doing stage crew sophomore year of high school just to socialize with his friends, not thinking any more would come of the decision. During his first show, he met Azaria for the first time. After being friends for a few years, during a rehearsal of The Tempest during their senior year, Azaria asked if anyone would want to play Game Pigeon games with her, and Matt offered. After many rounds of Battleship (which Matt definitely won), Joe Biden Memes, and iFunny, they started dating. Matt spilled his weird soda mixture several times on their first date. That was the beginning of what would be many Skype and FaceTime calls over the next four years. During this time, their relationship would span across 3 states, 2 continents, and 1 pandemic. During college, they celebrated many firsts together, including their first semester apart, first anniversary, Azaria's first Broadway show, and first weekend trip together. Although they chose colleges 650 miles apart and Matt "just had" to go to Europe for a semester, they endured all the hard times and their love only grew. In 2021, they finally said goodbye to being in a long distance relationship, and they moved in together in August. In June the following year, they adopted their sweet "Disney dog" Ellie. Later that month, Azaria had a friend who was getting married in California. It's no secret Azaria loves Disney, so they decided to also go to Disneyland and make a vacation out of the trip. While in Disney, they had an amazing time! On the first day at the park, they were in the animation building at Disney California Adventure. At the exit of the building, there is a sign that says: "And they lived happily ever after." They decided to take pictures in front of this wall, and although Azaria thought they were done, Matt said he had one more picture to take, and he got down and asked "Will you be my happily ever after?" Of course Azaria said yes.