One night in December, Rhianon and her friend Heather were at RedBeard getting beers. Shortly after they arrived, Brett and the guys (Jeff, Josh, and Ben) came in and bellied up to the bar for beers as well. Heather and Brett briefly talked since they had a mutual connection (thank you, Miles). That evening, after Rhianon left Red Beard, she unfriended Brett on Facebook. They had been facebook acquaintances for years but never had talked to each other. Ironically, Brett had already been looking at Rhianon's Facebook profile when the notification popped up about a new friend request. Brett accepted the friend request, and that was it for the time being.

Neither one of them had plans of going out that Friday night in March. One was drug out by a friend and the other just really wanted a beer after the nonsense they just went through. It was raining that evening, and Rhianon was in her pink raincoat, floral dress, hunter rain boots, and Don Julio socks. RedBeard was packed, and Bonnies Magnificent Robots were about to take the "stage." Not knowing anyone in the crowded bar, Rhianon headed to the restroom and then came back for another beer. As she got her beer, this man who she didn't know introduced himself as Jeff and introduced his friend as well. Brett and Rhianon both did the "I know you" type of smile and casually started talking. Somehow Brett was bringing up her recent Stevie Nicks concert with her dad, her recent trip to Charleston, and other recent events. Someone had been keeping up with her on Facebook.... They ended up finally grabbing bar seats and talked for the next several hours. Talking was easier for the two of them. Eventually, Jeff left and so did the rest of the bar crowd. The band was packing up, and it was just the two of them left at the bar. Amanda, the manager, told them they needed to settle up and head out. They looked around and realized that it was just them left in the bar. Brett settled up the tab and walked Rhianon to her car. Before she crossed the street, he asked for her phone number and asked her on a date for that Monday. He said he would call her that Monday on his lunch break to confirm the date and the rest is history.

They had plans to go out for drinks on February 1st since Rhianon had just completed an almost sober January. Brett asked where she wanted to go, and of course, she said RedBeard. That Friday, their friend Angie texted Rhianon about having a bad week and needing some girl time + nails. Rhianon left work a little early and headed to get a manicure with Angie. She thought something was up and even mentioned it to a co-worker, but went along with it. When she got home, Brett was home and went upstairs to change. Ironically he put on a maroon sweater - and Rhianon was already in maroon. He went back and forth about changing and she insisted he looked great and shouldn't change, even though he said: "what if we have pictures taken". She didn't think anything of it. Before hitting up RedBeard, they went to Table 44 for dinner. They had a great dinner and talked about things they wanted to do and vacations they wanted to take. Then they went to RedBeard for their beer. They walked in and didn't know anyone in the bar nor the bartenders. They settled for a high top and ordered beers. As they drank their beers, Brett brought up where Rhianon wanted to go on her trips. She reached for her phone and started going through the "bucket" list she created when they started dating (Brett had made one too). They had never shared theirs until this point. After she went through hers, she went to the restroom and came back. He shared his list with her and true Rhianon fashion, she reformated/fixed spelling errors/and deleted duplicates. She got to the very last bullet and turned with surprise "Ask her to marry me". Brett was on one knee with the gorgeous ring. Technically, Rhianon never said yes. She said "Abso-fucking-lutely".