Brian’s Story: Brian saw Eileen alone at a sizzler’s and wanted to talk to her because he thought she was very attractive. He went to shoot his shot and sat at her table and had lunch with her. The rest is history. The REAL Story: Pokémon go was entering their one-year anniversary in 2017 and there was an Articuno raid at the Lemoore movie theater. Brian was already in the area and Eileen was on her way, unfortunately Eileen didn’t make it on time so a whole group of people who played Pokémon went to Armona to hit up the next raid. After the raid was complete one person decided to make a discord chat so there’s communication between everyone who plays. As the community began to grow the discord needed Admin, Brian and Eileen were known in the community and were very active, so them and a handful of people became the secret group. This group of friends became very active in each other’s lives outside of playing Pokémon go. Hanging out every Friday for game night, going to movies together, and celebrating holidays. Brian and Eileen became good friends but was not interested in each other at the time. Time passed, Eileen was going through some tough times, and Brian was there to comfort her here and there. Eileen was attending her cousin’s wedding and Brian was texting her all day through discord. She made the first move by texting his phone and made up the excuse of “oh discord isn’t working” and that was the start of many text messages. They went on their first date at Denny’s and she told him how she wanted to move to Washington to start a new life, and he supported the idea and said I would be missed in our Pokémon community (at this point he probably meant he would miss her when she left). ~spoiler alert she did not move to Washington~ After that first date, the rest is history.