The struggle is real in the world of online dating. In 2020, only two years after moving back to St. Louis from Atlanta, Stephanie continued to follow the trends; swiping left and right. When she came across a guy in Holiday Shores, she asked her cousins if they knew him before she even swiped. Lizzy said he used to bring Luke into the child center at the YMCA all the time and was nice... So Stephanie swiped right. MATCHED. That might be where our story started but not the relationship. Stephanie and Andrew did not meet until October of 2021! Lizzy had made up her mind and took every opportunity, assisted with some liquid courage, to tell Andrew just what he was missing. It took a girl's night at Copper Dock and a snapchat invitation to the marina for the official meeting to actually happen. Lizzy was not going to let that invitation pass. Andrew and Stephanie talked all night closing the bar down and with a proper date following shortly after. MET. On Thanksgiving 2023, stuffed in all the layers of clothes for the annual Turkey Trot with the family, Andrew asked Stephanie to marry him. While heading out to the race, Andrew scratched off a lottery ticket and told Stephanie he won the jackpot. She said "SHUT UP, let me see" and that is when he got down on one knee and handed her the scratch off that said Will you Marry Me? MARRIED.