Our story begins in 2016 when Laura was determined to have a boyfriend for her brothers’ weddings and the clock was ticking. She signed up for a year of online dating and her neighbor, Natasha, was her confidant for whenever she had a date.

As the year progressed, Laura and Natasha would often share a glass of wine in the back yard of their Quincy apartment and discuss the interesting dates. Natasha’s then boyfriend and now husband, Joe, would sometimes join and overheard the comical stories. Unbeknownst to Laura (or Andy), the wheels in Joe’s head started to turn as he had the perfect person in mind for Laura…Andy!

Joe and Andy have been friends since elementary school and Joe had a feeling we would be a good fit so he began playing matchmaker behind the scenes.

On July 27, 2016, Natasha at Joe’s request sent Laura a text message asking if she wanted to have dinner with her and Joe that Saturday night while Joe sent the same text message to Andy inviting him to dinner as well. We both showed up to dinner not knowing we were walking into a blind date!

The two of us had a great time getting to know each other that night. Andy was attracted to Laura’s smile, personality, and the dessert she brought! Laura was intrigued by Andy’s sense of humor, passion for his work, the wine he brought and the knowledge he had on the subject!

We spent the rest of the summer enjoying getting to know each other. We hadn’t told many people about the other yet when we coincidently ended up at Mohegan Sun on the same weekend. Andy was there for Joe’s bachelor party and Laura for her future sister-in-law Becky’s bachelorette party.

A secret kiss in the lobby was not so secret after all as the next morning we both faced questions from inquisitive friends wanting to know more details and finally understanding what was making us both so happy. By September, we were exclusively dating.

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