In Alexa's freshman year at Tufts University, she was cast in the musical "Urinetown," where she befriended a sophomore named Marcos. She quickly noticed that roughly 90% of Marcos' stories involved his best friend, a mysterious "Jon Sasenick." One fall afternoon, Alexa ran into Marcos and Jon, and Marcos made the introduction. Alexa said, "It's nice to finally meet you!" and Jon said "You too!" They both promptly forgot about each other and didn't speak again until the following year.

Jon has no recollection of this first meeting. If you ask him when he first met Alexa, he claims it was when he saw the production of "Urinetown" and thought to himself, "Who's that girl with the hair?"

Ahhhhh romance.

In their junior year (Alexa's sophomore year), Jon and Marcos decided to take an Ancient Egyptology course for their humanities credit (#liberalarts). They walked in on their first day to find Alexa was taking the course as well and sat with her. Jon and Alexa finally became friends and learned a lot about each other that semester - specifically:

- Both considered watching "Prince of Egypt" an acceptable substitute for studying for Ancient Egyptology.
- They made a good team; both had received 98s on the midterm, and when Marcos announced he'd somehow earned a 107, they collectively booed their friend.
- Both had great senses of humor; Jon (and Marcos) would spend every class putting small objects in Alexa's hair, and Alexa would laugh instead of killing them.

Jon and Alexa remained good friends for the rest of that year, and became closer the following year when they worked on the show "Assassins" together (yes, Marcos was cast too). When they finally started dating in March, absolutely no one was surprised.

Jon and Alexa dated for five years, including:

- Two years of long distance while Jon powered through med school in Erie, PA. It's a glorious city if you like fog, guns, and morbid obesity.
- Jon finally moving to New York City! Just kidding, it's Far Rockaway (emphasis on Far). The Universe decides to cut them a break, however, and restores A train service two days before Jon arrives. The MTA does nothing good ever again.
- Moving in together after four years, settling in Central Harlem with their BFFL/child Logan Reed.

Jon was coming up on his five year reunion at Tufts, and decided to propose where it all began. He bought a ring with the help of his friend Becky (seriously girl, thank you - you did good) and hatched a plan with Logan's help. Upon arriving back at Tufts, Jon suggested they walk around campus a bit. He led her to the library roof, Alexa's favorite spot on campus, and on the night of June 10th, 2016, Jon asked her to be his wife.