We met at the local fitness club, Charter Fitness. We both were avid fitness junkies at the time and daily gym-goers. We would exchange pleasantries for quite some time before we actually had a conversation. John followed me (Katrina) on social media. In March 2016, being the big country-music fan that I am, a couple girlfriends and I went to Nashville, TN for a spring break trip. John saw the pictures I posted, realized we had common interests in country music, so he sent me a message. I quickly realized that this guy messaging me was my long-time "gym crush", freaked out for a second and then we started chatting. Upon returning from the girls trip, John approached me at the gym (while I was on the seated calf machine, no less) and asked how the trip was and invited me to an Eric Paslay country concert in Chicago. We exchanged numbers, met at the concert and had an absolute blast! The next day John picked me up for a second date in the city to watch the Blackhawks playoff game. This happened to be Greek independence day weekend, (a HUGE party weekend for the Greeks in Greektown) and we ended up meeting up with my sister, Stefanie and her boyfriend at the time, now husband, George. I said that if I can get a guy to go to a Greek club on a Sunday/our second date and not run for the hills, I've got a keeper. Even though it was only our second date, we had an amazing time and went home feeling like we had known each other our whole lives. And the rest is history!