This is Corinne.
She fell in love with Tyler.
But not everyone saw the beauty in this relationship,
Now they're engaged, will they let the haters
get the better of them?
Corinne: We get so many comments.
"Her ass in it for the check he's receiving."
I was really upset about the whole thing.
Together for four years, 20 year old Corinne
is a full time carer for 22 year old Tyler.
Corinne: Right now I'm putting his albuterol nebulizer treatment.
And it basically just helps him breathe more
and opens up his lungs.
Sometimes it helps get rid of some congestion
basically just helps him breath.
Arthropryposis is when joints in the body are curved.
Corinne: You want to play some Mario Kart? Tyler: Oh yeah.
Corinne: Are you going to play the same character you always play?
Tyler: Are you going to play the same character you always play?
Corrine: I don’t know maybe.
We first met on IMVU,
which is online video game.
My initial thought was, oh, he's in a wheelchair.
Get on it. Get on it. Who is it? What place are you in?
I'm sorry. He looks a little different
than most people. But that didn't
really matter to me. You know, he's a human being.
We were friends for about three years.
And I just wanted to get to know him more.
After a long distance digital relationship,
Corinne and Tyler were desperate to meet.
Corinne: When I first saw Tyler, it was
a really awesome moment. And
after that, after he looked at me, and the
first thing he said was, hey, beautiful.
Nothing else mattered.
I, I didn't care what he looked like,
it was just like, this is the man that I've been
talking to. And I'm
so glad to be here in person.
Tyler: No way. Corrine: Yes,
Tyler: No, Corrine: Yes.
It was like this close Tyler: I know.
When they went public with their relationship,
they saw just how judgmental the world could be.
Corinne: At first, my family
didn't really understand.
They didn't really think it was going to turn into what it did.
They were like, Oh,
well, why do you want to do that? And
my answer was always, because I love him.
A lot of times we go out to restaurants or
we go to public places. And people just
don't even acknowledge that he's there.
And they just look at me. Tyler: They say ‘what does he want?’
Corinne: Yeah, what does he want? Like, we go to a restaurant,
what does he wants to eat?And then he just kind of speaks up,
and they just ... Tyler: I say hey I’m here.
Corinne: Look at him weird. It's kind of annoying.
Another common misconception
is that we
aren't intimate as a couple.
Tyler: We have sex.
Corinne: We are intimate.
We can do anything that other couples can do
with, with some limitations
like positions. There's one.
Tyler: There is one, position. Corinne: But it works.
Soon, the judgment got really personal.
Corinne: We recently got engaged.
Tyler's mom uploaded a picture of the two of us after our engagement party
to Facebook.
And we started getting a lot of comments on it.
It started out good. And then it started turning into
"her ass in it for the check he's receiving."
"Money, money, money, money."
Really just horrible things.
Corinne: "Not to be rude, but she's definitely in it
for the money. And it's sad. You don't see it.
I doubt they have conversation. Clearly, there's no sex involved.
So where's the connection?"
Corinne: So I was really upset about the whole thing.
And you literally just saw a picture on Facebook.
And that's it.
Corinne: Immediately after we got engaged.
I called and a majority of the reactions were
Oh, like, you know,
you're going to have to take care of them for the rest of your life.
Of course, I know that I wouldn't have said yes,
if I wasn't confident in what I was doing.
Corinne: They support us 100% they love him.
He's awesome.
So I'm glad that it turned out the way that it did.
We were looking at getting married,
probably in 2020.
So we're going to go and get a photo shoot
get some cute pictures together.
Do you want to wear a short sleeve shirt, or a long sleeve shirt?
Today I want to wear a short sleeve shirt
Corinne: I do like getting my picture taken
I used to not but, I started to not care so much
about,about what I look like.
Corinne: You used to hate to have your picture taken right?
Corinne: I love you too.
Tyler: Come on Jackson.
Against all odds, Corinne and Tyler proved
that love is what is important.
Corinne: It was nice to go out and have some fun
and enjoy ourselves. I feel great.
It’s more the adults that just constantly stare
if they keep looking and it's like what are you looking at?
Corinne: Yeah, we're both kind of focused on each other.
Tyler: That’s what matters. Corinne: Gosh what I love about Tyler
is I mean is everything
he’s just such a compassionate person.
And his personality is awesome.
People always say how funny and cheery he is.
and he really is.