Brianna and Patrick met and fell in love in Syracuse, NY. Over the last 5+ years, they've spent time living together and (a lot of time) long-distance, across six different states. As they spent their time physically apart, their relationship still continued to grow stronger and they always found time to be together. In early March 2020, Patrick visited Brianna in Florida a few days just before the COVID-19 lockdown. In July 2020, she left Florida to finish grad school in Los Angeles, CA, while Patrick stayed to work his job in Maryland, unknowing when they would see each other next. As cases slowly dropped and vaccinations increased in May 2021, Brianna's graduate school in Pittsburgh opened the opportunity to attend commencement on campus—their opportunity to finally see each other again opened up. She was able to visit Maryland for a few days and they reunited after 432 days apart. A few months later, Brianna left her job in Los Angeles to move back to the East Coast and they were finally reunited for good.

Early in 2022, Brianna and Patrick decided they wanted to road trip from New Jersey to Florida to spend time with Brianna's family for her niece and sister's birthdays in June. She got all the details together to ensure everyone was able to be together at the same time. Meanwhile, Patrick was secretly planning a surprise, including having Brianna's best friend fly down for the big moment. Once in Florida, the plan commenced—Brianna was sent off with her sister to pick up breakfast while the rest of the family "set-up for a surprise birthday party for her sister." When they got back to the house, Brianna and her sister walked to the back of the house. Waiting for her was a walking timeline of photos from Brianna and Patrick's relationship and Patrick was waiting for Brianna at the end on the dock. As she walked through the timeline and up to Patrick, he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. (If it wasn't obvious yet, she said yes!)