How We Met

As told from Bryan's perspective...

We were at a rehearsal dinner for our friends Adam and Claire in Scottsdale, Arizona. My friend Elizabeth introduced me to Christie, and we hit it off right away. She asked what I did for a living, and I told her I worked for The Adam Carolla Show. "No kidding!" she said. "I know a guy who works for that show!"

Since there are only about 8 people who work for the show, I asked Christie who she knew. "I'm not sure," she said. I went through a list of about 7 people and none of the names rung a bell. Running out of options, she turned to her friend Lyndsey and asked, "Who do I know from the Adam Carolla Show?"

"Um, the guy you're talking to right now!" Lyndsey replied. Then it dawned on us: Not only had we met once before, but we spent an entire weekend together... and we both had forgotten about it!

A year and a half before the rehearsal dinner, I headed out to the USC/Arizona State football game in Tempe, Arizona, with my girlfriend at the time. My friend from college, Lyndsey, who had ironically married my college roommate, asked if her friend Christie could meet up with me at the football game in Arizona. Christie was living in Scottsdale and had a single ticket to the football game. Not only did we meet up at the football game, but we went to the official team rally and had dinner with my girlfriend's family. I also told her that I was about to start a job for The Adam Carolla Show, hence her recollection. That was the last we ever saw of each other...

...or so we thought.

So we re-met at the rehearsal dinner, shared a good laugh at our collective forgetfulness, and both realized during our conversation that there were a few sparks flying. We had a wonderful "date" the next night at Adam and Claire's wedding (who, it was later revealed, sat us next to each other on purpose, confident we would hit it off). The night of the wedding, I promised Christie I would take her on a proper date once we both returned to Los Angeles the next week. One date turned into two, and now... well, we have a very special "date" that we'd like to share with you all.