We met when we were in 6th grade and were in the same friend group through high school, but were never really close. We had other long term relationships when we were younger and had mini crushes on each other here and there, but we never dated. After high school we went our separate ways - Conner to SWOSU to play football and Julie to OU. It wasn't until after we graduated college that we got reconnected because of our dogs! I had rescued a black German Shepherd after graduating college, and when Conner got a black German Shepherd puppy a couple of years later... I slid into his Instagram DM's saying "welcome to the German Shepherd club!" The rest was history... Conner was persistent in meeting up when I was back in town from Louisiana and after I finally agreed to hang out, I realized what I had been missing!! We did long distance for a bit while I was still living and working in Louisiana. Thankfully, I got transferred back to Oklahoma City where we could finally live and date in the same city. Moral of the story... we blame our dogs for setting us up!