We originally met as kids in middle school. In 8th grade, we were both teacher's assistants for Mrs. Ciccateli's tech class. Little did we know, we both had crushes on each other but back then we never pursued each other. Timing has a funny way of working things out because 9 years later our paths crossed again. But this time instead of being two shy kids, we were two grown adults. Thanks to Shaina's older sister, Desiré, who was getting married at the time, we reconnected at the wedding and caught up on the last 9 years we didn't see each other. Our first date was during COVID, so it was a social distance walk. We talked for 2 hours easily without any breaks in the conversation. It felt easy to be with each other and the obvious romantic feelings were still there from when were kids. 3 Dates later we were both hooked and the rest is history.