The short story: Brendan's mom set us up. But Brendan hates when I tell people that because it makes it seem like he couldn't get any girls on his own... The long story: I'm best friends with Brendan's cousin, Coll. We grew up hanging out as kids. Their family joked from the time we were 9 years old that we should get married. I acted like I was repulsed because he was "like my cousin" until I was 20 years old and realized this was an exceptional plan. We went on our first date in December 2018... needless to say, I stopped calling his mom Aunt Tina.