Chelsea and Ricky met through an online dating app, both coming off a streak of less-than-lucky dates and low expectations. Their first date was on July 19, 2023, at a mini golf course — though, if you’d asked Chelsea earlier that day, she was brainstorming every possible excuse to cancel. Luckily, none of them stuck.

The date went on. Ricky hit a hole-in-one, Chelsea didn’t cheer, and somehow that just made things more fun. In the end, Chelsea took the win, which meant Ricky owed her ice cream. They grabbed cones and ended up talking until the place closed — no awkward silences, no checking the time — just easy conversation and an unexpected connection. A few weeks later, on August 6, 2023, after an IronPigs game, Ricky officially asked Chelsea to be his girlfriend.

It didn’t begin with fireworks or dramatic gestures. It began with mini golf, an ice cream cone, and two people who found something real in the most unexpected place. And from that night on, the rest was history.