Emmy and Eliot met back in college at Michigan State, due to mutual friends Maddie and AJ. During their first conversation, Emmy invited herself to Eliot's upcoming fraternity date party. Eliot accepted the self-invitation, commenting: "This was the easiest phone number I have ever gotten". The following summer Eliot texted a late night declaration of love while on a backpacking trip in Europe- thanks to his cousins Stacey and Rachael. A few months later it was made 'official' back on campus at MSU during their sophomore year. The following years involved graduating from Michigan State University and after a few long years of being long distance, Emmy left her midwestern roots and moved to the East Coast to be closer to Eliot. They moved to their current home of Boston, Massachusetts together where Eliot proposed in November 2022 (and it was the best day ever).