In 2017 while attending Northeastern, Erin and Rick both independently signed up for the same study abroad program in the Netherlands to learn about Dutch bike infrastructure. Even though they were on the same running club and in the same major, it really took going across the Atlantic to really get to know each other. After the Netherlands, Rick took no time to ask Erin to see the movie "It" with him and she agreed to even though she is mildly terrified of horror movies. Within about a month, they were official dating. Fast forward 7 years, Erin and Rick own a condo together still within a mile of Northeastern and have 2 crazy cats whose constant quarreling keeps things interesting.