Leslie was at a Christmas party with former Georgia Tech SAE's and friend and bridesmaid Nicole Center. Mitchel was celebrating a break from med school with friends who all just happen to be a former Georgia Tech SAE's themselves. As fate would have it, both groups got the call to meet up at the same bar on the same night in December of 2017 (rest in peace Hand in Hand). It was there where the two would meet, talk for a few hours until everyone else went home, and arrange a first date. It didn't take long after the first date for them to realize they had found someone worth hanging on to and have spent almost every day together since.