The year was 2017, and we were both trying to escape Western Massachusetts. Friends told us both to try a new app called Coffee Meets Bagel, which Alistaire had never heard of and Robert only knew from ABC's hit TV show Shark Tank starring Mark Cuban. The app led to our first date, where we agreed to meet in sweatpants, eat chicken wings and drink beer. No one can fake it when they're sitting in their old college sweats and their face is covered in buffalo sauce. We ended up talking for five hours at the Old Forge in Pittsfield before our date was cut short due to a snowstorm. On our second date, Robert made homemade mac n' cheese (the delicious baked kind with Ritz crackers crumbled on top), and this inevitably led to our third date where we did a Habitat for Humanity build. We sat on a stairwell covered in plaster and paint, and discovered pretty quickly this would be it. 5 years, 4 moves, 3 cars, 2 jobs and 1 pandemic later, we are finally getting to celebrate with you all!