Spencer and Emilie met on a dating app and after meeting in person, they started dating in January of 2016. They dated for almost 2 years before moving in together. In February of 2023, Spencer and Emilie bought their first house in Salem. That winter, Spencer and Emilie went to California to visit Emilie’s family, where Spencer surprised everyone by proposing at the lookout point above Emilie’s childhood home that they went to the very first time he came to California with her.