We grew up fifteen miles from each other and never even knew it. Office Max is where we officially met, but soon after Kyle started to work there, I left for a different opportunity. We reconnected around May of 2018 by Kyle asking me if I'd like to go to Monk's. I didn't find out until months later that we almost went to different places. He was talking about Monk's Brewing Company and I was talking about Monk's Bar and Grill. Luckily, he picked me up so we, in fact, ended up at the correct spot. At the end of a casual dinner that he paid for, he was dropping me off at my apartment again and made it VERY clear that this was not a date. (He made it super awkward by saying that). We talked a couple of times randomly after that. It wasn't until September or October that he started to invite me over to his place and cook me meals. That's when we really started seeing each other regularly. In December, I asked him if he would consider coming to Alaska with me and he said yes. Things only went up from there. He proposed to me five months later in May and that leads us to why you're reading this.