As many of you know the airline industry gives very "small world" vibes. Despite having many mutual friends, Nate & Jess had no clue who the other was nor had they ever met each other. That is ... until one day a mutual friend at the time sent Jess Nate's profile and then told Nate to message her. After a little extra nudging by Jess, their friend again told Nate to reach out to her and thats how it all began ... with a gif of a man sliding down a hallway ... the ultimate DM slide Noteworthy Dates: First Date: 6/2/2021 @ Yard House in Lombard, IL where Jess almost killed Nate, and he then proceeded to give her an awkward side hug. When Jess knew Nate was "the one": 7/11/2021 While she was having a conversation at a bar on a layover in Boston with two random old men after going to a Red Sox game. The trip that didn't exist: 4/2/2022 The first "official" trip together. Nate joined Jess on a 36 hour Honolulu layover and in an act of petty stubborness neither of them posted the other on their social medias. Making it "official": 4/10/2022 After being out the night before and Jess drunkenly telling Nate that she wanted to date him, they met up at The Forge in Lemont, IL. Nate rocking black and white Jordan 1's and Jess rocking her green, yellow, and red Nike Dunks, Nate finally asks Jess to be his girlfriend. First international trip: 7/18/2022 Jess met Nate on his final IOE trip to Dublin Ireland. In 48 hour whirlwind of a trip, they visited the Jameson Distillery tasting whiskey straight from a barrel, went to the Guinness Storehouse where Nate drank all of Jess's Guinness samples, and ate and drank their way through the city.