Tara’s version:

We met in Bentonville, Arkansas while working for Walmart. Damien had an open position on his team and ultimately hired a good friend of mine. Eventually, we all went out for after-work dinner & drinks. He was persistent enough to get my phone number. It took some convincing, but he finally got me to go on a date with him.

Damien’s version:

I remember one day in the office in Bentonville spotting this vision that took my breath away. Little did I know one day the stars would align giving me the opportunity to smoothly sneak into her life. Every time I saw her she made me stop in my tracks. All I could say was daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn…

My team ended being expanded and I hired from within. One day as I was pretending to work hard I looked up and who did I see, yes it was her. She instantaneously made me speechless. Well here it was the girl that had me speechless was friends with one of my direct reports, Lisa.

Every time I heard she was coming by I tried to always be present just to be in her presence… especially once I had found out she was recently single.

One day Lisa started talking about their planned evening so I gave a few suggestions and hinted to not having any plans. Then it happened - the door opened, Lisa invited me to join them. That’s where it all began….. 4 hours later I had a phone number and wasn’t afraid to use it.

From there I just kept on shooting - I got her to go out with me and that was it…. I now had the opportunity to be breathless day after day.