On July 8, 2017, Sam attended a wedding for a family friend/neighbor. While at the wedding, she got to talking with Carla Cyscon whose backyard backed up to the Gleaves house in the 90's and early 2000's. Carla asked Sam if she was seeing anyone at the time, to which she replied, "no." Carla responded by telling Sam that she was going to find someone for her. There was no way that Sam believed Carla was serious, but... Thirteen days later, Carla attended a wedding for one of Joe's childhood best friends, who her son also grew up with. Carla sent Sam a Facebook message asking how old she was. Sam replied and Carla responded with a picture of Joe and said, "He's coming to Ribfest to meet you. He's a sweetheart. I love him. Nice Polish guy." Side note: Sam's favorite day of the year at the time was the Erin Hills Ribfest. She was NOT thrilled about the pressure of meeting a guy for the first time in front of all her family and neighbors. However, on Saturday, August 12th, Joe skipped out on a beautiful day of golf and instead came to the Erin Hills Ribfest to meet Sam. As you can imagine, it was incredibly awkward for both of them - every interaction they had was watched closely by everyone who knew what was happening. At one point, Joe was playing bags with a group of people and the guy next to him that he was playing against turned to Joe and said, "Wait, are you the guy that's here to meet my sister?" After a few very awkward and brief interactions that day, the rest is history! From the bottom of our hearts, thank you, Carla!