Inside Heather and Tarek’s Wildly Fast Relationship, ’Cause We All Have Questions
I don’t know if you heard because she’s really subtle and lowkey about it, but Selling Sunset’s Heather Rae Young is dating HGTV star Tarek El Moussa. Like, again, this all might be news to you because they definitely don’t call the paparazzi on themselves (how *dare* Christine and Davina suggest otherwise), but they’re VERY SERIOUS. In fact, they’re engaged.
Anyway, if you, like me, feel that Heather didn’t spend nearly enough time talking about her relationship with Tarek on Selling Sunset, here’s a handy timeline of how these reality stars met and fell in love.
July 4, 2019
Heather and Tarek meet on a yacht, as you do. She went ahead and explained their love story on—you guessed it—Selling Sunset, musing, “His boat was parked next to the boat I was on down in Newport. And my girlfriend happened to be on his boat. I jumped on his boat and he, like, turned around and he was like, ‘Hi, I’m Tarek.’ Then we were just, like, texting and kept in touch.”
A post shared by Tarek El Moussa (@therealtarekelmoussa) on May 29, 2020 at 11:38am PDT
Fear not, they took a selfie on that fated day:
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Dec 9, 2019 at 11:45am PST
One Week Later
They freakin’ start living together. We know this because Tarek wrote about it in his one-year anniversary Instagram, explaining, “Less then a week after our first date, we moved in together and never looked back!”
A post shared by Tarek El Moussa (@therealtarekelmoussa) on Jul 22, 2020 at 5:54pm PDT
August 4, 2019
Not even a month after their first meeting, Heather not-so-subtly tags Tarek in an Instagram bikini pic:
Always making good decisions on bad decisions 🛥
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Aug 4, 2019 at 2:40pm PDT
The thirst! I’m inspired!
August 8, 2019
Aaand they go Instagram official. This entire caption is a journey, but the best part is clearly Heather thanking Tarek for “honking your boat horn at me the day we met.”
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Aug 8, 2019 at 5:30pm PDT
August 13, 2019
Barely a month into their relationship, Heather and Tarek do their first interview as a couple. Totally normal milestone!
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Aug 13, 2019 at 11:58am PDT
In the interview, Tarek reflects, “We’ve been spending a lot of time together…and we just have so much fun. After all the hardships that I’ve experienced, and there’s so many ups and downs in life, sometimes having fun is, like, the best medicine.”
September 16, 2019
Tarek celebrates Heather’s birthday by buying her a really casual and simple gift: a Ferrari.
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Sep 16, 2019 at 3:31pm PDT
September 22, 2019
Heather and Tarek are clearly getting serious because his kids start showing up on her Instagram—much to the dismay of Amanza, as Selling Sunset fans are well aware.
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Sep 22, 2019 at 11:50am PDT
October 2, 2019
Heather shares a highly produced home movie (sorry, “vlog”) about her and Tarek’s romantic trip to New York. The entire thing is, naturally, in slow motion.
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Oct 2, 2019 at 10:52am PDT
January 6, 2020
They take a ski trip with both of their families, so yeah, things are moving along at a pretty fast pace!
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Jan 6, 2020 at 5:13pm PST
March 21, 2020
Heather encourages everyone to stay inside with a kissing photo of her and Tarek.
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Mar 21, 2020 at 12:07pm PDT
July 4, 2020
Tarek and Heather celebrate their one-year anniversary!
One year of meeting!!!! I love you more than the world 🌎🇺🇸 - Defining moments......
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Jul 4, 2020 at 3:37pm PDT
A post shared by Tarek El Moussa (@therealtarekelmoussa) on Jul 4, 2020 at 5:51pm PDT
July 22, 2020
And then they celebrate their one-year anniversary AGAIN!
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Jul 22, 2020 at 2:07pm PDT
July 26, 2020
TAREK PROPOSES!!!! Let’s just hope and pray that Netflix’s cameras were there to capture it.
The Future Mrs. Tarek El Moussa!!!! @dukeimages
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Jul 26, 2020 at 1:32am PDT
Also, don’t worry, they chronicled the entire romantic event in, like, 30 novel-length Instagram posts, which you can read through below:
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Jul 30, 2020 at 11:09am PDT
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Jul 31, 2020 at 11:24am PDT
A post shared by Tarek El Moussa (@therealtarekelmoussa) on Jul 30, 2020 at 11:07am PDT
August 7, 2020
Despite the ongoing pandemic, Tarek and Heather vacation in Cabo to celebrate their engagement!
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Aug 7, 2020 at 3:03pm PDT
The couple are currently wedding planning, and considering they literally cannot stop talking about their adorable relationship, expect lots more updates where these came from.
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