In fall of 2018, when I (Sydney Michaela) was very sick and recovering from surgery, I begged my dad to buy me an Xbox. My sister Taylor had asked me to play Destiny 2 with her, and her group needed another person for raiding.

When I finally joined and started playing, I found one guy in the group to be particularly aggravating (I guess I still do). Yet that guy and I always found ourselves paired up in the game, doing puzzles and other teamwork items together.

Fast forward 8 months of being annoyed by this person, he starts texting me out of the blue, messing with me but also being obviously flirty. When we finally hung out in person, it was an instant spark.

We started dating August of 2019, went on our first cruise together November of that year, and then March of 2020 hit. We couldn't go back and forth with the shelter in place for Covid, so we decided to take the leap and move in together after only dating for 6 months.

Fast forward to June of 2024, and we buy our first house together. In March of 2025, we're engaged! Those kids that started dating in August of 2019 have been through a lot together. We've broken up, learned to put together those pieces, grown up together, and changed so much for the better.

In our (nearly) 6 years together we've had 2 1/2 dogs (Had my mom's dog for a long while - she just felt like our's!) We rescued Ada, who has been the perfect addition to our family and we couldn't imagine life without her. We're raising Panda, my soul dog who has always loved her dad. We've been blessed to become an aunt and an uncle to some amazing little kiddos that we love every day. We've both learned to be patient while taking care of the other while injured, sick, or between jobs.

This November we'll be getting married, and after so many adventures and memories in only 6 years, we can't wait to see what the next 60 will bring.

See you all on 11/1!

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