Joe explained that they share priorities and place family at the center of their lives. He stressed the importance of keeping the spark alive by continuing to date, working hard and making time to play.
Melissa and Joe first crossed paths in 2002 while she was on vacation in Mexico and later reconnected at a Jersey Shore bar. They married in 2004 and now have three children—Antonia, 20, Gino, 18, and Joey, 16—and still maintain date nights and simple rituals that keep them close.