Elizabeth and Mattie matched on a dating app in January of 2019, they never went on a date due to conflicting schedules and Mattie ended up moving to Dallas in the meantime. Fast forward to September 2019 when Elizabeth posts on Facebook she's moving to Dallas. Mattie reached back out to Elizabeth asking to take her on a proper date once moved to Texas. One month before Elizabeth was moving to Dallas Mattie happened to be in St. Louis and asked her on a date. On October 18, 2019 Elizabeth and Mattie met at The Country Club for drinks and talked for hours. That night Mattie asked Elizabeth to be his date to the Marine Corps Ball two weeks later... she said yes.