Ethan and Catriona were parallel lines for the first 19 years of their lives.

Despite growing up 30 minutes apart from each other, their paths didn't cross until August 18th, 2019.

Ethan was midway through his freshman year at the University of Oshkosh, Wisconsin when he decided he would apply for a Community Advisor role for his sophomore year of college.

At that very same time, across campus, Catriona was midway through her Sophomore year when she decided to apply for a Community Advisor role.

They interviewed. Ethan got it. Catriona got waitlisted...

Ethan was placed in the Donner-Webster community. Catriona was discouraged, thinking she surely wouldn't get a placement for the next semester, so she signed up for the dorms for one more year.

Catriona was slated to live in Donner Hall on the 4th floor...

One fine day in May, Catriona received a call that a CA position had opened up. Her new assignment: Donner Hall, 4th floor CA.

Catriona and Ethan went home for the summer, not knowing their lives would change completely once they began their CA training.

August 18th, 2019: Ethan and Catriona moved into Donner Hall.

August 19th, 2019: Catriona saw her coworker enter their training session a couple of minutes late. She watched him scan around the room and look for any open seat he could take.

For whatever reason, Catriona frantically grabbed her phone and messaged Ethan through the staff “group me” to let him know there was a spot open next to her

Ethan looked up, and Catriona waved. He made his way up and sat down next to her.

Catriona cracked a joke and said “You know, I would understand if you didn’t want to sit by me… I bite.”

Ethan stared.

But then the session began. They were asked to discuss their biggest strengths according to a Gallup survey. Their instructor asked everyone to look around and see if anyone had a similar strength to

Ethan and Catriona looked at their strengths and realized that 3 out of 5 strengths were the same. They chuckled and talked about how they got those strengths, where they were from, what we were excited for in the upcoming year, his mom winning a radio contest and they never stopped talking..

Though they didn't start dating until a full year after they had met, everyone who knows them knows that they were locked in from the moment they met.

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