We met in grad school. I sat in the front of the class, he sat in the back. A few times I sat across from Eric in the lunch room and reviewed classes, homework and so on. One day we found each other in our school's bar, and awkwardly chatted about life. He laughed at my jokes, and I gaffawed at his. He read my poetry, I read his. After that, we became each other's beer drinking friends. It wasn't until a holiday party that I realized he thought of me as more. There was an exchange of a poem, a kiss and this was followed by three weeks of separation, and three weeks of consistent messaging. When we were reunited, we picked up right where we left off. Our relationship grew and our adventures became one. We supported each other in graduating, our job search, and growing in our careers. We're excited to face the next of life's challenges together and celebrate the next of life's big events with you, our friends.