Picture it, Royal Oak, 2019... Erin and Brian find themselves brought together, as if by fate, at a seminar entitled, "How to Deal with Difficult People". Were they sent here because they are difficult people? That's not what they told them, but really who's to say? Erin arrived late to the seminar which had begun approximately 15 minutes prior. A few minutes in she looked around to see if she had by chance landed herself by any hotties. Look the left... not so much. Look the right... enter one Brian Garry. Super cute and definitely not paying attention to the seminar, but instead editing pictures from a recent trip to Zion National Park. She very cooly invited him to Qdoba for lunch, but alas... Brian was intent on his less cool plans to go home for lunch. Erin decided that she was really more in the mood for sushi anyway and had a fabulous solo lunch at Noble Fish in Clawson. Lunch came and went and everyone filed back into their seats. Brian sits down with a Qdoba cup and a look of disappointment after having seemingly changed his plan. At the end of the day, the seminar concluded and Erin waited an inordinate amount of time for Brian to pack up his laptop and they walked out together. As they approached their cars, Brian asked Erin if he could give her his phone number. Their first date was at the late Public House in Ferndale.