It was a normal Sunday night when I was heading to my church connection group. I was chatting with my leader when this new guy walked in and sat down. Immediately, I looked at my leader and said, "Dibs." Later that week, some of our group was going to Trivia. In efforts to be 'friendly' I sent Brendan a message on GroupMe inviting him. Brendan never read my message.. So two weeks later, I wanted to be 'friendly' again and messaged him on Instagram inviting him to trivia again. He finally answered! Although he denied my trivia request, Brendan kept the conversation going and made an effort to get to know me. A week later, he asked me to coffee to 'make-up' for not going to trivia. We met at Smokey Row in Ankeny and chatted over coffee for 2.5 hours. Our next date was two days later at our favorite restaurant, 30 Hop, and we were official about a month later. We dated for around a year before we got engaged and are excited for our future!