Jesse and Ashton started talking on Facebook. Ashton messaged Jesse first because she thought he was cute. Jesse and Ashton hit it off and continued to get to know one another over the next few months. Jesse asked Ashton to be his girlfriend on May 18th, 2013. Jesse and Ashton are opposites in almost every way. Jesse loves to hunt and fish, while Ashton loves to go to Rock concerts and watch Netflix. Jesse and Ashton do have one common interest, though. Jesse and Ashton both love to read. Jesse and Ashton will have reading dates where they will each choose a book to read, and sit there for hours just soaking up the pages of a good book and each other's company. Jesse and Ashton had been dating for 5 years when Jesse popped the question on January 1st, 2019. "You'd think the dreamers would find the dreamers, and the realists would find the realists, but more often than not, the opposite is true. See, the dreamers need the realists to keep them from soaring too close to the sun. And the realists? Well, without the dreamers, they might not ever get off the ground.”