Patrick and Emily met on 2/15/ 2018- which also happens to be Patrick's birthday!

At the time they were Schenectady social studies teachers at different schools, after a chance encounter and talking about work, Patrick emailed Emily asking to take her out to dinner.

Over five years later...they now both teach social studies in the same school and share two dogs- Bowie and Ivy.

They both enjoy cooking together, going to concerts, hanging out with friends, (and their prospective dogs of course) trying new things, an enjoying the regular grind of life with each other's company.