“Nice shoes,” he began.

“Thanks,” she replied.

“You seem pretty good at jump rope,” he mused.

“I box,” she countered.

Thus began the love story of the betrothed. It all went down at their apartment community gym. 10 months holed up in the friend zone did not keep the fighter in the groom corner down. He started off ashore the rocks when he phoned her promptly at 7:20 AM for their 7 AM introductory complimentary personal training session. A tale of an underdog, he prevailed upon the promised land known as private Bachata dance lessons. Solemnly not expecting to meet success, at the eleventh hour, the two protagonists embarked on a voyage to Possum Kingdom Lake, the fabled exemplar of tranquility.

The sunrise dawned the blossom of romance. A gritty morning on the golf course preceded a suspenseful, plot-twisting unveiling of stewing affection. The two returned from "PK" the eve of 2025 New Years changed. With the ball counting down the window for the couple to ring in the second quarter century of the 2000s as a thing, they made official their dating status in the midnight crumbs of 2024.