TJ and Brittany met when Brittany was in 8th grade and TJ was in 7th. TJ was a football player and Brittany was one of the equipment managers for the football team. Rumor has it, there’s a photo somewhere of TJ standing behind the bench talking to Brittany instead of paying attention to the game. They stayed friends and when TJ got to high school, Brittany even made a shirt for him that said “I’m Brittany Martin’s favorite freshman”, but they still never dated (although, she later found out he’d had a crush on her the whole time). Fast forward 8 years, to June 2015. Brittany is living in Illinois and TJ has just graduated from college and is back in DuBois. One weekend when Brittany came home, TJ favorited a post on Twitter when it was spelled wrong and then again when Brittany deleted and correctly re-posted it. Brittany gave him a shoutout for favoriting it twice and he messaged her to hang out. They ended up grabbing drinks that Friday with a mutual friend from high school and the rest is history. Brittany moved home 6 months later and they moved in together and got Addy (Brittany’s dog) a little pitbull sister named Kaida. They have lived in 5 places with their little family and on December 19, 2018, TJ wanted to surprise Brittany by attaching a ring to Addy’s collar hoping Brittany would find it. Brittany played with Addy and pet her many times but never noticed. TJ wanted to ask before Christmas, but after 5 days, Brittany had still not found the ring. On Christmas Eve, TJ asked Brittany to check Addy’s tags. Brittany said no and that she knew they were expired and TJ told her to check them anyway. Brittany snarkily flipped through each one until she got to the ring, looked at TJ and asked what it was. TJ then got down on one knee and held up Addy. Tj said “Roses are Red, My name is Addy, here is a ring, will you marry my daddy?” Though she doesn't remember (due to crying too much) TJ says that she said yes and they will now live happily ever after!