Stipe and Alysha met through mutual friends of ours at a July Fourth party in 2017. They hadn't seen each other in a few years until one night they were each out with their friends. It was the end of the night and Alysha, per usual was smashing her face with pizza at the Wild Goose in Downtown Willoughby. As Stipe approached Alysha had no idea until her best friend and Maid of Honor, Lindsay nudged her on the arm several times to look up, however she was too intrigued in the pizza, and let's not forget the sauce that was all over her face when she realized Stipe was standing at the end of their table. She finally looked up, with pizza sauce still on her face for a moment, and then chatted for a little bit and added each other on snap chat. The next day Alysha gave in and "claimed" she hated the snap chat messaging and gave Stipe her phone number. Later that day Stipe asked if she wanted to go get coffee. At first Alysha was a little hesitant and the previous night had told Lindsay "she was just over all men and their BS". She then texted Lindsay who encouraged her to go(thanks linds). They sat at Fiona's coffee shop for hours only to be cut off by Stipe having to leave to go work night shift at the station. From that day forward everything else was HISTORY, and they haven't looked back since!