We met in college at St. Leo University, outside of Tampa, Florida. We were friends and had crushes on each other, but nothing much came of it besides a few innocent hangouts seshs. After Jonathan ended up leaving St. Leo in 2005, they didn't hear from each other until one fateful day in September 2018. Lauren saw Jonathan listed under "People you may know" on instagram. She almost didn't add him because it had been so long, and "what if he thinks it's weird"? Luckily, she decided to go for it, and he almost immediately slid into her DM's and they started catching up on the past 13 years. Lauren lived in Chicago at the time, and Jonathan lived in New Jersey. Lauren was coming home to NY for Thanksgiving, and they decided to meet up halfway in Pennsylvania the day after Thanksgiving. From there, the rest is history. They were long distance for a year and a half, until Lauren ended up moving to NJ in June 2020. He proposed May 23, 2021 and now they are excitedly awaiting the big day, September 11, 2022 (Yeah we know the date is weird...there was a backlog of COVID weddings, give us a break).