Christopher and Maria officially met for the first time at the Upper Deck on portage lake
celebrating July 4th in 2016. Christopher was with one of his now groomsmen, Cameron and Maria was with one of her now bridesmaid Miranda, who were dating then (and now engaged!). They went their separate ways for a while, taking their own life journeys, Christopher continued
working for Akrosteam and Maria had moved to Cleveland. They stayed casually connected until Christopher took Maria on their first official date at Twisted on October 27, 2018. Maria may have played hard to get for a while, but Christopher patiently waited because he knew she was worth it. On September 25th 2021, while in NYC celebrating her 30th birthday, Maria responded to Christopher’s midnight birthday text confessing to him (and finally to herself) that she was in love with him. Shortly after, in October Christopher asked Maria to be his lobster (true
F.R.I.E.N.D.S fans understand the significance in this), at Twisted Olive. From that point on, they were inseparable. Maria moved in with Christopher and Aurora in July 2022. On April 20, 2024 while doing what was supposed to be just a little family photo shoot, Christopher got on one
knee and asked Maria to marry him with Aurora by his side. They spent the night celebrating with awaiting family and friends at, their now official spot, the Twisted Olive!