Michael and Shannon met in August 2019 at Kelley O'Neil's in Honolulu, Hawaii. Shannon was visiting one of her friends and Michael was serving in the United States Marine Corps. Shannon's friend, Alex, introduced the two and they immediately hit it off. They spent the next two days together having an absolute blast...it felt like it was straight out of a movie. They both knew what they had was temporary. Shannon left and went back to her life in Tennessee and Michael stayed in Hawaii to finish out his contract with USMC. The two stayed in touch periodically until on a whim they decided to meet up in May of 2020. They picked up right where they left off and I guess you could say the rest is history!