Our story starts in 2018 at a bar in the River North neighborhood of Chicago. Kate and her good friend (and now bridesmaid!) Richla, were working weekends as servers to supplement their early careers in the mental health profession. Jeremiah was begrudgingly dragged out by his best friend (and now groomsmen) Drew, despite not feeling particularly social and wanting to stay home.

Jeremiah arrived with his friends, who also knew Richla, and Kate noticed him immediately. Once Kate and Richla finished their shift for the night, they decided to stay and Richla approached her mutual friend. Kate saw this as her opportunity to befriend the cute and kind looking man who had entered with them.

Being seated by himself at the bar so that he could order food, which should come as a surprise to no one who knows him, Kate took the seat next to him and as Jeremiah so lovingly describes it, "simply started talking." Before long, they talked until the bar was closing and Kate extended an offer to take Jeremiah out for a burger that would change his life. Whether it was because of the great conversation through the night, or simply the fact that he is very food motivated, he said yes.

Two days later, they were eating the promised burgers at Kuma's in Chicago and conversation continued to flow. Kate remembers leaving their first date feeling more than anything that she met someone very important. She remembers describing the date to her best friend Danie and expressing an awareness that she met someone that was supposed to be in her life. Jeremiah explained that he left the first date feeling happy and hopeful, as well as relieved that Kate didn't seem phased by his plethora of unique hobbies.

Six and a half years later, they are still getting lost in conversation and chasing the best burgers. While there have been better burgers since that night in 2018, Kate delivered on her original promise to take him for a burger that would in fact, change his life.

Registry