Andrew Conrad
Andrew is one of the oldest, and likely dumbest, of Tyler's friends. One of the members of the weird threesome he, Tyler, and Forrest have formed, Andrew is the comedic relief of the group. Not in the "Ha Ha What a jokester" kind of way, but more of the complete mess, "How the hell did you get yourself in that situation, you dumbass?" kind of way. Pretty much always conned in to Tyler's shenanigans as long as beer is involved, Andrew is likely the one with the most deserved blame for encouraging Tyler's insanity.
Bacci's Pizza, a frequent stop during their Chicago days, mainly cuz it'd fed them for a week!
Tyler's Perspective
Origin: Tee Ball circa 1996
Who better to stand next to me and make me look good than the guy that’s been doing it for my whole life. Our friendship has spanned 13 years of school, 9 years of baseball, one owl pellet dissection, a few trips to 4-H camp, 1 year living together in Chicago, Tampa, x number of girlfriends, a few thousand games of pool, 40 deep dish pizzas, and at least 50-or-so beers. We grew up being 7 minutes away from each other and we still are. Basically, he’s the brother I never had and we are stuck with each other at this point.
Fun Fact: Andrew briefly worked security at the third largest retail store in the world. It’s closing now and that’s “unrelated.”
Acon's Perspective
I've known Tyler since I was five years old and we were playing tee ball together. Over the years, he's gone from teammate to Owl Pellet-dissection lab partner, confidant, therapist, personal brewer/bartender, roommate, blogger, party planner, travel goer, troublemaking co-conspirator, party date, contractor, bookie, pizza connoisseur, and everything in between.
What's extra special for me is that over the years, outside of dissecting an owl pellet together (I'm sure we'll get there someday), Bekah has been every one of the above as well. So I truly get to celebrate two of my best friends getting married (and dish out twice as many jokes at both their expenses).
Looking fresh for a wedding bash!
Looking significantly less fresh a few beers in to the wedding bash
When Ty's busy "wingman-ing" for Acon, Bex and him make their own fun
The Hotdog Suit bet that Andrew lost that involved wearing this suit, going to a bar, and ordering a hotdog
Acon's first trip to the 'Shoe, before Tyler became a traitor and went to that school up north..
The perfect wedding date, Bekah helps Acon with some trash talk