Margaret and Alan met when they were 16 and 17 at Aberdeen Heights, a retirement home where they both worked. They lost touch over the years and reconnected in college when Mizzou played Missouri State in football. A few months later Alan officially asked Margaret out, but she declined because she was spending the summer in Italy between her junior and senior year of college and didn't want to do long distance. While in Italy she realized how much she missed Alan, and changed her mind after a few short weeks. They've been together ever since.