Our story technically starts at Stucko’s, where Tanya would walk in every single week asking Doug—then the manager—for a job. Every single week, he’d say no. His reasoning? “You’re trouble.” (Reader: he was not wrong.) Although Doug never hired Tanya, the universe had other plans. Thanks to Jess—a mutual friend from our bartending days around town—we were officially introduced. From there, we started running in the same friend circles, crossing paths often, but never quite at the right time. That is, until one night out when Jess and Kyle (yes, that Kyle—our wedding officiant) reconnected us. Something clicked, and from that night on, we never looked back. They say Tanya is the gas and Doug is the brakes—and honestly, that feels accurate. What started as casual hangs turned into something more while playing golf, ordering way too much DoorDash, and spending nights gaming side‑by‑side on two TVs. What we found in each other was a love that feels easy, steady, and true. And once we found it, we knew we never wanted to let it go.