We met on the first day of MIT – in the same orientation group! Then, we chose the same major (Chemical Engineering, or "Course 10" to MIT people), so we had quite a few classes together over our four years. We were always just friends, though – even when Chloë asked John to Theta formal sophomore year after sitting together all throughout Organic Chemistry... Fast forward to senior spring, and we got closer. We started going on weekly Thursday night outings to a fancy cocktail bar in Seaport (totally not a date according to Chloë). Eventually, that escalated to John asking Chloë out, and us going on our first *official* date at Roxy's arcade. After graduation, we were long distance for a few years, while John worked at L'Oréal in New Jersey and Chloë worked at Bain in Boston. Once Covid hit and Chloë could work remotely, though, she started spending months at a time in Jersey. In April 2021, Chloë got a 6-month-long job in New York, and got to move in with John and the boys (Tim and Vince, the best roommates ever!) in Jersey City. We had a blast that summer, and it made us even more excited for our long-term plan of John moving to Boston in 2022, when Chloë started business school. As promised, John found a new job and shipped up to Boston in August 2022, as Chloë started at HBS. There, we enjoyed spending weeknights cooking new recipes and chatting about business case studies, weekends exploring the city, and weeks traveling the globe. After Chloë graduated, we moved to Westborough (where John worked) for a few months, enjoyed the suburban life, and adopted Betty the cat! In January 2025, we settled down in Southie, and we have been enjoying every minute since!