The Bachelor's Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick Celebrate Valentine's Day on Romantic Getaway

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The Bachelor's Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick Celebrate Valentine's Day on Romantic Getaway

Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick just celebrated two major relationship milestones together.

Tartick wished his girlfriend a happy Valentine’s Day on Instagram on Thursday — making it not only the first holiday they celebrated together, but also their first official social media post as a couple.

“So grateful for you,” he captioned a photo of Bristowe wrapping her hands around his neck.

Bristowe also dedicated a post to Tartick, sharing a lengthy quote about the importance of finding true happiness.

“Thank you @jason_tartick for being you,” she wrote.

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Trust me when I say — the greatest thing you will ever do for yourself is to simply listen to what you actually want from life. Drown out the guidelines, the advice, the 'shoulds.' Drown out all of the opinions, all of the ways in which others are telling you how to live, and love, and exist in this world. It won’t be easy, it never is; because this is what they don’t tell you — finding your own version of happiness isn’t this comfortable, miraculous thing. It can get confusing, it will be hard. It’s difficult to be the person who does things differently, who chooses to walk away from from a life, or a love, or a hope that they once wanted. It is never easy to be the person who changes. But it's the greatest gift you will ever give yourself. It will push you towards figuring out what your own personal version of happiness looks like; and when you grow on your own terms, when you figure out what actually matters to you, what actually ignites your heart, what actually drives you to love yourself more — you live on your own terms. You become the person you have always wanted to be, rather than the person you were always told to be, and that is beautiful. Because when it comes down to it — life is about finding a happiness that works for you. So choose that happiness. Choose the kind of love that feels right, the kind of love that makes you understand why it didn’t work out with anyone else. Choose the kind of life that makes you so damn happy you kept fighting for the things you wanted, for the way in which your heart asked you to believe in more. Choose yourself, unapologetically and without guilt — the way you choose others. Show up for yourself. Give yourself permission to hope, to care, to trust in the things you deeply crave from life. Choose letting go. Choose forgiveness, choose to turn your losses into lessons. Choose to move forward, into the kind of story that fulfills you, into the kind of person that holds your heart just as carefully as you hold theirs, into the kind of happiness that exists because you chose to fight for it, and never stop fighting for it. Never stop. Thankyou @rainbowsalt who wrote this for me. Thank you @jason_tartick for being you.

A post shared by Kaitlyn Bristowe (@kaitlynbristowe) on Feb 15, 2019 at 11:32am PST

Bristowe, 33, and Tartick, 30, jetted off to Boston for a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend together.

After checking into their spacious hotel suite, the couple dressed up for a fancy dinner at Bistro Du Midi. Bristowe shared a video of Tartick blowing her a kiss as they enjoyed their meal.

The two threw a private dance party when they returned to the hotel, singing along to the Hamilton and Aladdin soundtracks.

The Bachelorette stars confirmed their relationship during an appearance on the Today show in late January.

“Yeah, that’s true,” Tartick said in a live interview when asked if they are official.

Bristowe, who also appeared on the morning news program, said, “I mean, I was going to use my podcast to break the news, but I guess the Today show beat me to it!”

Tartick, who met Bristowe on her podcast — Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe — said that they’ve been a steady item for “about a month or so.”

“We were friends. A little banter here and there and friendship turned into a relationship,” he explained.

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The new Bachelor Nation couple’s relationship comes nearly three months after Bristowe confirmed her split from Shawn Booth — whom she met, fell in love with and got engaged to on the season 19 finale of The Bachelorette in 2015 — in November.

“After three incredible years, we have decided to go our separate ways. This difficult decision comes after thoughtful, respectful consideration. Even though we are parting as a couple, we’re very much committed to remaining friends and we will continue to support each other,” they said in a joint statement. “Due to the nature of how we met, our relationship has always been very public, and we have enjoyed sharing it with all of you, but we ask that you respect our decision and our privacy at this time.”

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Booth, 31, talked about the pain of seeing her go public with someone else on Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti‘s podcast Almost Famous: In Depth.

“It’s nerve-wracking every time I pick up my phone. I haven’t been on Twitter in months just because I don’t want to scroll the mentions. Going on Instagram, I do that for business purposes, and always get caught with scrolling. that’s always tough. You just have a pit in your stomach.”

He continued: “That’s the hard part and with her moving on so quickly, I just have a tough time understanding why she would put this out everywhere, or blasting it all over the place, knowing that it could hurt.”

Tartick placed third on Becca Kufrin‘s season of The Bachelorette last year.