Jessica and Tyler met in 2012 on a study abroad trip to Kunming, China. It was Tyler's first time in China and it was full of surprises - Chinese beds are so hard, nobody warned him about the toilets (!) and transportation was not built for people over 6ft tall. The trip was a small group of five students, and as the only two people with anything in common, Jessica and Tyler ended up spending a lot of time together. In the beginning, Jessica and Tyler had fun teasing each other (a habit that continues to this day), which eventually led to a close friendship back at OU and then a relationship. Early on in their relationship, Tyler visited Tulsa for the weekend and after spending the entire Saturday alone with Jessica's parents while she was at work, his only comment was, "Do your parents know EVERYONE who lives in Tulsa?" Since that trip, Tyler has confirmed that yes, Jessica's parents do know most of the city and that after years of visiting he considers himself an honorary Tulsan. After several years of long distance, countless FaceTime calls, more bus rides to and from DC than they'd like to admit to, and even a quarantine stint in Tyler's parents' RV in 2020, they are very happy to finally be living together in New York City. Recently, a friend asked Jessica and Tyler separately what their favorite thing about each other was. Without knowing what the other person said, both Jessica and Tyler responded that their favorite thing was that through it all they still have so much fun. After over ten years, their relationship is still about what it was in the beginning - having fun together.