They say love is written in the stars, but for Billy and Allison, it was more like an invisible string tugging them together, without either of them noticing.

It all officially kicked off in 2021, but honestly, their story was already in the making long before.

Back in 1995, Allison moved to Schaumburg with her parents — just four miles away from Billy, who was out there living his own parallel life. They hung out at the same parks, ate at the same restaurants, and probably brushed past each other in stores. But, of course, they didn’t meet.

Flash forward to college: both ended up at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, once again existing in the same circles without actually crossing paths. Same quad, same bars, same frat and sorority events — and still, nothing.

Time marched on. The string kept pulling.

Then, in 2021, after Allison moved back to Chicago from New York, fate finally brought them together. Thanks to Bumble (yes, the app worked!), they met at Big Mini Putt Club, and boom — everything clicked. All those near-misses? They suddenly made sense. Their love story wasn’t just beginning — it was finally catching up to them.

Now, Billy and Allison are ready to celebrate the journey that led them here. They're excited to share this chapter with the people they love most and begin the story that fate had been writing for them all along.

Because sometimes, the best things in life are the ones that were meant to be.