Elise and Jake met at their alma mater, Colby College. At a party in March 2013, they started talking (and laughing), and never stopped. They went to another party together, with Jake extending his arm in an act of chivalry. As it was March in Maine, there was snow on the ground, and Jake swiftly fell to the ground, bringing Elise with him. He likes to say he fell for her then.