Will and Christine initially met in the summer of 2008 during a trip to Rockbridge. Years later, they met through a mutual friend during the summer of 2013. Finally, two years down the line, the two met again at the same friend's house during a barbecue and hit it off. After talking during the first semester of senior year, with Will at Virginia Military Institute and Christine at Randolph-Macon College, they decided it would be ridiculous not to make it official.