Marissa and Jesse met each other in college. Marissa may have felt like her injury was a curse, but thanks to 2 torn ACL's later, she was able to meet the man that would later become her future husband. Marissa was an athlete on the MSUM Women's soccer team and Jesse was going through the Athletic Training Program at MSUM. Jesse would spend many hours helping Marissa with her treatments as she recovered from her injuries, and maybe flirt a little in the process. Although they met in college, it wasn't until after Jesse graduated and moved away that they really started to talk to each other more seriously. After a year apart, Jesse moved back to the FM area and their relationship began. Marissa tried to hide Jesse from her parents for as long as she could through sheer embarrassment, as she had no idea how to tell them that she finally found a boy that would put up with her. They dated through the remainder of Marissa's collegiate career, watching her at her soccer games and helping her get through her last stretch of college, survived Covid with each other, 4 different houses and apartments together, and a puppy. Finally after 5 years of dating, and countless engagement mishap attempts, Jesse brought Marissa right back to MSUM, where he proposed in the middle of the campus courtyard, where Marissa would say yes (3 times, just to be sure). They cannot wait to start this new journey together.