Scott’s Version: Alex and I met in the fall of 2019 through an online social meetup group. Neither of us were looking for a relationship, but over time, my feelings for Alex grew to more than friendship. Alex wasn't interested, but then an out-of-the-blue phone call from me made Alex think twice. We started dating officially on 2/29/2020 (what a leap!) and shortly after that Covid came. My job went on hiatus and I spent most of my time with Alex and her family. It was clear to me that I had found my person. Alex’s version: Scott and I met through a meetup group that I had been a part of for quite a while. Scott will say we first met at a bowling event, but I remember him from a corn maze meetup a few weeks prior. There is actually a picture out there of us on the same hayride. After getting my number, he started casually texting me. I thought he was nice but I really wasn’t interested in dating anyone. He claimed to only look for friendship but I was always suspicious so I tried my best to slowly ghost him. I thought it was remarkable how positive he was every time I would wait a day or two to text back claiming “I got busy.” He'd always just reply "that's ok!" and kept the conversation going. I had a full schedule while going through the teaching credentialing program plus raising my boys. This made it easy to say “I don’t have any time!” when he would ask me to go out. He always found excuses to call me which I thought was odd since people our age have forgotten how to make phone calls. One night, while I was on my way to hang out with my friends from the credentialing program, he called me. He said he wanted to congratulate me on finishing my program. He told me it was a big deal that I was able to do this and I should be proud of myself. I was kind of shocked that a man could be so genuinely nice. I told my friends about the conversation and how maybe I should give him a chance. That night, my friends called him and vetted him for me. But that’s a story for another time. We started hanging out a lot more at different meetup events. We went to ice skating, karaoke bars and a lot of country swing dancing. I was impressed by his singing and the fact that he actually had rhythm. Then Covid hit. Our active social life turned into nights at home sitting on the couch binging my favorite shows. Yes, he let me pick the shows. We got through Degrassi, seasons of the Bachelor, and Handmaids Tale. It soon became obvious how comfortable life together was. We enjoyed the same things and had a well matched sense of humor. That is still one of our favorite things about us. He continued to be patient, steady, consistent and just a great human being. I felt so lucky to have found him. I joked that it was silly for people to have their anniversary on leap year. Little did I know this would lead me on my neurotic fixation on dates. We officially started dating on February 29th, 2020. In my head this meant that our first year anniversary would be celebrated on March 1st, 2021 since technically that would be February 29 if it existed outside of leap year. Following this logic March 2nd, 2022, we celebrated our 2nd year since we added one extra day in the calendar for that missing 29th day. March 3rd, 2023 we celebrated our 3rd year together and also became legally married. Back to leap year we went for our 4th anniversary on February 29th, 2024 which led us to our Catholic ceremony date: March 1st, 2025. I liked this date because it is in the same rotation of our anniversaries plus I thought it was cool that the year 25 meant we had been married for 2 years and together for 5. We are so excited to finally have a chance to celebrate our marriage the way we wanted to. Thank you for being here and for being a part of what we are calling “Our Forever Wedding.”