06.06.2026

Read below to see each of our "how we met" retellings - we both wrote our stories separately. Enjoy.

3 months into my freshman year at IU, I posted a picture of a very cute puppy on my social media. A random boy named Garret (that I had never spoken to before) messages me, supposedly just about the puppy, which led to a few days of chatting back and forth. Later that week he messages me asking if I want to grab a coffee with him (definitely a date). I tell him I don't like coffee so I'm not interested. He follows up with "What about a tea?" - I inform him that I'm not a big fan of tea. He then works his way through a long list of beverages, all of which I reject, until we reach a common ground: water. He calls me out, saying I must at least drink water and he is happy to grab a water with me. His humor and persistence caught my attention and upon asking around about him, one of my friends said "Oh, that's the British guy. He's great." I was sold on that note and we arranged our date for a couple days later. We met in the middle of the day at a very busy coffee shop on-campus (you never know, he could have been a serial killer or something - had to have witnesses) and I brought my roommate, Kylie, as a third wheel just in case (she's now a bridesmaid). We walked up to order our drinks and you should have seen the dumbfounded look on his face when I ordered a latte for our date. Very long story short - Just about anyone can attest that we have been attached at the hip ever since, 7 years and counting.

Prior to starting at IU, we get thrown into a bunch of random group chats before classes start in order to meet one another and build connections. While mindlessly flipping through Snapchat stories, I saw one with puppies and had to ask where in the world they were, as I missed my dog Duke (RIP). Anyways, this unintentionally started a conversation with this random woman. Next thing you know, we are messaging back and forth so one day I decided to shoot my shot and ask her to get coffee. Why coffee? It is safe. You do not want to go on a dinner date with someone you do not know and be stuck with them for hours. After reviewing my offer, she plain out rejected me stating that "I do not drink coffee". Hmmmm, alrighty then. Being the annoying bugger that I am, said "Oh so you are more of a tea person then, how about that?". "I don't drink tea either" was her response. At this point I think this woman is just being difficult for the sake of being difficult, so I had to throw the catch all out there. "Fine, no coffee and no tea. Well, you must drink something. Maybe a lemonade, a smoothie, a water...whatever it is you drink let's go out and have it together." Reluctantly she agreed upon one condition, that she brings her roommate along. Sure, why not. If I were her, I would also want to bring someone along to make sure she does not meet a random guy (she probably thought I was a creep, who knows). Eventually, we decided to meet up at Goodbody Hall where they had a quaint student cafe. We meet, exchange pleasantries, and hop in the line to order whatever she wanted. Approaching the register, I had my order ready to go (a latte with 2 sugars) and then came the great moment of finding out what beverage this wonderful woman drinks. "Hmmmm..." she mused, "I think I will have the chai latte please". You have got to be f*cking joking right? All of that just for her to order a coffee anyways?! Insane. Fast forward 7 years later and now I make her coffee every morning and joke about the fact she does not drink coffee. I guess she would say she has iced milk with a splash of espresso, but whatever. Shoutout to Kylie for going on the date with us and being there for when we first met. It has been a wonderful ride since and I cannot wait to see what happens next!