Joey and Elijah met in August of 2017 at Finlandia University during Joey's junior year and Elijah's freshman year.

They both had a love for athletics which made them click instantly. Elijah almost hitting Joey by the cage is what really grabbed his attention. Mutual friends of the two set them up throughout the month of August and September. At the end of September Joey asked Elijah to be his girlfriend.

They spent 3 summers apart between school years, with Elijah making her first trip to California in 2018 for a week. Both playing their sports with their teams in the summers and working.

May of 2019 they moved into an apartment in Hancock while Elijah finished her degree and Joey coached the Universities Baseball team.

In May of 2021 both made the move from Hancock, Michigan to San Diego, California. Both started careers and Elijah continued with school.

On October 1, 2022 at Ocean Beach Pier in San Diego, Joey got down on one knee and asked Elijah to marry him.

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