Ari first laid eyes on Dani in June of 2012, toward the end of his sophomore year/her freshman year of high school. He recalls telling his friend that, when summer ended, he was making Dani his girlfriend - no questions asked. Ari and Dani went to Barnaby's pizza with some friends at the end of that year, and at the beginning of the following school year, on September 15th, Ari asked Dani to go back to Barnaby's...solo. Dani didn't realize this was their first date, but Ari had big plans for them. Following their first date, Dani was instantly smitten with this boy. He even asked her to homecoming the following week - see picture below - which is when she knew it was officially official. And so, their relationship began. When fate tried to rip them apart for Dani's high school transfer, summers apart at sleep-away camp, Ari's gap year in Israel, and college in Michigan (Ari) and Evanston (Dani), Ari and Dani couldn't resist talking constantly, sneaking in many, MANY visits, and saying "I love you" through it all. After graduating college, Dani and Ari both moved to downtown Chicago, and shortly began spending a minimum of 6 out of 7 nights each week at one another's apartments, until they finally moved in together. Ari proposed to Dani on December 29, 2022, in the mountains of Park City, Utah - a place very special to both of them - and the answer was obvious before the question was asked. Dani and Ari moved to New York City in June, 2023, and are now building their beautiful life together in this new chapter. They are usually watching MasterChef on their very comfy couch, walking or running together in Central Park (and, of course, missing the Chicago lakefront), talking to one another in silly voices, sending each other memes and cackling audibly from the other room, or eating big, fat bagel sandwiches together. Dani and Ari have basically felt like an old married couple for years now, but can't wait to make it officially official surrounded by all their family and best friends!