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Lindsay and Lauren met during the summer of 2015 at the NECO housing fair. Lindsay and Lauren share a love of good food and coffee, which Lauren reviews through her exclusive Yelp Elite Status. Lauren and Lindsay have stayed in touch through many girls trips across the country, including the Nashville trip where Lindsay met Alex.
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Nick is Alex's second eldest brother. They've spent countless hours together over the years hiking, camping, exploring cities like NYC/Denver/Montreal, and going for walks. Their average phone call length together is 2.5 hours.
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Lindsay and Nicole are sisters, and growing up together in northern Maine was the best childhood experience. From playing outdoors in the rain, snow, or sunshine, to riding horses or going fishing in lakes, they were constantly enjoying nature. They still enjoy being outdoors, but now with a good sour beer at a brewery patio.
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Jeff is Alex's eldest brother. Thankfully so, as Alex would steal Jeff's leftover Chinese food from the fridge growing up but the age-gap was wide enough that there wasn't a fear of getting beat up for it. They share a love for hanging at the pool with the family, the Yankees, and all things comedy
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Lindsay and Natalie met during their first week at The New England College of Optometry. Their bond grew stronger during their third year when Natalie was the president of VOSH, and Lindsay was the Vice President. They share a love of working out and being outdoors, and they've hiked together from New England, to Colorado, to Vancouver, BC.
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Matt is Alex's closest brother in age. Growing up together with just 4 years apart, they spent countless time together and Alex learned valuable lessons from Matt like how to fit trips to Arby's in before track practice and proper choke slam form. They share a love for video games, Pokémon, fantasy football, and obliterating hot wings together
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Lindsay and Alana met during the first week of optometry school in Boston. Lindsay and Alana bonded over running at NECO, and one of Lindsay's favorite NECO memories with Alana (and Nat) was running the Boston Half Marathon in the pouring rain during second year.
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George and Alex met in middle school and became friends quickly due to their love of skateboarding. They reconnected at ODU where they would skate every inch of campus together. After school, they lived together in VB for 7 years where they would skate, beach, pontoon, kayak, and watch the dumbest YouTube videos/movies together most days.
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Lindsay and Abby met first semester of Optometry school, but Lindsay only ever saw Abby outside of the classroom, whether at Southie Sunday or at the many NECO apartments at 475 Commonwealth Ave. Lindsay and Abby have had many girls trips together, including the most memorable trip to the Hamptons.
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RJ and Alex met in English Composition at Old Dominion University their Freshmen year. They quickly connected and would write papers together in the library and crush dining hall food together at an alarming rate for 2 skinny dudes. They grew closer as college went on by attending midnight releases for the new Call of Duty, watching Washington football games, going to concerts, and by Alex becoming an honorary 5th roommate at George and RJ's apartment.
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Lindsay and Kelsey are cousins and have known each other for the majority of their lives. Lindsay always looked up to Kelsey growing up, so much that she followed Kelsey to the University of New Hampshire, joined the same sorority as her, and now live 10 miles away from each other. They love meeting up for good food and drinks, especially around the holidays.
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Alex and Alex met in Kindergarten, where Caron taught Alex how to write the letter "m". From that point onward, Alex would constantly bike over unannounced to Caron's house, and they now stay in touch over a love for skating, paddling, hiking, and cracking beers.
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Lindsay met Kayla during their senior year of college at UNH, but didn't become close friends until Lindsay moved to Portsmouth in 2020. They love to discuss their chickens, share plants/veggies from their gardens, and swap sourdough recipes.
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Zach and Alex met in Cub Scouts at age 5 or so. Staying close throughout all of grade school, through college, and beyond - they have spent tons of time hiking, going on trips/to concerts, and hanging out by making midnight runs to Taco Bell back when their bodies could handle it.
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Lindsay met Deanna through Karen during the early days of UNH, but didn't grow closer until Lindsay moved to Portsmouth in 2020. Their dogs Ziggy and Donnie love to play together. Deanna and Lindsay have shared many bottles of white wine while discussing life on a Tuesday night together.
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Aswin and Alex met in 6th grade at Lynnhaven Middle School. They both developed a love of skateboarding at this time and spent countless hours skating around Virginia Beach and eating the finest food 7-Eleven has to offer. They stay in touch through trips to Virginia/Maine/Ohio over the years, and by discussing primarily geeky things like fantasy novels, video games, music, and photography.
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Lindsay and Emily met during their first year at the University of New Hampshire, and ended up living together senior year and graduating by each other's side. They stayed in touch while pursuing their healthcare careers and growing closer through the years, often visiting each others homes for dinner and drinks with their dogs in tow to also hang out. Their dogs Ziggy and Annie are two peas in a pod.
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Nick (Weng) and Alex met back in elementary school, but got closer once they reconnected after a few years at Old Dominion University after drunkenly bumping into each other in Norfolk. They lived together their Senior year of college and for a bit after school ended, connecting over a love for all things sports, video games, and fitness related (specifically hitting a mile run after a few IPAs). Weng's bachelor party to Nashville is where Alex met Lindsay, and also where that beautiful pink, fuzzy hat photo came from
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Lindsay and Karen met at freshman orientation at UNH, and were constantly attached at the hip during college. They lived together sophomore and senior year with Emily, and had the best time together, whether staying in and studying for an organic chemistry test, or going out to the Durham bars right down the street from their apartment senior year.
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Alex and Andy met their Junior year of high school in Advanced Physical Education, a class reserved for the brightest and most studious scholars of Cox High School. They bonded over a love (obsession) for Halo 3, the beach, and sports and quickly became close friends. They lived together for 3 years of college at ODU where Andy set a state record for most championship t-shirts won in intramural co-ed sports leagues