David and Taylie met in the fall of 2016 under the fluorescent lights of the SPEA library at Indiana University during a business fraternity pledge interview, where Taylie (unbelievably wrong) left "unimpressed". Thankfully, Darth, as he's lovingly known, is a master in the art of patience and strategically played the long game. They became great friends that year, followed by Darth getting an internship in Taylie's hometown the summer before she moved across the country for her first job. (See?) When Taylie moved to Phoenix, the two talked constantly, shared their favorite music with each other, and even discussed working together once Darth graduated. The next spring, Taylie returned to Bloomington for Little 500 and spent a LOT of time with Darth. Taylie's brother Ben keyed in on Darth's Instagram post after Little 500, which featured Taylie in (an unheard-of) 57% of the photos. He knew he had to knock some sense into her - "Tay, you know Darth is in love with you, right?" With the seed planted, Taylie went back to Bloomington to surprise friends for graduation, but this time she felt a new kind of giddy excitement to spend a day undercover with Darth. They surprised their friends without a hitch, and they all went out to celebrate. However, the biggest surprise of all happened at 2 a.m. in The Upstairs Pub (32oz AMFs in hand).... Taylie kissed Darth in front of everyone! The shock rippled through the hazy gaggle of friends, but for these two, their fate was sealed. As the iconic Harry Burns once said, "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." Taylie met the Arths in Atlanta just three weeks later, and the rest was history. Darth and Taylie spent their first year as a couple long-distance while Darth finished school (Darth loves to share how easy long distance was), and then he joined Taylie in Arizona. They made lifelong friends in the desert over the next five years before making their second cross-country move, this time together, to Chicago. On March 30th, 2024, without any outside pressure, Darth proposed to Taylie in Lincoln Park. When she saw him on one knee in the reflection of the window at North Pond restaurant, she turned around and said, 'Wait, are you serious?' followed by an enthusiastic, 'YES!!!' Calling their friends and family the next day will always be one of their favorite memories from their engagement. If you've made it this far, you know how excited Darth and Taylie are to marry each other - and that Taylie wrote all of this. While brother Ben is the only one mentioned in this story, the reality is each of you has made an impact on their journey of love, laughs, fame and most importantly fortune. Darth and Taylie couldn't imagine celebrating without you.