Believe it or not, Matthew and I met in middle school! Our friendship began in none other than the middle school band. Matthew wanted to take our friendship to the next level when he asked me to be his girlfriend in our freshman year of high school. We dated for about 3 months, but I ended the relationship by hitting him with the classic "it's not you, it's me." We remained friends throughout high school, but went our separate ways after graduation. I went to Waynesburg University and Matt went to Pitt. After 3 years at Waynesburg, I ended up transferring to...you guessed it...Pitt! I transferred into the chemical engineering program, which Matt was already apart of. When he found out I was transferring, he reached out and told me he would be happy to take me on a campus tour...and maybe more importantly, share his chemE notes with me ;) So our first 'date' was a campus tour. He had it all planned out, he was going to take me to the Cathedral of Learning up to the Honor College floor - a place that had a great view of the entire campus! We got on the elevators on the ground floor, pressed the button, went all the up, but the elevator doors never opened! We slowly returned to the ground floor without seeing the honors college. We got off the elevator kind of awkwardly, but immediately, both of us just started cracking up, like 'what just happened??' From that moment on, Matthew has made me laugh everyday. Post-college was pretty crazy! Matt got a job in Houston, TX while I still had another year of school. So we took a stab at long distance dating. We did that for a little over a year...and then the pandemic hit. Matt's job was unfortunately was not immune to the pandemic, but it meant it he moved back home. We were no longer long distance, but socially distant. A few months later, Matt got a job in Scranton, PA. Certainly a lot closer than Texas, but that meant back to long distance! After about a year of that, I got a job at the same place and Matt and I were reunited once again! We found careers we love, bought a house together and now it's time to GET MARRIED <3