While Abby played soccer with Emily (Bridesmaid and my Sister) in High School, we truly got to know each other Sophomore year of college at Ohio State. Abby had transferred from University of Kentucky, and we lived a few houses apart. Most of our roommates were friends from Freshman year and high school, so we ended up frequently going to the same parties and bars. Abby happened to be in a long-term relationship since high school, so the relationship began purely as friends. We started to study together (often at the Law School Library) and spend more time together outside of parties and bars. Our platonic relationship continued to grow until graduation where we ended up going our separate ways: Abby left Columbus to attend Graduate School at Miami University of Ohio (and subsequently move to Nashville), and I stayed to work in Columbus. In the Fall of 2019, we both went home to Cincinnati for Thanksgiving. Abby was now single; however, I was “somewhat” single (he was single). We both decided to meet at a bar, where Cory (Bridesmaid) and her sisters distracted the girl that I was with so Abby could flirt with him. Slowly becoming aware of the situation, I decided to flee the bar and avoid the situation entirely, instead opting to get pizza with his friends: Eric and Kelly. Over the next couple months, we began talking more frequently and catching up over the lost time. Fortunately, or unfortunately, a global pandemic forced Abby to return home to Cincinnati from Nashville. As the relationship continued to grow, Abby decided to come up to Columbus in the summer of 2020 and invited me on a date. Unaware it was a date; I invited my friend Drew (Groomsman) to the bar we were going to (Harrisons, that is now sadly closed). Drew was of course late, so we began the night together. Conversation flowed smoothly and I quickly realized he made a mistake by not understanding it was a date. Drew ended up coming anyway and we decided to take the night to the COVID speakeasy, Duecento, where my cousin talked me up to Abby throughout the night. From there, I grew from “Zach the Friend” to “Zach the Stud Muffin” (my words clearly…) and our relationship as more than friends started. Over the next couple of months, Abby continued to visit Columbus more and more frequently. We went on more and more dates and spent more time together, however the 6.5-hour difference between Columbus and Nashville remained and the time was coming when Abby had to return to Nashville post-pandemic. We made our relationship “official” (as the young kids would say) and I started to think about a move to Nashville. In Spring 2021, I accepted a new job and made the move south of the Mason Dixon in the following summer. The rest of the relationship continued to grow to the moment that led us to August 23, 2024.