Rich and Elise met for the first time in spring 2012 at Rutgers University - Camden in their Physics Lab class. Rich happened to be the instructor for that class, and Elise quickly developed a crush on Rich. Nothing occurred during their time together at Rutgers, and they went their separate ways. Fast forward seven years later, Summer of 2019, Elise had joined Match.com at the recommendation of her best friend Colleen Santoro. Elise was about to give up hope, until she came across Rich’s profile. Elise liked Rich’s profile, and he had already liked hers. They became a Match! Rich messaged Elise, first, on the website and they began talking to each other regularly. They exchanged phone numbers and planned their first date at Harbor Park in Philadelphia, PA. The first date went really well, so they decided to plan a few more dates together. Elise and Rich became “official” on September 7th, 2019. From then on Elise and Rich fell in love November 2019 when they were on their first trip together in New York City. Rich then asked Elise if she would like to move in with him March of 2019. So they began to save money to rent an apartment together. Together they looked for an apartment, then a condo, and finally decided on looking for a house to buy. The housing market was through the roof, so looking for a house became very difficult. Rich then proposed to Elise on September 6th, 2021. Elise and Rich decided that they wanted to buy a house before planning their wedding. They had no luck throughout 2021, so they decided to take a break from looking at houses until until January 2022. Their dreams finally came true in May 2022 when they bought their house in Runnemede, NJ. They are now in the swing of planning their wedding and look forward to celebrating their special day with family and friends.