It was Melissa’s first weekend in Rapid City for nursing school and Robbie’s third year at the School of Mines. Robbie started the night off as he usually did, in the living room at 209 Anaconda with the boys. Also per usual, one of the groomsmen suggested that they go downtown to start the semester off right. Robbie reluctantly agreed to go as the DD. On the other side of the story, one of Melissa’s bridesmaids was on a date and the rest of the girls decided to tag along to a local college hangout, Paddy O’Neil’s. When Robbie and the guys walked into Paddy’s that night, the date said to the girls, ‘Hey look at those eligible bachelors.’ That is when Melissa pointed out that the one in the vest was cute. The one in the vest was Robbie. The date approached Robbie and got him and one of the groomsmen to come over to their table. When the tables were introducing themselves, Melissa was the only one too shy to share her name with the group. This left Robbie with having to ask one of the girls what her name was while she was up getting drinks. Later, when the group was sharing hobbies, Robbie talked about sports and fishing while Melissa stated, 'I don’t know, shopping?' Robbie thought that was an… interesting answer. Little did he know they would be engaged two and a half years later. Later that night they exchanged phone numbers and the rest is history.