We initially ran into each other in the weight room on campus at Penn State Behrend in 2016. Joe's lifting partner ended up being a mutual friend of ours..

Fast forward 6 months, and this same mutual friend asked if a couple of his friends could come over to our place. Those friends of his ended up being Joe and his roommates. We all quickly became friends through syllabus week celebrations. Then, after some time passed, in 2017, a relationship started. We dated for 6 years; 2 years in college, 3 years of distance, and then we moved in together in 2022. Joe asked Lexi to marry him on the date it all started 6 years prior, May 27th 2023.