Taylor had just downloaded Bumble, a dating app, where the girl had to send the first message after 'matching.' She was someone that never really thought a dating app would be how she met her future husband, so after matching with a cute 29-year-old in a BSU shirt named Charlie... all she said was "hey."

After talking for a few weeks and learning a lot about each other (Taylor learning just how far Roseau is and Charlie learning to pronounce Mahtomedi), the two met for their first date at Surly Brewing on April 27, 2018. The two talked for six and a half hours until close, Taylor missing numerous calls from friends (and her Mom), desperate to know how her first date with the cute "bumble Charlie" went. Taylor knew from that first night that she never wanted a life without Charlie in it.

They spent the next few years experiencing the highs and lows of life together. Charlie was the most supportive & caring nurse to Taylor as she went through her Melanoma diagnosis - repeatedly solidifying that he was the one for her. Some of their favorite memories in this time were trips to Florida, camping with Charlie's family, living in their first apartment together in Shoreview, and going to see numerous of their favorite artists in concert.

In early 2021, the two decided to be homeowners and started the tedious home search. Taylor likes to call it fate, but the Vadnais Heights home had a special connection on which the two got an accepted offer. Taylor's aunt & uncle were the original owners when it was built, with touches of her family still present in the deck and shelving her grandpa made.

On April 27, 2021, exactly three years since the night they met at Surly and the eve of the closing of their home, Charlie asked Taylor to be his wife. They entered the next chapter of their lives together as homeowners, fiances, and puppy parents to Mina soon after.

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