Connect How did your love story begin?

After being introduced by a mutual connection and texting a bit, I was somehow able to convince her to come on a date with me. We both were not looking for anything at the time but the minute we met each other we were both obsessed. After the first date we were together every single day. Unfortunately soon after meeting, I (Tyler) was going on a month long trip out of the country and I couldn’t imagine spending another day without Lily as my girlfriend so I asked her to be mine before I left.

What is your favorite memory you've shared as a couple?

Before Tyler left for his month-long trip post graduation, we had been spending every day with each other, not really knowing what would come of what we shared but knowing we really liked each other. He invited me to spend the day with him, where he taught me how to play pickleball and we spent the rest of the day just talking in the ocean and on the beach about our future. It was later that night he asked me to be his girlfriend!

What would you do with $20,000?

Since we are both freshly out of college and entering the work force, $20,000 would help us find a great place to hopefully live together and go on an amazing trip just the two of us. It doesn’t matter where live when we are together anywhere feels like home. It would also help fill pages of our scrapbook that we have been making together.