Mikey and Rachel met their first month of college in September 2014 at SUNY Albany. As Mikey tells it, he answered a knock on his dorm room door to see a very cute girl, who then promptly asked if his roommate Jon was home. They didn't like each other much at first - he thought she was spacey (she is), and she thought he was too loud (he is). Fast forward to their junior year in February 2017, Rachel was invited over to his apartment to watch the All Stars NBA game. They got to talking, and Mikey pulled his chair around to sit closer to her. Needless to say, they didn't watch the game. They started dating shortly after, and made it through six months of long distance right off the bat. Rachel and Mikey have been together for eight years, and ended up supporting each other through graduate school, adopting a grumpy cat (Kennedy), adopting an extremely friendly cat (Cleopatra), moving to New York City during a pandemic, and adopting a lovable pup (Yui). Mikey romantically proposed on the beach during a vacation in Cancun, Mexico. They are so excited to spend the rest of their lives together, with a house full of pets.