We met on Tinder in October of 2022. Mira Hackney (Tyler's best friend's daughter) was swiping with Tyler and Mira saw a picture of Emily and a dog. Tyler agreed with Mira that swiping right was the choice. Emily messaged Tyler first and Tyler asked Emily on a date. Our first date was at Emily's apartment in LaGrange. We talked for hours. Eventually, Tyler got up and said "I need to leave". We continued to date until we became "official" on November 29, 2022. We both realized that we didn't want to play games and we are both too busy to mess around with anyone who wasn't serious. We knew right away that this was long term. We met each other's families a few months later and have been together since! Tyler proposed to Emily on stage at a Drag Show in Bloomington, IN on May 27, 2023. Emily proposed to Tyler in their home a few weekends later.