Toby and Carly were introduced to each other through Toby's Captain and Captain's wife, Travis and Danielle Dickey. Danielle met Toby sometime in July 2021 at Fire Station 84s. Toby unknowingly impressed Danielle when she went to go visit Travis at his new station. Travis was out on a call when Danielle arrived at the station. Toby helped get her twin boys out of the car, played with them, and gave the boys a snack until Travis arrived back at the station.

A few days later, Danielle was cutting Carly's hair and Carly shared that she was single. Danielle told Carly about the "nicest guy" she just met at Travis's new station and asked if she could set her up. Carly was initially hesitant, but then said, "Why the heck not?"

Two weeks later, Toby reached out to Carly with the text message above. The rest is history..