On December 12th, 2015, Kailey went to McMullan's pub to celebrate her brother's birthday with friends and family. While Kailey was in the middle of a game of pool, mutual friend Eric showed up with 3 friends; John being one of them. Kailey told Eric that she thought his bearded friend was really good looking. Without Kailey knowing, Eric shared that comment with John. Apparently, John had a mutual feeling towards Kailey, but without the beard. John decided to take a chance and talk to Kailey. After great conversation and a few laughs, John wanted to give Kailey his number. He asked the waitress at the bar if he could have a piece of paper to write down his phone number. The waitress ripped him off a piece of receipt paper. He wrote down his name and number, and gave it to Kailey. John assumed Kailey would reach out within the next couple days to chat, but unfortunately Kailey made him wait a full week in suspense. Finally, John couldn't wait anymore, and he reached out to Eric to get her number. John being eager to continue what was started at Mcmullan's, he texted Kailey, and the rest is history.