Ray and Mary met on Tinder in the summer of 2018.

Mary swiped on Ray because he looked like he owned a sailboat, ran 5ks and proposed robbing a bank for their first date.

Ray swiped on Mary due to her unique hat collection and was dying to know the story behind them.

Turns out, Ray didn't own a boat or run 5ks and Mary didn't own those hats either.

However, they spent the summer getting to know each other by connecting over their mutual love of music, food and adventures.

They officially started dating on September 1st of 2018.

Their first date as a couple was a day at the Muskegon Polish Festival, after a trip to the ER. Ray broke his finger in a competitive game of air hockey against his brothers the night before.

Since then Ray and Mary have traveled together as much as possible (and safely during the pandemic). Visiting Arizona, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Chicago, Florida, Hawaii, Cozumel, the Cayman island, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, Curacao, The Dominican Republic and Aruba.

They have had cocktails in ALL of those places and they have expanded their whiskey collection to over 100 bottles.

In 2020, Ray and Mary had plans to visit Scotland, but Covid had other plans for them. Instead they got a dog, which they named Skye after Isle of Skye in Scotland. Honestly, Skye is irreplaceable and they wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

July of 2021, Ray proposed to Mary while they were swimming in Lake Michigan. Ray was kneeling in the lake to propose, and Mary knelt with him. She didn't know what was going on, but joined him since she knew how much Ray doesn't like to be cold in the water.

Together kneeling in the water Ray proposed and she said yes.

As far at the authorities know, Ray and Mary have not yet robbed a bank.