In a pre-pandemic world, a group of IDEX coworkers would meet on Fridays for happy hour. One summer afternoon, in a dimly lit Tully's, Amanda and Pete were seated across from one another at the end of a long bar table. Everyone else was talking but the two of them seemed to only want to talk to one another. They figured out they both loved ska music, both loved football, and both had attended SUNY Geneseo for undergrad - At the same time, in similar majors, and with the same hobbies, nonetheless. Pete staved off Amanda's advances for a bit but it was useless. As he's learned, she doesn't give up in the pursuit of what she wants. From November 2019 on, they've been mostly inseparable (living through a pandemic together will do that to a couple). And the rest is history!