In the summer of 2019, both Dallas and Laura joined Bumble, on a whim. With their luck, they happened to be within range of the search radius of the app while at work, and matched with one another.

Both included a love for calm Sunday mornings & Lord of the Rings, so naturally it was a match made in heaven. But something caught Laura's eye... Dallas made a point of saying how he drank his coffee black. And as someone who drinks milk with a little bit of coffee, Laura thought this would be a clever opening line (since on Bumble, the women message the men first).

"Black coffee, huh? We gotta talk about that."

A month & novels worth of texting later, they met in person for the first time at Starbucks. A week later, on September 3rd, their relationship was official.

After two and a half years together, on June 11 of 2022, Dallas popped the question at the gazebo in downtown Sandusky, where they made their relationship official. Dallas prides himself on being able to trick Laura, since it was disguised as a "couple's photoshoot" with one of Laura's friends, Christine Nelson. Little did she know the photoshoot would end at the gazebo, with Dallas on one knee.