In a crazy small world, Maddie and Joe actually grew up just a few miles away from each other in neighboring western suburbs! However, they didn't officially meet until they both decided to attend Indiana University. Looking back, they realize that they first met at the beginning of their freshman year, and while they had a lot mutual friends and would see each other around campus, they didn't actually connect until later in college. Their story really starts a day the first week of Senior year. Their fraternity and sorority rented boats on Lake Monroe, which was then followed by a full afternoon at the patio of the main bar on campus - Kilroy's. They hit it off and continued to talk for the next few days until Joe ultimately asked Maddie out on a real date that Sunday night. While unknown to Joe at the time, Maddie has always loved classic music the likes of Frank Sinatra and had already bought a solo ticket to Tony Bennett, who was playing at the IU Auditorium that evening. When Maddie told Joe that she was going alone to the concert, he insisted that he come with. It was at that point that Maddie realized this guy must either be really into her or really strange. Hoping it was the former, she agreed, and Joe picked Maddie up at her apartment that night for their first date. And from there the rest is history! Maddie and Joe continued dating after college where jobs moved them both back to Chicago. They've had countless adventures post-college and currently live together in the Gold Coast neighborhood with their cat Callie. Joe proposed to Maddie this past August on a trip back to Bloomington where he asked her to marry him in front of a very special place where it all started, the IU Auditorium.