On August 25, 2018, a group of Kaley’s sorority sisters, along with their husbands, traveled to Destin, Florida for their annual getaway. It was one of the husbands' birthdays, so the guys went off to play golf while the girls headed to the beach. As they walked toward the sand, a group of guys on a bachelor trip offered to help carry their coolers filled with White Claws and sandwiches, and, of course, the girls accepted. Once they all reached the beach, they split off into their own groups. But as the tequila began to flow, the two groups reconnected. They discovered they had a surprising number of mutual friends, so they spent the day together, talking and laughing as hours passed by. As the sun set, they said their goodbyes and went their separate ways. Fast forward to November 9, 2022, when Ryan and Kaley matched on Hinge. Let’s skip over the details, but to sum it up, Ryan couldn’t read Kaley’s signals, and Kaley wasn’t sure if she liked Ryan—yet somehow, they started dating! One evening, while chatting, they realized that on that fateful day in 2018, a girl in a lime green bathing suit and a young guy had actually crossed paths on the beach in Destin. Ryan thought she was beautiful, but Kaley was completely oblivious to his flirting. They both believe in the "we meet people twice" theory, which suggests that if someone is meant to play a significant role in your life, you’ll meet them more than once. The first encounter lays the foundation, and the second one is what deepens the connection. The timing in 2018 clearly wasn’t right, so fate made them wait four more years to bring them together.