We met through the wonders of carpooling in 6th grade - very romantic! We drove back and forth from home to school until Cathy transitioned to online school and we went our separate ways for a few years. Fast forward through Joel graduating high school and Cathy living in Japan for a year and returning to our reunion in January of 2019 - we start carpooling again.... Which takes place until the summer when Joel (finally) asked Cathy to an ever romantic date to the Waffle House, and in early July, we decide to date. Here we are, many moons later, still happily together and planning the rest of our lives.