Chris and I met in Memphis, TN. Being a year apart from each other in dental school, we really didn’t have any interaction until Chris joined the Metabolic Crossfit gym his D2 year where I coached. During that year we progressively became friends. At the start of 2020, we started to be around each other more outside of the gym while hanging out in group settings getting post-gym drinks, game nights, Beale St outings, etc. When COVID hit that March, our friends remaining in Memphis during that time dwindled, and there was only our crossfit group to socialize and workout with. At this point, Chris & I found ourselves talking everyday.
Our relationship grew very slowly over the next year. I would say we both played a little ‘hard to get’. Our friends would often times separately ask us why we didn’t try dating, to which I would respond, “He’s not my type,” and Chris would respond saying he wasn’t interested, especially since he thought I would be leaving school to go back & practice in AR & he didn’t want to date anyone in dental school.
All of this led to John Sedlock’s going away party, where we shared our first kiss. We then proceeded to hang out for months without a label on our relationship and without mentioning much to anyone. Our friends eventually caught on, and Jill & Caroline pressured Chris into taking me on our first official date at Babalu in April 2021. I graduated in May 2021 & we did (semi) long distance for one year while I did my residency in Little Rock & Chris was finishing dental school. Once he graduated, we both moved to Kansas City and have been inseparable since.