The story of Mary Kate and Adam isn't brief, but we will try to keep it short and sweet! It started over 15 years ago when they met while attending Bozeman High School in Bozeman, Montana. Adam was good friends with Mary Kate's high school best friend's boyfriend. Mary Kate had a not-so-secret crush on Adam, but the two never dated. In 2009, they went their separate ways for college, Adam to Colorado and Mary Kate to Texas.

In the summer of 2014 they found themselves back in Bozeman and stumbled into each other downtown. They spent the next year going on the odd date or group outing with friends. In July of 2015 they decided they should finally give dating a shot. However, that quickly came to an end when on a whim, Mary Kate decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee (where she was born). Timing wasn't their strong suit.

A year later, as fate would have it, Adam took a job 4 hours away from Nashville in Harrogate, Tennessee. Unfortunately, the theme of bad timing continued and the two were out of contact for several years. It wasn't until the summer of 2019 when coincidentally, Adam and Mary Kate were both back in Bozeman for a summer trip and they ended up on a group backpacking trip together. They spent the whole night talking, catching up and getting to know one another again. Once back in Tennessee, they kept in touch for the next year. In the summer of 2020 they decided to give dating a second try.

The next two years were spent trading off driving the 4 hours back and forth to visit each other on weekends. Tired of the long distance, Mary Kate moved to Knoxville in June of 2022 to be closer to Adam and their two rescue dogs, Abby and Joey. In March of 2023, Adam and Mary Kate took a big leap and decided to buy a house together in New Tazewell, Tennessee; the half way point between Adam's job in Harrogate and Mary Kate's job in Knoxville. While on a trip with Adam's family to Tybee Island, Georgia, Adam asked Mary Kate to marry him while touring the Tybee Island Lighthouse during Memorial Day weekend. The timing was finally right.

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