Chad and Tammy met in 2001 at a bar in Wisconsin Rapids. After a few months of dating, they moved in together. However, after a couple years, they decided to part ways, but over the next several years they kept in touch. In 2013, they began spending more time together. But fate would step in again and Tammy was offered a paid graduate assistantship in New Orleans and told Chad that she was leaving Wisconsin (perhaps for good) at the end of the following summer. Not wanting to let his true love get away a second time, Chad decided to pack up his life in Wisconsin and move to New Orleans with Tammy. A year and a half ago they adopted a rescue dog, Maynard, and he has completed their family.