Mariah and met Tyler for the first time in the Bridge Scholars Program at Georgia College in Milledgeville, GA. Mariah's roommate told her that a guy from her class she was cute. Tyler really liked Mariah and his interest in her known. Mariah was not looking for a relationship so soon into her college experience, but came to realize after a few weeks this might be worth a shot. For their first date, Mariah and Tyler went lake with some friends to fireworks for the fourth of July. The spark of that evening began their relationship!