They spent 3 hours talking on the first date; no topic was off-limits and it ended with Tyler rescuing Joelle from her car's dead battery. It was clear to them that very night that it wasn't your run of the mill dating app meet up. Each time they went out over the next month more and more things fell into place, they "just fit". Come October Joelle took a trip to her hometown and Tyler made the bold decision to come with her. He met parents, Joelle's beloved Aussie Jace, and let her drag him around her small hometown. After a nice weekend away they returned to West Michigan and under the brisk October night sky, Tyler asked her to be only his.