Kristen and Shayne met the Friday night of the Golden Guys/Golden Girls performance back in February of 2014. Shayne was a senior and Kristen was a sophomore. They were introduced by mutual friends and hit it off instantly! They started dating April 12th, 2014 where they began growing up alongside one another and building their lives together. Fast forward a couple of years, in 2016 Shayne headed off to Missouri State and Kristen went off to Mizzou, which started a long 4 years of long distance. There were lots of trips back and forth and a lot of hard goodbyes, but after Shayne graduated in 2018 and Kristen in 2019, they both settled back in St. Louis. Soon after they bought a house in South City, got their puppy Tito and got engaged in St. Thomas. 8 years together and a lifetime to go!