My Father, Peter, met Brandon's parents, Michael and Natalie, in December of 2007. They met at a Christmas party, bonded over shared heritage, and joked that they should have an arranged marriage between their children. My dad joked saying, "but I have two really great daughters!" To which Natalie replied "and I have two really great sons!"

On April 4, 2008 I met Brandon at a party one of our friends was hosting. I had already been at the party for a few hours before Brandon showed up, I would later come to know that this was standard.. he was not just driving in from Rhode Island. When Brandon walked down the stairs towards me I had one of those moments I would from this point further call "Big Fish moments". Have you seen Big Fish? When Edward Bloom sees his future wife for the first time he is at a circus. Time stops as the quote "they say when you meet the love of your life, time stops", resounds through. Edward passes through frozen acrobats, elephants, pushes aside pieces of floating popcorn. Brandon came down the stairs, and before I could even blink he was standing in front of me saying "I'm Brandon" with his hand stretched out for me to shake. And before I could blink again, he was gone. Moving through the party, with a huge smile on his face.

A week later we went on our first date.

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