Justin and Marley met on her collegiate gymnastics recruiting trip to SUNY Cortland. Justin was on the wrestling team there, and while Marley was touring the campus with her future teammates, Justin took it upon himself to get introduced- by abrubtly picking Marley up to say hello. After kissing her on the cheek he sprinted off, and the rest is history.

For Memorial Day weekend, Justin and Marley took a trip to Poughkeepsie, NY for a friends wedding. This area was home to the Walkway Over the Hudson, which is where Justin asked Marley to be his girlfriend the first time they dated, back on November 30th, 2014. Despite the sunshine the week prior, MDW turned out to be chilly and rainy. Justin knew he had to find a way to get Marley onto the bridge even in the rain. He convinced her that his friends from out of town REALLY wanted to walk the bridge since they had never seen it before. After a windy, rainy walk (full of complaining from Marley) to the center of the bridge, the rain cleared up a little and they took some pictures together. After Marley went to see how they turned out, she turned back around to find Justin down on one knee, asking her to spend forever with him, and of course she said YES!