So funny story. We met in a chat room for the new at the time cartoon Young Justice, of all things, in March of 2011. Both of us had already made a few friends who enjoyed the show as well, yet somehow our circles hadn’t really crossed. Until we discovered that both of us were friends with Rosey. Not sure who had a crush first, but Rosey had to deal with both of us talking her ear off about how much we liked the other, all while trying to encourage us to ask each other out. A month later, including a brief fake-dating stint to scare off a college boy who wouldn’t take no for an answer, we started dating officially. We were long distance for about a year, both of us travelling about every 2-3 months to see the other, until Els moved up to Buffalo. In December of 2016, we took a trip to New Orleans, where, at midnight, in the middle of Jackson Square in the heart of the French Quarter, while fireworks were exploding above us to bring in the New Year, Els proposed. A girl with a half-empty fishbowl stopped behind us to scream her excitement. It was the most romantic experience ever. Fishbowl girl included.