Beth is Michael's youngest sibling. Michael had to pleasure of naming Beth after he mistakenly remembered Miley Cyrus' birth name. Despite a 10 year age difference, Michael and Beth have always been super close. When they were younger, they would do "dog shows" with Michael's webkinz - which meant they had the stuffed animals play survivor. They would enjoy playing outside together and taking trips to the library and for ice cream. Now as adults, they remain close. In adulthood, they enjoy getting together for dinner, playing games and laughing about childhood memories.

Kristin and Charles have known each other since their primary school days, and their friendship started how any best friendship starts -- through loathing. Kristin interrupted Charles' attempt to read, Charles got annoyed, and they've practically been family ever since. The list of memories could be its own novel -- One Direction concerts, family vacations (where Charles almost got abandoned), late night adventures, to hockey games. Kristin has become the sister that Charles never had growing up, and they continue to find new life experiences together.

Sam and Michael originally met at soccer camp the summer before 2nd grade where they both initially didn't like each other. After being put onto the same soccer team where Sam's dad was the coach, they grew closer and became best friends. They played soccer for together for a few years before separately making the choice to quit playing, but their friendship remained. They continued to join similar sports and after school activities (handbell choir, track, cross country). Despite Sam moving to a new school after freshman year and then each separately going away to college, they have always made an effort to be apart of each other's lives.

Nicole and Charles first met through work, and they often like to tell the story of how Charles was part of the panel that selected Nicole for the job. They quickly bonded over the insanity of being support members to the C-Suite team of their organization, and the fact that Charles quickly learned that Nicole couldn't be trusted with food. Their work connection quickly expanded into an amazing friendship -- from board games, berry picking, holiday baking, to attending family gatherings together. They've continued to stay close over relocations and are constantly exchanging life updates.

Erik and Michael originally met in 5th grade, but became close friends the year after, working the afternoon shift together at the school store. They conveniently were in nearly all the same classes and got to know each other well. The years to follow, they remained close in and out of school. Despite life leading them in different directions, you could always catch them at their favorite reunion spot- B-Dubs. They enjoy getting together to play card games and board games. After nearly 20 years of friendship, they are grateful to still be in each other's lives.

Brittany and Charles met when Charles first started at the Air Force Research Lab as an intern and developed a genuine bond over the chaos that was their workplace -- to this day they still laugh over the great watercooler feud. From there they continued to bond over their love of board games, even joining a skeeball league together! Brittany and Charles have continued to grow their friendship over the last decade, always finding time to get together for game nights.

Zach and Michael met online through their shared interest of reality competition shows. Zach played and won Michael's online Big Brother game (twice) and then joined his production team. Their friendship grew through running the game together, eventually meeting in person. Over the past few years, they have taken many trips together, visiting Orlando, Chicago and the infamous Cancun all inclusive.

Chris and Charles met through their partners and quickly became good friends. They connected over their mutual interest in Pokemon, often sending updates about new games and their own experiences back and forth. While it may never top the infamous Cancun all inclusive, Chris and Charles continue to plan opportunities for them and their partners to visit new places together.

Hailey and Michael met working together in childcare. Eventually, they convinced the boss to let them co-teach in the pre-k classroom. Over the two years working together, they dubbed themselves the "mean girls" with another coworker (Hailey being Regina, Michael being Gretchen). Hailey was responsible for getting Michael to put himself back out into the dating pool and to redownload tinder, leading to him matching with Charles.