They found each other by chance thanks to a podcast they both love, Timesuck with Dan Cummins. Tess posted a photo of herself wearing a Timesuck t-shirt under her Lowe's vest at work one day and tagged the podcast's social media in the photo. Timesuck reposted the picture and Josh messaged Tess to tell her that he too was a Timesucker who worked for Lowe's. They have talked to each other every single day since, about all of their mutual interests, loves, and dreams.
Josh promised Tess a nice Sunday date night after she opened at work that day. He wouldn't tell her what they were doing, just that they had plans. When Tess got home, Josh had already had vegetarian sushi from their favourite Japanese restaurant, Wasabi, delivered. Dinner was all small talk and when Tess was full, she got up and put her leftovers away. When she walked back into their dining room, Josh was out of his seat, on one knee, with the ring box open in his hand. "Will you...?" was all he could get out before Tess started crying, nodded, and hugged him as hard as she could. He had asked her mom's permission months ahead of time and even Betsy had managed to keep the secret!