Like most millennials with sore thumbs and questionable screen time, they met while swiping on Bumble back in March 2022. After a few playful conversations, Courtney boldly asked Mike to grab a drink. His response? “I’ll be in Vegas for the next week and have no time before that.” Shocker. Not one to be deterred, Courtney gave it another shot a month later—leading to their first date at The Library Café in Farmingdale. Little did the strangers know this first date would become the first of their many bar crawls. Courtney immediately called her mom and said, “I can’t find anything wrong with this one.” Mike, meanwhile, called his sister Bean and said, “I found a girl that’s normal”… a statement that would not age well. As time went on, they realized they were essentially the same person—just in different fonts. They bonded over happy hours, local breweries, dinners out, and ending their nights at Harp and Hound with a sacred late-night delivery from either Taco Bell or McDonald’s. Dan can confirm this was not a one-time occurrence. Meeting each other’s families only sealed the deal. Both came from strikingly similar upbringings: parents married for over 40 years, siblings, family vacations, and backyard BBQs. After countless trips, dates, laughs, and “I love yous,” Mike finally popped the question on April 13th—and somehow, Courtney said yes. -And the rest is history