Marriage proposal from E

He came in town last night (surprise, surprise - called me at 11:30pm, I ended up going over there about 1:00am.) We were talking about other things and he said something like, when will you marry me? I was shocked. I kind of laughed and shrugged my shoulders. He said, oh you don't know? Then he joked if I won't marry him, do I know where he can find a wife? Wal-mart? LOL. A few minutes later he said he wanted us to run away somewhere and get married. I asked him what happens after that? He says then we live happily ever after. He says I have no idea how much he's into me. I asked him where we'd live, and he says anywhere, that he'd live in a cave as long as we're together. So along those lines, I asked him if we could live somewhere with a big yard (alluding to the on-going issue with my dogs - he doesn't want them, I do) and he said sure as long as it's just the 2 of us (no dogs). I told him that's why I think he's not serious and changed the subject.

He honestly thinks I'm going to simply give up the dogs. He has no idea how stubborn I can be.

Later on we had the lights off and were trying to fall asleep and I asked him, was he serious earlier? He said yes. I asked him did he love me? He said, I love you. Then he said don't my actions show it? Actions speak louder than words. I asked him why he loved me, since there's so many things he doesn't like or doesn't agree with? He says he just likes/loves me for me.