Michael and Alison met as almost everyone does in the year 2022, on a dating website. Alison was the first (and last) girl he ever met on that site. Their first date was at Buffalo Wild Wings and lasted 8 hours. They talked about everything in their lives—their ambitions, goals in life, their families, and everything in between. They both knew that they had found the person they wanted to spend the rest of their life with on that night. The very next day, wasting no time, Michael asked Alison to be his girlfriend, and the rest is history. They got engaged on September 17th, 2024 in Virginia Beach right next to the water.