All You Need Is Love!

We met through a dating app named Growler with a simple message sent ... WOOF! As they say, the rest is history. After a few more days of chatting we meet for our first date at the Linden Hills Chatterbox (which no longer exists). Jeremy knew the moment he sat in front of John that he would marry him. He told his roommate when he returned from the date that very night, it was love at first sight. John ended our date by sneaking in a kiss to seal the deal.

We began dating on April 5, 2014 and jumped into learning about each other and falling in love. From movies like Captain America and Muppets to music like Lady Gaga and Britney, we immediately connected on a lot of interests. We also loved going to restaurants and finding our favorite places. These include Hola Arepa, Taco Cat and UpDown. John helped Jeremy find a love for beer after starting to tour and taste local breweries. This began a fun collection of growlers from the many tap rooms we've visited over the state. Our favorite include Pryes, BauHaus, and Indeed. Following our love for food and brews comes our love for music and seeing concerts. As most of you know, we've been to a lot of concerts over our dating life. And as some of you also know, John has been to thousands, literally, filling his time and building friendships over the years leading up to meeting Jeremy. Together some all time favorites include our trip to Las Vegas to see our divas; Mariah Carey and Britney Spears. Alongside them, other notables include Gwen Stefani & Lady Gaga!

Our strong connection and ever growing love lead to us moving in together. Before this we dated for one and half years and started exploring living situations. We decided to live in southwest Minneapolis in a small community named Linden Hills. Still to this day we love our location in the city as we're connected to the lakes and the biking paths that lead into the city. Of course we began to explore all the corners of the city where we really fell in love with Minneapolis. In the meantime, our career paths changed, John left Target after 16 years and is now a General Manager for Caribou Coffee. His location is inside the L&B in Uptown on the corner of Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue in the heart of Uptown. Jeremy moved from retail in to Paint Nite rediscovering his love for art and entertainment. In addition he spends his days working for Hat Shark and their design company. Between the two, they work a lot to enjoy the city even more!

4 years seem to come and go and often talked about how it seemed we had been together WAY more than we have. Ultimately we fell in love more deeply confirming we were connected more than anyone else. After some discussion, we decided marriage was next. We didn't want to hide behind WHAT we should do or HOW we should do our proposal. One person usually kneels with a ring. Our issue is, who wears the engagement ring? Without a ring, do when need a proposal? Without wasting another moment, we became engaged, just like that, picked a date, and announced it on our 4 year anniversary, April 5, 2018. Believe it or not, this idea stuck and we've been going full force with this ever sense.