Some Vital Facts:

First e-mail correspondance, Alex to Brian: 3 April 2006

First reply by Brian back to Alex: 12 April 2006

First phone call: 4 May 2006

First "official" date: 12 May 2006
(There is some contention about this date...as they had gone out once before on 9 May. While Brian considers the 9 May meeting to be thier first date, Alex considers that meeting to be a "pre-date")