Our story began at none other than at THE Ohio State University. It is tradition at Ohio State that sororities and fraternities partner together for a football season to “block” (tailgate) together prior to the home football games. Second semester of their freshman year, both Krystal and Peter joined Greek life. Because Peter’s fraternity planned on asking Krystal’s sorority to “block,” they started to have social events together in February 2017. At their first event together, Krystal was introduced to Peter. The funny thing is that Krystal swore that she had already met Peter before this, saying “I swear I see you all the time!” She was so certain they had a class or something together that she asked Peter to go through his entire schedule for her. Turns out, despite Krystal majoring in business/minoring in analytics and Peter majoring in analytics/minoring in business, their schedules did not cross anywhere. Fast forward 1-2 weeks and Krystal, alongside bridesmaids Hannah and Devin, ran into Peter at the dining hall, proving in Krystals mind that she had likely seen Peter on campus before actually meeting.

That following fall semester was spent getting to know each other, talking at “block” every week, and attending each other’s date party events. However, a disappointing football season came to a close and Krystal and Peter went their separate ways, remaining just friends.

By spring of 2018, the two reconnected as they looked forward to a new football season in the fall and they continued to keep in touch over the summer. Although no longer “block” partners that following fall, Krystal still made it a priority to go to Peter’s fraternity every football Saturday. A couple weeks into the swing of their junior year, Peter invited Krystal to a date party event. A few days later, they went on their first official date to see Maroon 5! Their relationship grew from there, making it official on November 2, 2018.

Krystal and Peter spent their junior and senior years of college side by side, making countless memories, and trying to figure out their futures together. Unfortunately, Covid put an early end to their senior year festivities. They spent those last couple of weeks leading up to (virtual) graduation together in Columbus not knowing what would come next. They ultimately had to go their separate ways (Chicago and Syracuse), not knowing when they’d be able to see each other again.

In July 2020, Peter made the ~12 hour drive to visit Krystal for the weekend before starting his job (temporarily remote) in August. After this weekend, they spent the next several months apart, only seeing each other on FaceTime a couple times a week. In February, Krystal decided it was time to move into the city and signed a lease. Two days later, Peter’s job sent an email saying they would not be returning to the office any time soon. Peter was still working remotely in Syracuse, but was expecting to begin his career in the DC area once the return to office happened. With this delay, Peter made the impromptu decision to move to Chicago instead. They both moved downtown in March 2021 and were finally reunited after months and months apart. The spoiler alert is Peter never had to move for his role and has been living in Chicago ever since!

The two moved in together in 2022 and have had so much fun finding their favorite places and activities in the city. On June 14, 2024, at one of their favorite views, Peter knelt down on one knee and asked Krystal to marry him.

Our journey here truly has been a long time coming and we can’t wait to get married and begin a new chapter of our lives together. It means so much to be able to tie the knot in front of all of you and celebrate together! We are so excited!