Peter likes to think Julia spotted him on the football field back in high school when Williamsville North played Orchard Park (OP won by the way), but she wasn’t ready to pursue him yet. He’s sure she scoped him out again on the UB football field, but she was just biding her time. He wondered if she checked him out when she worked at UB’s Jamba Juice which Peter frequented quite a bit, but the timing still wasn’t right... (they didn’t actually know each other at this point). It wasn’t until almost 10 years later, after he had moved back to Buffalo from Denver and she had moved back from Manhattan that the stars finally aligned at a dive bar in Buffalo. Peter saw Julia walk into the bar with people he knew and was excited...but then a guy walked up and hugged her. Peter waited patiently until the guy walked away. As he waited, thinking about what to say to her, a different guy walked up and started chatting with her. Peter became discouraged. A little while later, Julia stepped away from her friends to contemplate heading home. Peter took a deep breath, walked over to Julia with a big goofy grin and said hello. They danced and laughed for the rest of the night. Over the next two days, they proceeded to go out to brunch, a UB football game and dinner, and met for Sunday night football cocktails. They’ve been pretty much inseparable since then, over 3 years later.