Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer have come a long way since they first appeared as a couple in Teen Mom 2. The duo dated and were married throughout the series’ run. They also took in more kids, built a house, and eventually left the show to start a home improvement empire together. In October, the couple celebrated eight years of marriage and look as happy as ever. A few months ago, they even revealed the secret of their long-standing marriage. Cole and Chelsea emphasize that they are best friends.

Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer insist they’re ‘best friends’

Cole DeBoer and Chelsea Houska are pretty happy together. The couple has a large family, an HGTV show, and a growing business. Given how much time they spend together, it might be easy to think they’ll grow tired of each other. Apparently this is not the case. In May, Chelsea and Cole sat down to discuss their affairs 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 set aside time to have lunch together, they use it to connect. She continued by insisting that she grateful for her marriage every day. On the other hand, Cole insists that marriage isn’t particularly difficult for him. He advises those entering into a partnership to avoid being selfish and recognize that they are living their lives with their best friend by their side.

How did Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer meet?

Chelsea’s disastrous love life, including several situations with the father of her first child, Aubree, was captured on MTV cameras. Then she met Cole. While Teen Mom 2 fans are wary of most of the men who have wandered into the life of the Teen Mom cast members, fans immediately loved Cole. So how exactly did the couple meet?

According to the couple, 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, is born in 2009.