It might come as a real shocker, but we first chatted with each other on a place known as "The Internet." After chatting for a few days (and once Gabe recovered from a terrible Flu), we met at a local brewery. It went as well as you could hope for two nerdy engineers getting together for a few beers -- Gabe went to the bathroom six times because he was super nervous, Melissa nursed one beer and thought something was horribly wrong with Gabe's bladder... The normal first date things! Lackluster story aside, it was the best first date either of us had ever been on. Everything just clicked -- hobbies, travel interests, nerdy rants, etc. From there, we had several more amazing dates before Gabe took Melissa to the middle of nowhere Wyoming and asked her to be his girlfriend, via her shooting "Yes" or "No" on a poorly hand drawn target that said "Will you be my girlfriend?" Somehow, she mustered up enough aim to shoot "Yes" (hopefully intentionally) and the rest is history! Then the world slowed down a bit when COVID-19 hit full on. As we grew closer, we eventually moved in together the following year, adopted the most adorable puppy in the world, Comstock, and Gabe proposed in Central Park, NY in August of 2021. As for what’s changed since -- we still have the most adorable puppy in the world, but he now owns 3/4 of the bed, 3 bandanas, and approximately 30 toys. Most importantly, he cannot wait for us to get married (and neither can we!)