Woman with Fear of Flying Meets and Falls in Love with Pilot (Exclusive)

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Lauren Donnelly has always identified herself as a nervous flier

When she met her husband Rob Donnelly, her opinion on planes suddenly began to shift, slowly but surely

Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE, Lauren and Rob reveal how their lives have been impacted by Rob's job in the skies and whether flying has gotten better for Lauren since marrying him

Rob Donnelly’s father flew in the military, so from a “very young age,” he knew he wanted to do the same.

“We had moved across the globe a dozen times by the time I went to college,” he explains to PEOPLE. ”I spent so much time in an airport, I was like, yeah, I might as well get paid to do it. So it's kind of what I'm doing now, but it all started just following in my father's footsteps, just doing it on the civilian side.”