James and Michaela met on an online dating app. They had matched months before they started talking. James was scrolling through one last time before he was going to delete the app when he saw Michaela, and he thought wow she was cute. So, he sent the message telling that her that liking the Steelers was cool and it started something beatuiful. They instantly became best friends and infactuaited with eachother. They would talk all the time on skype and FB messenger for hours on end. On May 25th when they made things official after meeting in person for the first time in Missouri where he was stationed at the time. Three months after, James got deployed to Japan for 2 years, they made the 13 hour time difference work using skype religiously. Then he got stationed in Virigina, which was a nice change, closer and same time zone for the couple. They would drive 6 hours one way everyother weekend just to see eachother. Michaela graduated College in 2018 and James got out of the Marines later that year. A couple months after he got out, they moved into together and are still as loving and passionate about eachother as the first time they met, if not more. It hasn't always been easy with the 13 hour time zone and the crazy schedule comiment he had with marines, and also wearing 5 differant hats and her going to college and balancing 3 jobs, full time classes, and playing lacrosse but they would say it was all worth it and they would do it all over again. The only thing James said he would've done differnetly is...... "I would've met Michaela sooner".