Shoaib likes to say that we met on the ski slopes in Colorado. While this isn’t untrue, we technically met at the airport on the way to said slopes when our mutual friends invited each of us on a group trip to Denver in 2020.

As I got to know Shoaib on this trip, I quickly started thinking, ‘I really like being around this guy, I hope we continue to hangout.’ To my delight, when we all went home to Louisville, the friend group continued to get together….and the rest was history!!

We had a synergy that made both real conversation and having fun no matter what we were doing (painting, running, cooking, traveling, tennis, binging New Girl with El Nopal take out). In 2022, Shoaib got a job opportunity that we decided made sense for him to pursue, which had him relocate to Detroit, MI…..and inevitably drive back down to Louisville much more than he thought he would. Candidly, we went into the long distance situation with no expectations, both just doing what was best for what we wanted in life. Given the 5 hr distance was easily drivable, we both grew a lot individually but more importantly in the strength of our relationship. This is when we realized what we wanted in life was first and foremost, each other. In 2024, I made the official move to Michigan and life has been the sweetest since <3

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