This story begins in 2014, when Mike needed a date to his Valentine’s Day Date Party. Luckily, his friend, Chris Balderston, said he knew a girl from his freshman hall that he thought Mike would like. Kristin and Mike hit it off immediately, but in classic Bucknell fashion didn’t seriously consider dating until 2016, when they ran into each other again at the local Bucknell Bar: Townie T. A few cocktails and some bar popcorn later, Kristin agreed to go and see a movie with him. Three months later, they met each other’s families. Five years later, they moved in together to an amazing apartment on the Upper East Side (thank you Covid deal.) He proposed shortly after on September 24th, 2021, in front of Sacre Coeur Cathedral at sunrise in Paris, France.