Brian was visiting Denver, where Nicholle lived, for a bachelor party. They both had tickets to attend the Mile High Beer Festival. Towards the end, Nicholle ordered a giant soft pretzel with dipping cheese and was eating it behind her group of friends as they talked to some guys. Those guys turned out to be some of Brian's friends. As if perfectly timed, Brian walked up to Nicholle and said hi as she was inhaling her soft pretzel. Their friend groups merged for the rest of the night, bar hopping around Denver. Since Brian lived in Indiana at the time then Louisiana, they began a couple years of long distance before Brian moved to Colorado in 2021.