Very soon after matching online, we realized we already knew each other. In fact, we had met before—our mutual connection was Mikenna Pelloth, Mike's sister, who had worked at GI-RO for nearly six years. Our first date was at the New York Beer Project, a night neither of us will ever forget. The connection we felt was unlike anything either of us had experienced before, and from that moment on, we knew it was meant to be.