It was the summer of 2018. I just finished my first year of law school and was ready to have a hot girl summer. Every summer in Columbia, SC there is a big Greek cookout along with other events that normally occur on third weekend in July. The main host of this big Greek weekend happened to be a mutual friend of Fred and me. In preparation for this weekend, a large GroupMe was created that consisted of people from all over SC and other nearby states. Only a handful of people in that group message talked on the regular so Fred, myself, and these other people were added to a smaller group message (at this time I have no idea who Fred is). I only know maybe 4 people in the group message, so I am relatively quiet; however, Fred on the other hand was a chatter box. He always had the jokes and always had something to say. I didn't think much of Fred at the time just thought he was a guy that liked to run his mouth (I did peep his profile pic and I immediately thought he was 6 feet or taller). Fast forward, Fred sends me a personal message "Soooo can I shoot my shot in here or is the hoop already occupied." I respond in a corny way "Shoot away" (that was so cringey lol). Remember, I thought he was tall, and he was easy on the eyes so in our first personal exchange I gave him my number on June 3, 2018. Yall, this man had the audacity to Facetime me two days later without ANY WARNING. I am NOT a fan of random Facetime calls from people I don't know yet or talk to on a regular basis, but he was cool, so I let it slide. By June 15, 2018, we had talked every day and went on two dates. Fast forward to today and now we are getting ready to walk down the aisle.

It was summer 2018, I was ready to kick off my hot boy summer. I was helping with an event for my fraternity brother, when me and Brianna happened to be in the same GroupMe circle. I didn't really notice Brianna in the group until she started talking more so I clicked on her profile and thought she was cute. I DM'ed her and got her number, it was easy (lol). After a couple of conversations with her, I set up a date for the next week at Old Chicago. This was our first time meeting in person and by the way she devoured those onion rings I knew she was the one. We have been inseparable since!