Babi and Patrick first met in 2019 during their freshman year at Murray State University. They both applied for Murray State's Summer Orientation team and spent the beginning of the spring semester training together. In March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic shut the world down. In a short period of time, classes were canceled, training was cut in half, and Summer O became a virtual event. They spent that summer in lockdown but always looked forward to their Zoom team meetings.

As restrictions started to lift, their team leaders decided to host a team bonding event in Murray. Until then, Babi and Patrick were nothing more than coworkers, but during this trip, they began to grow closer. On the final day of the trip, Patrick asked Babi for her Snapchat. After she left, Patrick texted her to make sure she got home safely. Ever since that night, they have talked every single day.

Despite going their separate ways for the rest of the summer, they continued to get closer through FaceTime and texting, counting down the days until they were back at Murray State for their sophomore year. The week before classes started, Babi and Patrick had a full week of in-person work events. Without anyone on the team knowing how close they had gotten over the summer, Babi and Patrick felt awkward seeing each other in person and barely talked during the events. On the second-to-last night, Babi suggested the team go out for ice cream after their events. Knowing how much Babi loves ice cream, it was no surprise that on the last night, she made the same request. This time, however, only Patrick went. This was their first unofficial date and the first of many ice cream trips!

Babi and Patrick's first official date came when he asked her to get lunch with him on the first day of school. Luckily, their busy schedules lined up, and they were able to start a tradition of getting lunch together every Tuesday. After multiple dates, they attended the Summer O banquet, where Babi won Miss Summer O, the highest achievement possible for the girls… Patrick won "Most Likely to Get All the Girls' Snapchats"! After Patrick embarrassingly stood up to receive his award, he looked at Babi, who was sitting at another table, dying laughing (at that time, no one knew they were talking. One of Patrick's close friends, who gave him the award as a joke, still feels bad knowing what he knows now!) It didn't take long for everyone to find out they were talking, and when Patrick asked Babi for a picture at the end of the night, everyone knew for sure!

After a few more Covid dates (picking up dinner and eating in the car because no restaurants were open), Patrick asked Babi to be his official girlfriend on September 12th, 2020. The next four years of dating were filled with great memories, including another year of working Summer O together, many fraternity events, intramural games, road trips, late nights in the library, and of course, many ice cream dates! After graduating, Patrick moved to Dallas to work as a financial advisor, followed shortly by Babi, who works remotely as an architect. The two got engaged on February 17th, 2024, at the Dallas Arboretum!

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