We met in the late spring/early summer leading up to our senior year of high school. We started dating that July and have been together ever since. We dated long distance for 4 1/2 years while Tyler got his nursing degree in NJ and Nicole lived and went to school in Raleigh. In 2018, Tyler got a nursing job in North Carolina and we moved in together that spring. A few years later, we talked engagement and wedding. We went and bought a ring together and to Nicole's surprise, Tyler proposed near her parent's place in the Outer Banks on August 29, 2020.