Seth and Kristin sort of met/noticed each other on a film shoot in Chicago. Seth is reported to have said then that he thought Kristin was "cute." Kristin ignored Seth for the following year or so (even though he was a frequent guest at her apartment). Seth and Kristin got reacquainted on a film shoot in Charleston, South Carolina during the summer of 2010. There were sparks bouncing off the walls and doing somersaults almost immediately (maybe even an attempt at a first kiss), but when the shoot ended, they went their separate ways- Kristin to Los Angeles and Seth to Chicago. Thanks to the encouragement and conspiring of a mutual friend (thank you, Laura Solomon), Seth and Kristin stayed in touch. And despite living 2,000 miles apart, they started dating. It seemed like a terrible idea, but they went full steam ahead anyway. Seth arrived in LA eight months later by way of a lucky break working on a Route 66-traveling television show (thank you, Matt Hyland) and the rest, as they say, is history.

Seth had intended to propose sometime before the end of the year, but had yet to put a plan in place. After a day of hiking in the mountains of Big Bear, Seth and Kristin found themselves in a hot tub under the stars drinking bourbon, listening to Tom Waits and arguing about how many dogs they would eventually have. Somehow that led to Seth popping the question, which came as a complete surprise to both. They spent the next day running back and forth between the only two jewelry stores in Big Bear trying to find an engagement ring.