Jake and Brett went to different business schools in Boston - but had never met. They both signed up to attend an LGBT Retreat for MBA students in Miami in February 2020. On the first day, Jake and Brett signed up for the same SoulCycle class and were randomly assigned bikes right next to each other. Brett turned to Jake and asked him to help clip into the bike (it was Brett's first cycling class!), and Jake willingly obliged. At the end of class, Brett complimented Jake on his bright pink Carly Rae Jepsen baseball cap. They talked all the way back to the hotel where they were both staying and exchanged numbers, then went their separate ways for brunch. Only problem was... Brett finished his brunch before Jake did, and Jake missed Brett's text message to meet up. After sprinting back to the hotel, Jake went right up to Brett with and bought him a drink. They were inseparable for the rest of the weekend, and after realizing that they lived less than a mile away from each other, went on their first date in Boston the next week. That date turned into many more... until the Covid-19 pandemic hit! Jake and Brett ended up deciding to quarantine together after only 6 weeks, and they're so happy they did. Since then, they've traveled between their hometowns in Seattle and New York, spending lots of time with their families who they love very much. They eventually decided to settle in Seattle and moved out to the PNW, where together they love to cook, listen to music, watch lots of TV and movies, and spend time outdoors... but especially love spending time with their little Morkie puppy named Moira Rosé. Jake proposed to Brett in Hawaii on vacation with his family in June 2021, and two months later, while touring wedding venues in the Willamette Valley, Brett proposed right back in front of both sets of parents. They just bought a home together on Mercer Island, and are really loving building alife and family together.