To fully understand our story, we have to start from the beginning. The very beginning. June 18, 1990, a boy was born .... JUST KIDDING. Fast forward a few years.

Mike, having worked as a police officer for a few years at East Carolina University, had seen many Residence Hall Coordinators come and go. By 2021, Mike did not concern himself with who was new, jokes on him. Little did he know, the love of his life, Kaitlyn, had just started working at ECU in July 2021. Let's fast forward.

October 2022, Kaitlyn was on call for work and responded to an emergency that a student had. Fateful enough, Mike was the officer on duty. All you need to know from this is that Kaitlyn thought the best looking ECU PD officer just strolled into her vision. Mike, however, was oblivious. Let's fast forward.

November 2022, Kaitlyn is home and receives a notification on her phone and thinks, "what could that be?" She picks up her phone to find that a gentleman named Mike had swiped right. Immediately, Kaitlyn checks her account to see the THE Officer Plummer. Panic sets in. She knows this person. She has a great interest in him; however, what if it doesn't work out and they will continue seeing each other at work. The carousel of "what if" is endless. Finally, after 3 days of overthinking, Kaitlyn decides to respond by also swiping right, then immediately puts her phone down and walks away.

Twenty minutes pass, and Mike makes the first move: "Hey! You look really familiar, but I don't know where I know you from." After a brief amount of devastation, because Kaitlyn knows exactly who Mike is, she responds, "Hi! I'm a Hall Coordinator at ECU, that's probably how you know me." And so it began...

November 15, 2022. Their first date. Filled with laughs, fun facts, and closing down a local brewery. Quickly, dates kept getting scheduled, interest turned into like, like turned into feelings of care.

December 17, 2022. Kaitlyn asked Mike to go on an adventure to Atlantic Beach to escape work. They spent the day walking along the beach in the bitter cold, ate lunch right near the water, and visited a brewery. Upon arriving back from the adventurous day, Mike then asked Kaitlyn to officially become his girlfriend, to which Kaitlyn responded sarcastically, "Mmmm, I have to think about it." Mike, in a stress- induced panic, kindly said, "I know it's a big decision, so absolutely, take your time." Kaitlyn, now in her own panic because she was being sarcastic and thought Mike knew the answer was yes, quickly said, "I mean yes! I'm so sorry, I do want to be your girlfriend!"

Time flies when you're having fun, and they had a lot of fun. Baseball games, concerts, comedy shows, visiting new cities, birthday celebrations, holidays with family, and many, many breweries.

October 2023. Kaitlyn and Mike move in together.

November 16, 2024. Almost 2 years-to-date of their first date. Mike proposes at the Union Point Park Gazebo in New Bern, NC.

And now, on November 29, 2025, you will join us in celebrating our relationship. We will get to reminisce on our journey and look forward to the life we are creating together as the Plummers.