In December of 2018 , Nick told Elise that that he had an early holiday treat for her that involved seeing Mean Girls the musical with friends. The week before all of this, one of those friends took Elise to get her nails done (which obviously peaked suspicion) and Nick secretly called Elise's boss to get her bartending shift covered. The ruse of seeing a show was the perfect decoy as Nick casually guided them to the site of their first date, the Williamsburg pier, and popped the question! Photographers jumped out of the bushes as their family and friends waited at a nearby restaurant to celebrate. Cut to 2021: after seven years of dating, two and a half years of engagement, and one pandemic minimony, the pair's dream day finally came true.