The story of Troy and Hanna begins in the Fall of 2019. Troy was in the earliest years of his career as an engineer and living in Mission Valley. Hanna was attending Graduate School for Physical Therapy in San Marcos. Both met through the only modern dating app that truly ever seems to work; Hinge. What started as a friendly conversation about how badly Game of Thrones fumbled the bag in Season 8 soon progressed into making plans for a date! Although the medium through which they met was modern, the next steps took a more traditional route. In other words, Troy was in charge of planning the date. Those of you who know the groom are likely aware that this could have spelled an untimely doom for a then blossoming relationship. Indeed, Troy's suggestion that Hanna drive 40 minutes south at 5:00pm on a Tuesday to meet in Sunset Cliffs at its busiest time was...politely declined. Despite the initial setback, they continued to correspond and keep the chemistry alive. After another fruitless attempt to plan their first date, Hanna lamented that the long drive would be too much of a hindrance due to her tight schedule with school. As Troy would find out was often the case over time, she had a good point. But, alas! A miracle was afoot! Troy used his head! What if HE drove to HER instead? Truly Brilliant. His Father's son, indeed. Troy insisted that he meet with Hanna in San Marcos at a place of her choosing for one date, for the sake of at least giving it a shot. After all, there was only one way to tell if the distance was truly too great an obstacle. Luckily, one night at Churchill's they both learned it was not... ...and the rest is history.