We met the summer of 2007 in downtown Chicago while we were both out on the town during a weekend evening. We started dating immediately.  While living 45 minutes apart, we have managed to maintain a colorful relationship over the past 5 years traveling hundreds of miles back and forth between Lindenhurst and Chicago to see each other and spend time with one another.  After getting engaged on August 2011, we moved in together on May 2012 to our condo in downtown Chicago.