During the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Chloe joined the online message board Reddit to find queer community. It only took a couple of weeks for Maddy to be in her DMs. They chatted through messages, phone calls, and video chats before meeting in person in May 2020. Chloe even prepared home-cooked food for Maddy when she was staying in a nearby hotel for a work assignment. Since Maddy was in western Massachusetts for work, they spent virtually every day together for two weeks after that first meeting. Once she returned home to southern Connecticut, the pair spent 6 months dating long-distance in 2020.
After living together for about a year, Chloe and Maddy bought their home together and moved in with their beloved cats. That Christmas, they got engaged.