One October night in 2015 Dustin went to Old Towne Tavern with a friend. While there he was approached by Megans stepmom, Stephanie. who used to be his substitute teacher and her cousin who is his dental hygienist. He started talking with them and Stephanie asked if he had a girlfriend and when he said "no" she showed him a picture of Megan. Dustin told Steph that Megan was pretty and that is kind of where he thought it would end. Megan picked her family up at the end of the night and Steph immediately told her to message him on Facebook. Megan was a bit hesitant but wanted to apologize in case they had embarrassed her. Once she said "hi" they never stopped talking. Their first date was 10/31/2015 and they've been best friends ever since!
Sundays in the Hokanson-Bateson household are for drinking coffee and puppy snuggles. Dustin woke up early and woke up Megan to ask if she wanted some coffee. She mumbled a "yes" and fell back asleep. Next thing she knows, Dustin is waking her up with what he said was "a super full cup of coffee." Megan grabbed the cup and noticed a box inside. She started fumbling for words saying "uh what is this? what is happening?" Dustin got down on one knee and said "will you marry me?" Obviously the answer was "YES!"