After eyeing each other at the lodge on Lake James on a few separate occasions, I finally built up the courage to ask someone what "his" name was. Thank goodness for Facebook: I sent Mandel a friend request and a few days later he sent me a message. We tried to lay low while hanging out at the lake- at that time I was 16 and he was 23, so most people did not approve. We had out first date in my car at a gas station a few miles from the lake and thats when he said, "I'm not insinuating anything, but everyone's name in my family starts with the letter M..." and the rest is history.