While Graham and I did go to high school together, some might say we only knew "of" each other. I knew of him because of one of my close friends was dating his best friend. If you ask him, I don't think he even really knew who I was. Post high school, I continued hearing about him through this same friend, who I was now sharing an apartment with in college, but it was more just conversation in passing. Early into my last year of college, I got tired of hearing my roommate continuously talk about Graham in respect to her own boyfriend, so I decided to take it upon myself (it was my roommates idea if you ask her) to reach out to Graham myself. From there, I had no idea where a simple drunken Snapchat would have led me. The morning after, I woke up, and to my surprise, he was still talking to me! Constant communication occurred, and I was trying to figure out a way to actually see him in person on one of my trips home. Our first date took place at a haunted house... smooth of me, right?! He was forced into meeting two of my friends the first time we had ever even met in person, but he did great (per usual). After that trip home, and our first date, I knew there were feelings there. I was sad to leave home and go back to school when I LOVED my school. From then, I found myself traveling back home quite a few times just so I could see him. Fast forward, I was home from school for Thanksgiving break and I was able to see him before going to my Dad's house in Iowa. I was driving back home on November 26th, 2022, the same day that Michigan football played their yearly sweaty game against their rivals, Ohio State (GO BLUE). I was making the long trek home, watching the game as I was driving, trying to find a way to actually be interested in Michigan football since I knew it mattered to Graham. I remember driving, thinking to myself: Great, Michigan is going to lose and here I am, on my way home, and Graham won't even hang out with me when I get there because he will be in such disarray. Spoiler alert, they in fact did not lose, they won. I got home, hung out with Graham that night, and that was the day he asked me to be his girlfriend. Much later on he let me know that he, in fact, would not have asked me to be his girlfriend if Michigan would have lost. Who would have thought that a silly little football game could have altered our anniversary for years to come. From that day, the rest speaks for itself. We spent almost every day together, took many trips together, celebrated holidays, moved into an apartment, and even bought a dog. If you would have asked either one of us three years ago what we would be doing in 2025 or 2026, planning a wedding would not have been on the agenda, but neither one of us would want it any other way.