Rewind to early June 2011 ...Aby and her friends were having a normal evening getting ready for their pregame to start at their shore house in Sea Isle City, NJ. She had been in touch with her close high school friend Brian, who planned to come over for drinks that evening and mentioned he would be bringing her an early birthday present. Expecting a cheap bottle of vodka, Aby was pleasantly surprised when her best friend Sandra ran into the bedroom upon Brian's arrival and told her that he had brought a tall, dark, and handsome Italian man of her dreams! That night they hit it off instantly and had quite the summer romance... but ultimately decided that two 20 years old's that were in college four hours apart wouldn't be able to make a lasting relationship work. Over the next six years they stayed in touch here and there through texts and what not.. Aby moved to Florida but ultimately missed her friends and family up North so knew she wanted to move back. Once she had her plan in place, Joe was one of the first texts she sent out announcing her arrival back to PA. They planned to meet for dinner and hadn't seen each other in 5 years... Dinner that night led to more dinners... and more drives to and from NoLibs and West Chester.. which led to meeting each others families...to Joe taking allergy medicine to not be allergic to Rex... which led to their first townhouse together in Glen Mills...then West Chester...now owning a home in Harrisburg and completing their fur family with rescuing little Remi girl. Everything happened for a reason and it led them back to each other ....after a decade of friendship and four years of falling in love, Joe popped the question!