We met working together at an HVAC company in Pleasanton and worked together for nearly 3 years before dating. Our first real date Jared had flowers and opened doors all night. We went to The Mint Leaf Bistro; we had dinner and dancing. I (Shannon) forgot the flowers at Jared house. Jared listened during the 1st date and had my favorite flowers delivered to my (our) work. After "dating" for a few weeks, we went to Jared's Dads Holiday Party. As one would know the Tri-Valley Area is a small world, but we wouldn't have guessed how small of world it really is... At the Holiday Party Jared and I found out we had a "6 degrees of separation" with family friends. Years later we found out not only do we have family and family friends that knew or knows both of us... But we were both delivered by the same doctor (Dr. Kramer). The day after the Party on December 4th 2010, we became official. About 3 months later we moved in with each other. Some thought we were crazy to move so quickly. Now nearly 15 years later, it still is the best decision we've made. We were and are destined to be together - we are the definition of "Invisible String Theory".