Therese's friend Taime texted her on a Wednesday in early October 2023 saying that she "had met someone and thought that Therese should meet him too". Taime had met Johnny (JJ) while taking her kids to an event that he was taking his nieces to, and said she immediately thought Therese should meet him but waited to confirm with his sister to make sure he was single and interested. The same day that Taime texted Therese and was given the go-ahead to connect them, Johnny texted Therese and they set up a phone date for the following evening. After talking for an hour and a half on the phone, Johnny said, "Well, we've been talking for a long time..." and Therese realized that it was probably a long time for a guy, so she didn't complain but definitely could have kept talking. He set up a date for them to meet in person the following Tuesday. Over the weekend though, he couldn't go another day without talking to Therese so he set up another phone conversation which lasted three hours (so she knew he could talk longer than an hour and a half) and the conversation never lagged, the connection was obvious. They met on Tuesday for drinks, and Therese apparently made him stay longer than anticipated (but she doesn't remember him trying to leave). Since then, they've talked to each other every day. On December 8, 2023, Johnny proposed to Therese in his living room after they had decorated his house for Christmas, and by December 17 they had set a July date for the wedding.