Alyssa and Sam met as college freshmen when they were randomly paired as roommates at Hunter College in the spring of 2014. They quickly became best friends before they started dating in September of that year. It took very little time for them to realize that they did not want to spend their lives with anyone else. They are so excited to finally be able to get married because, as Harry said to Sally, "when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."