It all started by swiping right on Tinder in 2017 and going on two dates, but Laurissa was afraid of happiness. Then one night in the middle of week at 11 pm, Laurissa slid into Joe's DM's. The second first date commenced in October of 2018 and the fun loving journey began. Long distance occurred between Poughkeepsie and Albany until 2020, Omar and Laurissa moved to Poughkeepsie during a pandemic to start a new chapter with Joe. Thankfully the love continued to grow and on December 2, 2020 the second anniversary was being celebrated at Shadows. Joe asked the question, well yelled the question because Laurissa was in such disbelief.