We met at Shannon's sisters 30th birthday party 8 years ago (sorry, Rach, everyone knows your age now)! We both went on living our (very single) lives, seeing each other when Shannon would visit Dallas until one year, Murphy was laying on top of the couch (like most cat-like dogs do) and fell asleep on Dimitri's shoulder. From there our friendship started and persisted. Shannon continued to visit her family for long stints of time through the covid years, and Dimitri continued to act as her personal Uber driver every time she would arrive and depart. It wasn't until Shannon was eating a piece of leftover Thanksgiving pumpkin pie that Dimitri knew he liked her, and it wasn't until she bought a house and moved to Dallas that Dimitri asked to take her out on their first date. Fast forward to D popping the question in January on a trip to Tahoe with close friends after a Cowboys playoff loss earlier that day!! And the rest of our story is to be written!!