We first met at a squadron powerlifting event in April of 2019. Darren came up to me at Golds hours after I had competed to introduce himself and congratulate me. I went to work the next day and said he was gonna be my future boyfriend! We met again at Golds in June of 2019 and that's when we exchanged Instagram handles to "watch each others gym progress". I thought he was so cute I messaged him that night. I sent him a basketball emoji to "shoot my shot" and after getting past his confusion, we had our first date that week.