Chris and his best man, Alex Teetor, were visiting a mutual friend, Shannon Rodak, in Cleveland for the Browns vs. Bengals game on December 22, 2018. Missy and her girlfriends met up with Shannon and these boys at Tremont's finest establishment, The Flying Monkey. It was Sunday night which only meant one thing: karaoke. The night is a little fuzzy for both, but something they'll remember for sure is the immediate connection when the two met. That night, Chris ended up serenading Missy by singing Piano Man (one of Missy's favorite songs) with one of her best friends, Hannah. When it was time for last call, Missy decided that stealing Chris’ Bengals hat would be a good idea to have a reason to talk again. That night, the two parted ways and didn’t reconnect until a weekend in March 2019, when Missy slid into Chris' DM's on Instagram. After some flirtatious chatting, they swapped numbers and haven't stopped talking since. With Chris living in Columbus and Missy living in Cleveland, it made it a little tricky to meet up for a first date. So on a Sunday in April 2019, Chris drove up to Cleveland to visit Missy with excitement and a duffel bag. That was the first of many trips between Columbus and Cleveland. Eventually they knew this was serious and had to make a decision on where to live. Columbus being a central location between Cincinnati and Cleveland seemed like the perfect place! They moved in together in August of 2020, and adopted their four legged baby Mango (named after their love of Mango White Claw) in January 2021. One day after work, Chris left Missy a little note in the kitchen which is something they both do sometimes. On June 18, 2021 this note was a little different. Chris proposed to Missy in one of their favorite spots, the kitchen!