Our story isn't one built from one, specific moment, but rather a combination of a million little things - shared interests, rival sports teams, long distance phone calls, travel adventures, bad jokes and wit, intellectual conversation, memes, & really tasty food. We may have met by random luck, but our story isn't a result of chance. MGK and Fall Out Boy were scheduled to have a concert in Columbus. 4 packs of tickets were the only economical way to go, so Nadine invited her friend, AJ, and his cousin, Casey, to join her & Olivia for the show. Given that the opening weekend of the NFL is a holiday to Olivia and Alex, brunch and football pre-show were a must. We'd love to say that the day was memorable because it was the day we met, but it was actually because it was the day the Browns tied the Steelers, Baker got his first minutes in the NFL, & Alex won a bet so he bought the whole bar shots. Flash forward a couple of months... OBJ gets traded from Olivia's beloved Giants to the Cleveland Browns. "Yes! My in!" - Alex politely thanked her for "allowing it to happen" & offered her a seat on the Browns bandwagon. This was the moment they really started to get to know each other, & never really stopped. Weeks of talking turned to months, sharing stories of past adventures turned to planning future ones together (a cruise before they were even exclusive comes laughably to mind), & one trade in the NFL became the beginning of a love story. Alex moved to Cincinnati (to everyone's surprise) and they bought a house together. COVID struck, which you'd expect to be hard on any relationship, but it brought them together & showed them what truly mattered. A furlough, a kitchen remodel, a puppy, a house sale, an engagement, & a trip internationally kept them busy, but having each other made it all possible. Whether it be long nights with even longer phone calls or shared fandom & favorite songs, our story has been, and always will be, one of growth, laughter, and love.