October 2017: Emily and Tyler matched on Tinder

December 2017: Emily unintentionally stood Tyler up on their first scheduled date

February 2018: Tyler texted Emily again and they schedule another date

February 2018: Emily and Tyler went on their first date (and Tyler chose not to go to eat after the movie like they said they would-which makes Emily feel a little bit better about unintentionally standing him up the first time)

February 2018: Emily and Tyler officially started calling themselves boyfriend and girlfriend on their third date

February 2018: Tyler unexpectedly met Emily's parents on their first date as a couple when her parents unknowingly bought tickets to the same movie

March 2018: Emily went to Tyler’s house and met his parents for the first time

April 2018: Tyler told Emily he loved for the first time and Emily, taken by surprise, returned the favor

August 2018: Emily and Tyler went on their first trip together to York Beach, Maine with Tyler's family (a trip that Tyler's family had been making every year and that Emily would join in on every year she could in the future)

December 2023/January 2024: Tyler proposed to Emily on New Year's on a Disney cruise ship in the glow of the fireworks above the open ocean

February 2024: Emily and Tyler moved into their first apartment together in February 2024 where they still live today

November 2025: Emily and Tyler will be married!

Wedding Day