I never thought I’d have proposing in a bathroom on my bingo card, but Lynsey Farrell said yes, so I guess I’m doing something right. And before you judge, the TLDR [too long; didn’t read] is that Mina—aka the eight-year-old—went rogue on me, which created the quintessential adorable chaos moment that the MLCP (Mina, Lynsey, Charles and Paige) squad is known for. I always knew I wanted to involve Mina in it. I thought I could get her to do a painting of Lynsey and me at the altar and have her give it to her, and then I’d do my thing. But apparently coordinating the artistic efforts of an eight-year-old ADHD savant, in secret, while you’re moving in together and building her secret art space, proved a little challenging. And then I got laid off and didn’t think that “do you want to marry my broke ass” was a good look. When I got the job offer, I called Lynsey’s friend, who had been hiding the ring, and took it to get it resized. I got the call from the jeweler earlier than I expected, then went to pick it up, and then picked up Mina. Now, Mina has been asking us when we were going to get married because we always talked about it like it was inevitable, and I’d cleared the whole marriage thing with her months ago and told her my plans. So I told Mina, look, I’m going to poke you, and that’s the signal that I’m ready, and then we’re going to do it. She said okay. So Lynsey asks her to go find something, and I say I’ll go with her, and she says no. Then I walk over and poke her, trying to signal that it’s time, and she’s just like, “What are you poking me for?” So I wait a bit and go upstairs and ask her what happened, and she says, “That wasn’t the right time. Mama asked me to look for something. I was going to do it while we were all on the couch.” And I’m thinking, that’s brilliant. So I go downstairs and Lynsey goes upstairs, and as I’m half passed out, I hear, “Mama, I have a question,” and I run up to the third floor, feeling an emo, Darth Vader–style Noooooooo in my mind. I make it just after she asks when we’re getting married, and as she’s messing with the bath mats, I show Lynsey the ring. She grabs me before I can really say anything, and I don’t remember much between that and the yes. We asked Mina why she decided to initiate that in the bathroom, and she said it was because she was bored. That, apparently, is how you propose, Mina style.