Our story, like many others, began on a dating app in 2019. At the time, Ryan was a busy second year PT student and Nikki was a brand new Bostonian exploring the city life. Conversations about hiking, running and of course Bernese Mountain Dogs quickly sparked a connection and we decided to meet for a coffee date. We decided to meet at Tatte, a local coffee shop in downtown Boston. Nikki arrived promptly at the decided time, 3pm. And she waited... 3:15... 3:30... 3:45... no Ryan. Thoughts of being stood up started to set in, but she decided to wait "just a few more minutes". Finally, 45 minutes late, a very soggy and windblown red head walked through the door! In Ryan's defense, there happened to be a monsoon in Boston that day, and his commute of biking and taking the subway took much longer than expected. From day one Nikki thought he was worth the wait, and Ryan proved he would "weather any storm" for her. A solid start to the rest of forever.