A mutual friend brought Ariel to Sigma Chi for a wine and cheese party, where Jesse asked Ariel if she had a boyfriend. She responded, “sort of" …to Jesse’s dismay. Nevertheless, they remained close throughout the rest of college, often hanging out on football Saturdays.

Three years later, Jesse met Ariel in a Times Square bar, where he convinced her to move to NYC over pickleback shots by promising to be her friend once she was a New Yorker. Ariel made the cross-country move in December 2016. They remained friends for just 5 days before making their relationship official.

Over the next four years, Jesse & Ariel welcomed their daughter (fine, dog) Ellie, moved into their beloved Greenwich Village apartment, and traveled both the world and the NY Transit system together.

On September 25th, 2021, Jesse proposed (and then promptly went viral) on Pier 26 in Tribeca, to which Ariel responded, “absolutely, yes.” Nearly ten years after they first met, they’ll tie the knot at The Foundry in NYC.