"Hi, I'm Casey. How are you?"

That is how it all started.

Noah and Casey met in June of 2017 on Match.com. It took a few tentative days of chatting online before he worked up the courage to ask if she would like to go out on a date. I mean hey, this is a girl who reached out first, she's something special. Later that week they met at the Detroit Hopcat and had dinner. Time just seemed to fly by, they sat just talking about *whatever* and before they knew it, almost 4 hours had passed. It took less than a week before they had their second date, and by then Noah was hooked. Despite work schedules that almost seemed purpose-built to only let them see each other once a week, Noah could never wait for Thursday to come (Date Night!).

Over the 3 years since then, they’ve bonded over their love of Musicals, chilly Saturday nights at the Big House (or if you ask Casey, ‘warm Saturday afternoons at the Big House’), and cheesy Reality TV shows. November of 2019, Noah surprised Casey with an engagement ring at the same place they had taken their first real picture as a couple; the Christmas Tree at Campus Martias. She told him to “Shut the f**k up”. A couple times, in the best way possible. And then, of course she said ‘Yes”. Noah wouldn’t have it any other way!

We’re so happy to be able to share this day with you, and can’t wait to spend the rest of our lives together!

According to Noah I was the one to send the first message on Match.com- I didn’t believe him (that didn’t sound like me) until one day he went through his old emails and found proof (of course)…so I guess I did. After a week of talking he asked me to meet for dinner, and it was at this moment I realized he had not told me his first name yet- his profile had his standard “raumiester” screenname on it. To be safe, I went back through our messages to make sure I hadn’t just forgotten it, and I was right- he hadn’t told me his name. So after learning his name and doing a quick Google/Facebook search to make sure he wasn’t a serial killer, I accepted. We met at HopCat in Detroit since it was right across from my office at the time and I remember when I walked in and saw him I instantly thought “oh good, he looks nice”. We had a great dinner and by the time we were getting ready to leave it had started to rain…HARD. Noah offered to go to his car to grab his umbrella to walk me to my car and I remember thinking that was such a nice gesture- not many guys do things like that these days. After about a month of sporadic dates to dinner, the Pig & Whiskey Festival, bowling, and mini golf he asked me to be official (complete with finger guns) and I obviously said yes. My dog, Kali, loved him pretty much instantly- I’m convinced he’s the favorite over me! Over the past 3+ years we have traveled to the Upper Peninsula, Los Angeles, Myrtle Beach, on a Caribbean cruise, and Kansas City. We have seen many Broadway shows (Hamilton twice!), concerts, and Michigan football games together.

Then on November 24, 2019, everything changed when Noah took me to downtown Detroit with some friends to go ice skating at Campus Martius. After skating for a bit we stopped to get our picture taken in front of the big Christmas tree and that’s when Noah gave me the shock of a lifetime- he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I had no idea this was going to happen. We had talked about it, I had told him what kind of rings I liked, and given him VERY strict instructions to A. talk to my dad ahead of time and B. get my sister, Holly, to approve of the ring if I wasn’t picking it out myself- and I figured sometime in the next six months or so this would happen, but I had no idea it would happen when it did. My response to him was this: “STFU!, Did you talk to my Dad?, STFU!, STFU!, Yes!”…maybe not my classiest moment, but it was definitely genuine and I think my utter shock was evident. And now here we are, planning our wedding and what other memories we hope to make for the rest of our lives!