Ryan and Elyssa met while attending college in Erie, PA. On their first date, Elyssa was so shy that she barely said anything and Ryan had to ask 100 questions to get her to talk. Luckily, that didn't dissuade Ryan from asking for a second or third date, and those dates went much better than the first. After about a year of dating, Ryan graduated and took a job that moved him throughout the country for two years, which ended up working out well when Elyssa took her first job in Boston. Fast forward about four years, and they are happily settled in New Hampshire with their two dogs, Willie and Margo. Ryan proposed on January 29, 2022 while on a ski trip at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine, in the middle of a blizzard and below-zero temperatures.