A healthy woman who fell in love with a paralyzed man has hit back at haters who have insinuated she is a gold digger and just on the verge of getting a green card.
Rocky, from Michigan, was left paralyzed after breaking his neck at age 19 while wrestling with one of his friends.
Although the incident transformed his life forever, it also helped him meet the love of his life, Jacquelyn, who was living in Australia at the time.
After dating long distance, Jacquelyn decided to move to the US to be with Rocky; However, her love story sparked hate from trolls who questioned whether her romance was real.
Rocky, from Michigan, was paralyzed after breaking his neck at age 19 while wrestling with one of his friends.
Although the incident transformed his life forever, it also helped him meet the love of his life, Jacquelyn, who was living in Australia at the time.
After dating long distance, Jacquelyn decided to move to the US to be with Rocky; However, her love story sparked hate from trolls who questioned whether it was real.
Now, talking to ReallyThe lovebirds detailed their journey to find each other while also calling out trolls who criticize their relationship.
Despite living on the other side of the world, the couple fell in love online while playing video games.
Rocky explained: ‘I’m paralyzed from the neck down. I was at a party fighting with a guy and he dropped me on my head and I broke my neck.
‘Before that I had two, almost three jobs, I had many friends and I was the captain of a hockey team.
‘After I broke my neck, all that went away, so as the years went by I had to find new things to do, new hobbies, a new career and new friends.
‘We met online through Twitch, someone from our community gave us subs. My friends and I were on a Discord call together and they started saying you should ask her if she wants to play Fortnite and they challenged me so I did and she said yes and then the rest is history.
When they started talking, Jacquelyn was living in Australia. Shortly after they started playing video games together, she often flew to Michigan to visit him.
However, when COVID hit in 2020, the couple went two years without seeing each other.
Now, speaking to Truly, the lovebirds have detailed their journey to find each other while also calling out trolls who criticize their relationship.
And although they are madly in love, their relationship has not been easy.
After spending two years in different parts of the world, Jacquelyn decided to pack her bags and move to Michigan to be with Rocky.
When she moved away, Rocky’s parents were a little “unsure” about their relationship.
However, once they met Jacquelyn they welcomed her with open arms.
They explained: “It’s definitely changed since you’ve been here, you can see that you know genuine love and care for each other from both sides which is really important.”
And although they are madly in love, their relationship has not been easy.
They revealed that they have experienced a lot of hate from strangers.
Jacquelyn read the hateful comments they received on one of her latest posts.
She said, “If you go further down, that’s where all the not-so-nice comments are, so, ‘She wants easy money and stuff.'” Oh Check this one out: “She’s fucking other guys.”
The couple said they want to “prove” the haters are “wrong” and pleaded with people to “deal with their own questions and questions.”
Jacquelyn also said that people often asked the couple how they had sex.
Rocky added: Some people think she’s obviously here for the money or a green. card.’
“What people don’t realize is that by coming here, I’m very far from home, I’m very far from my family and I’m very close to my family,” Jacquelyn said before noting that she wouldn’t do it. She would leave his loved ones behind unless she really cared about Rocky.
The couple said they want to “prove” the haters are “wrong” and pleaded with people to “deal with their own questions.”