Over the summer, I (Mary Katherine) had taken a COVID test and was stuck in my bedroom when I matched with Josh on Hinge. I was pleasantly surprised because I knew Josh's family from Coastal Community Church, where his dad is the Senior Pastor. Josh told me that he knew I couldn't be too bad because a lot of my pictures were of me and a friend from church. After some amazing virtual dates, we decided to go to breakfast and watch church together. Following a ten hour socially distant date in the sun, we both knew there was something special.

Josh had been telling me for about a month that he was very sneaky. Every time the proposal would come up, that's about all I could get out of him. I was really worried my nails wouldn't be painted and I'd roll up in yoga pants! Little did I know that Josh had a plan all along. We had packed up to go to the lake for Christmas and his mom told me to wear nice clothes so we could take family photos in front of the tree before we left. When we got to his parents, Josh wanted to show me the slideshow of photos he had made from November. He typically made these every month, so it seemed totally normal. About 2 photos in, my favorite podcaster came on and did a cameo and turned it over to Josh. The last slide was a picture that said will you marry me. As Josh got down on one knee, or two I yelled RIGHT NOW?! He had a whole speech planned, but all that came out was, "I love you, marry me?" and of course, I said yes.