Having met through mutual friends and later reconnecting on social media, our relationship quickly took off thanks to one of our biggest shared loves—animals! I had the cutest little dog named Chloe, and Mike and I were constantly joking about who she really loved more. One day, Mike picked up Chloe from my mother’s house, and when I came home, I was fully expecting my usual enthusiastic greeting. Instead… nothing. I picked her up, slightly offended that my own dog wasn’t showering me with love. Mike just looked at me and said, “Well… look at her.” So I did. At first, I thought I was just feeling her harness, until I realized he had tied a ring around her neck with a ribbon. Before I could even process what was happening, Mike took Chloe, got down on one knee right there in the kitchen (still holding her like the world’s cutest accomplice), and asked me to marry him.