On Halloween weekend of 2022, Callie was at her friend Ms. Waz's Halloween party. Her friend Tiffany invited her to continue the party downtown, with her friend Dan and a cute and mysterious guy named Rob. Dan had invited Rob, John and Bete out to party at his apartment that weekend. They were wearing the same costume as everyone else. It was Average Joe's Dodgeball uniforms, with the idea being that girls dig guys in uniform. Tiffany informed Dan that she was bringing her friends Callie and Brandi to the Pourhouse. Tiffany thought they could all meet there to have a drink and dance. Rob and Callie met on a couch and connected immediately. They exchanged contact information despite the noise. A few days later, they scheduled a date at a bar that turned out to be closed. Luckily they were not deterred and pivoted to a new location. Callie and Rob had several hours of easy going and lively conversation, and at 9:30 sharp, Rob announced that it was great to meet Callie, but he had to go home and go to bed. Callie, shocked at the abrupt end of the date, wasn't sure if she was going to see him again. Little did she know she played right into Rob's plan of ending the first date on a high note, leaving her wanting more. They met up again many times over the next few months, and by New Years Eve were official. The rest has been a wonderful whirlwind of meeting each others friends and families, road trips and vacations from Minnesota to Mexico, eating tacos at Teresa's on Tuesdays, and blobbing in whatever pool or lake they can. In December of 2023, Rob reached out to Callie's parents Mike and Suzie to ask for their blessing and to ask if they would be willing to give him Callie's great-grandmother Louise's wedding ring to propose. They were over joyed, said yes, and deftly handed off the ring to Rob when he and Callie came to visit for Christmas 2023. Rob had the ring covertly resized, with the help of Callie's friends Kathleen and Beth. On February 10th, after an admittedly low-key date he completely surprised Callie and asked her to be his fiancé in their living room. For those still reading, she said YES!