Like most couples in the 21st Century, Nicole & Jillian met on the dating app “Hinge.” Jillian had an ice breaker question with options on what to do on their first date. Those options were: 1. Walk dogs at the animal shelter. 2. Dominate Trivia Night 3. Start a squirrel fight club. In an attempt to sound normal, Nicole chose to dominate Trivia Night. Despite picking the “boring answer”, Jillian says that by her profile, Nicole looked like her kind of crazy so she messaged back. They spoke for over a month until Jillian moved to Fort Worth for work and went on their first date on January 17th, 2024

Jillian and Nicole both had agreed that until they made it official, they would assume that both were dating other people. Spending a lot of time together, it was clear that there were feelings but neither person took the initiative to make it official. This left questions on if they were feeling the same thing. While Nicole was on a date with another person, she came to the realization of “Oh sh*t, I caught feelings.” because she felt like she was cheating on Jillian. She instantly messaged Jillian and asked if she could come over when she got off work to discuss this epiphany. Through discussion and clearly some miscommunication, Jillian & Nicole came to the agreement that they would reevaluate the status of a relationship in a few weeks as they continued to spend every available moment with each other. On St. Patrick’s Day, Nicole invited Jillian out with a few friends to go do their St. Patty Day tradition. At the end of the night, Jillian and Nicole were laughing as Jillian sent a meme that clearly showed the intention that she wanted more than a friendship. Nicole questioned as they had said they were going to wait because Jillian wasn’t ready. To which Jillian countered that she was waiting because she was under the impression Nicole was not ready. They both looked at each other and agreed to talk about it once they were not in mixed company. Later at Nicole’s place, they were able to determine that the conversation that took place a week prior was full of miscommunication. They decided that night to make their relationship official.

Nicole & Jillian realized that neither wanted to live without the other. Having discussed marriage and their future together, it was clear to both that it was just a matter of time. On November 23rd, at their weekly Saturday night hang out spot, Jillian and Nicole went to sing karaoke with their friends. Towards the end of the evening, Jillian got up to sing “I’d Love to be Your Last” by Clay Walker. This song is special as it is the first song Jillian ever sang to Nicole. Jillian asked Nicole to sit near her as she sang this song to her. At the end of the song, Jillian got down on one knee and proposed. Nicole filled with tears of joy, accepted.