Dylan and Phillip met in May of 2020 during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, being forced to communicate over the phone for the first couple weeks of the relationship. Finally, they decided to go on their “first date”. Phillip came to Dylan’s house to cook him a favorite family recipe, red pepper pasta! The next weekend, Dylan came down to Phillip’s house and they spent the day at the lake, drinking Aperol Spritz with Phillip teaching Dylan how to paddle board. And the rest is history! Dylan proposed to Phillip on a boat in the middle of Lake Como, Italy on July, 5th 2022. Phillip must have had an idea it was coming because he had 3 wedding venues tours lined up for when they returned home. In November of 2022, they bought their first home together in Lynchburg, VA.