Elise and Nate met at SUNY Oneonta in 2015. Elise was a sophomore and Nate was a junior. They became friends during the fall semester and began dating in January 2016 between the fall and spring semesters. Their first date was at the Natural History Museum in New York City. The rest was history for them after that! Elise studied abroad in Prague during the spring semester of Nate's senior year. He visited her during his spring break and they explored Prague and Berlin together in that time. They have done a lot of traveling together throughout their relationship, including back and forth to see each other while Nate lived in Poughkeepsie after graduating, then Syracuse, while Elise lived in Oneonta, then Delmar, then Troy. In May 2020, Elise and Nate moved in with each other in Troy, NY and in February 2021 they adopted their cat, Jasper! In December 2022, they traveled to Hawaii together, which is where Nate proposed to Elise on the beach. It was very beautiful. After returning home, they adopted their dog, Seamus, in January of 2023, and began planning their wedding!