Ronny and I had originally met in passing while we were attending Mount Saint Mary College, completing our Master's program in education! However... we just saw each other in class and that was the end of that.

JUMP AHEAD NEARLY A YEAR OR TWO

Ronny and I both made accounts on Hinge, a dating app, and we matched! However, I thought that Ronny was still involved with someone else so cue the mass text I sent to ALL of our mutual college friends asking them to do what they do best- put on their FBI gear and deep dive into his history. Thankfully for me (but really him), he was indeed single and we ended up going on a date! Well, it was more like a two in one kind of date.

In true Hannah fashion, I was getting incredibly nervous for our first date and I almost chickened out. I told Ronny I was a little nervous to travel to a place I had never been before, so he offered to pick me up because I was "on his way". For those of you who don't know, I lived completely OUT of the way. Like a whole twenty minutes out of the way.

FAST FORWARD: RONNY PICKS ME UP, I AM ANXIOUS

We arrive to Noble Coffee Roasters in Campbell Hall and I am quickly tripping over not only my words, but my own two feet. We order coffee and I remember getting cold brew but not putting cream in it because I felt like that was a weird thing for me to do so I drank BLACK cold brew for the entirety of our date.

But, as we sat in the coffee shop we immediately clicked. We were bantering with one another, laughing at the most horrific jokes, and just enjoying each others company. Something felt different, and we both didn't want the date to end.

So it didn't.

Ronny drove us out to Fuji in Middletown for dinner and the date kept going. That's when Ronny learned that when I get anxious in social situations I count ceiling tiles and light fixtures and I learned that Ronny is not very socially anxious at all and enjoyed watching me hyper focus on the most wild things.

But all good things must come to an end, so Ronny drove me home and we parted ways, never to speak again. AND he didn't even kiss me goodbye. Could you imagine??

What a bunch of crap. I texted him immediately OBVIOUSLY. And we planned our next date!

If you read this far, congratulations! This was the short version of a very long story that seems like it was only the other day. To look back and reminisce on all of the things we were able to experience together, I know I get very emotional. From graduations, certification exams, job hunting, summer school, leaving our jobs, packing our lives, moving into an apartment together, figuring out what adulting really is, having my first surgery, watching Ronny grow at the firehouse, getting COVID together around the holidays and getting engaged... it is surreal what the last few years have had in store for us. And we look forward to what the next few years have in store.

We went from strangers, to just passing one another twice a week in class, to randomly being matched on a dating app... to this. Despite the things we share, our differences make what we have created so special.

Thank you for coming to share in our day, we spent a lot of time and thought picking those who mean the world to us and who have allowed us to grow to this moment in time. We are thankful and appreciative for all you have done to make this possible.

Sending all of our love,

Hannah and Ronny.

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