John and Allison met in November 2002. Allison was in her second year of university and John had just moved back to Waterloo. They met on a Thursday night at a local pub.

Allison: I remember earlier in the night seeing John from across the bar and thinking he was cute (he had a red cast on his arm and stood out!) but never did anything about it--after all, it was a girls night out!

There were about 4 or 5 of us ladies in a booth and I was on the end, my back to the bar and talking with my girlfriends when I felt someone sitting next to me, I turned around to see the cute boy I had been checking out earlier right beside me! His first words were "so how's it going?!", pretending he had been involved in our conversation the whole time. I thought it was hilarious that there was no awkward introduction and began talking with him immediately.

And so Allison and John spent the rest of the night talking, dancing, and laughing together.

Later that night John asked for my phone number... and when the bartender didnt have a pen, I put him to the challenge and told it to him, pretty much knowing that it would probably be forgotten.... but at 3:30 am after the bar while the girls and I were having pizza the phone rang..."Hi Allison, its John, I just wanted to make sure I remembered your number correctly before I went to bed"... ahhhh how cute!