Erik and Rebecca both attended Penn State, just a year apart. Rebecca was close friends with the boys in Erik's fraternity and continued to hang out with them after they all graduated and moved to New York City. Fast forward to June 2021, when fate brought Rebecca and Erik together at a mutual friend's apartment for a typical Saturday night. They struck up a conversation about their time at Penn State, ending with Erik casually promising to drive Rebecca to Montauk the next day. While Rebecca brushed off the encounter, thinking little of it, Erik felt an undeniable spark, convinced it was love at first sight. Three months passed with no contact until Rebecca’s birthday in September, when their friends planned a gathering at a bar in the Lower East Side. Erik decided he “had to go.” After reconnecting that night, they started texting and soon set their first date at Rebecca's favorite restaurant, Bar Pitti. The rest, as they say, is history. Rebecca and Erik often reflect on the invisible string that brought them together. Despite attending the same college and sharing the same social circles for years—attending the same pre-games and parties in New York without ever crossing paths—it’s clear that an unseen connection had been weaving their lives together all along.