Austin and Maddy met for the very first time their freshman year of high school, when they had a science class together. He was new to Exeter, and Maddy quickly started crushing on him. Even though Austin will tell you that she didn’t even want to be his friend at first! Secretly, he had a crush on her as well. They stayed friends through high school, but after graduation their friendship drifted. Flash forward a couple of years to Thanksgiving Eve at their local hometown bar, the couple re-met and those high school crushes came back! They now have been together for 7 years! In that time, they moved out of their parent’s homes and to a new state. Austin had to learn to be a cat person, since Maddy and her cats were a package deal! They lived through COVID shutdown in a studio apartment, before buying their first home together. Maddy and Austin love to travel and explore, and they will be continuing their adventure in a new country!