Jonah initially asked me (Lauren) out for a date on November 11, 2022. For my family, yes- this was the day before I threw my sister's Bridal Shower and I should have already been on the road to Charlotte. When I told Jonah that I had plans to go out of town, he reassured me that he would be happy to reschedule our date when I returned. The second he said that, I decided he was not going to get out of taking me on a date that easily, so I suggested that we went out for breakfast. I thought I was genius- if I didn't like him, I could rush out of the date with the excuse of going to see my sister. The day of our first date came, and Jonah beat me to the restaurant. Unfortunately, it had a really long wait and he knew I needed to get on the road. He suggested we quickly get breakfast at the Sonic across the street. After 2 hours of hanging out in the jeep, neither one of us had even touched our breakfast (my coffee was gone, though!) Neither of us were ready to end the date, so I suggested running into Hobby Lobby, because I needed to pick up a few things for my sister's shower. To this day, we both laugh when we pass a Sonic and we love going to Hobby Lobby together. I am very grateful that I was too stubborn to let Jonah out of our first date.