Thanks, I Hate It
Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer insist they are thankful for their marriage every day. Cole says he is living his life with his best friend and suggests everyone should approach marriage the same way.
Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer have come a long way since they first appeared as a couple on Teen Mom 2. The duo dated and married all while on the show. They also welcomed more children, built a house, and eventually left the series to start a home improvement empire together. In October, the pair celebrated eight years of marriage and seem just as happy now as ever. Several months back, they even revealed the secret to their longstanding marriage. Cole and Chelsea insist they are best friends.
Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer insist they are ‘best friends’
Cole DeBoer and Chelsea Houska are pretty happy together. The couple has a large family, an HGTV show, and an expansive business. Based on how much time they spend together, it might be easy to think they would grow tired of each other. Apparently, that’s not the case. In May, Chelsea and Cole sat down to discuss their business and marriage with E! News.
When asked how they make their marriage work, Chelsea insisted that she likes to be “intentional” with the time they spend together. She noted that even when they can just carve out time for lunch together, they use it to connect. She went on to insist she is thankful for her marriage every day. On the other hand, Cole insists that marriage is not particularly hard for him. He advises those heading into a partnership to avoid being selfish and to recognize that they are living their life with their best friend by their side.
How did Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer meet?
Chelsea’s disastrous dating life, including several situationships with the father of her first child, Aubree, was captured by MTV cameras. Then, she met Cole. While Teen Mom 2 fans have been suspicious of most of the men who wandered into the lives of the Teen Mom cast members, fans instantly liked Cole. So, exactly how did the couple meet?
According to the pair, they had a chance encounter at a gas station in their home state of South Dakota in 2014. They began dating briefly later and were ready to seal the deal a year later. They announced their engagement in November 2015 and walked down the aisle in October 2016.
Chelsea and Cole welcomed their first child together, Watson, in 2017. Layne joined the family the following year, and Walker’s birth was announced in 2021. Chelsea’s child from a previous relationship, Aubree, was born in 2009.
