Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s Relationship Timeline Actually Feels So Normal

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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have been together for literally a million years (kay, like, 13) and the time has come to mine the history of their relationship. Unlike many celeb couples, Kristen and Dax are extremely honest about the ups and downs in their marriage, even getting into details about their fights, cheating allegations, and sex life. In other words, we have a lot to cover….

Circa 2007

Kristen and Dax meet in 2007 at a birthday dinner for mutual friends. They start dating, although Dax briefly breaks up with Kristen in the early days of their relationship. She’s since opened up about the moment to PopSugar:

“We were dating for about three months, and I already knew that I was in love with him and he was hesitant because he knew he was still dating other people. He sat me down and said, ‘I can’t have this right now. I think you’re wonderful, but I am still dating other people.’ And then I, like, liquefied and fell to the ground, but I felt incredibly respected that he had the balls to tell me we weren’t in the same place….He called me and he was like, ‘I don’t know what I was thinking. I was dating someone else but they’re just not as interesting as you, and I don’t know what I’m doing,’ and he came back. But I still always remind him of when he broke up with me.”

Unforgivable, TBH.

Circa Winter 2010

Dax and Kristen get engaged but decide to hold off on making it official until the state of California passes same-sex marriage legislation. Her rep confirms to People that the engagement took place “over the holidays.”

March 28, 2013

Dax and Kristen welcome their daughter Lincoln:

Here’s a throwback to Kristen’s pregnancy!

June 26, 2013

Prop 8 is repealed and the couple announces plans to marry on Twitter:

October 16, 2013

Dax and Kristen get married at the Beverly Hills County Clerk’s Office. Here’s a cute throwback for ya:

December 19, 2014

Dax and Kristen welcome their second daughter, Delta:

Here’s another throwback!

February 17, 2016

Kristen joins Insta with a kissy pic of Dax:

July 12, 2016

Kristen opens up about her and Dax’s sex life in Redbook, saying, “We’re pretty decent about staying on top of it. We’ll be like, ‘Okay, it’s been how many days?’ We find a night when nobody is coming over and we don’t have to work super early in the morning, and then we slot it in.”

July 18, 2016

Then this happens on Twitter. Help.

December 13, 2018

Dax denies reports that he cheated on Kristen two years into their relationship with Julie Andrews’ granddaughter, writing, “Hey, Daily Mail, that photo is 13 years old, not 9.”

July 11, 2019

Kristen posts a casual thirst trap of Dax to Insta:

January 8, 2020

Kristen opens up about fighting with Dax, saying on the Life Is Short With Justin Long podcast:

“We had this pretty incredible fight recently. Incredible. I mean, like, top-of-the-lungs screaming. It was about the things around the house that I felt I needed help with. We have a relationship where you are supposed to be able to say, ‘I need your help with this.’ For those of you listening, I’m telling this from my perspective. He’s not here, he can’t defend himself.”

April 1, 2020

Kristen tells Katie Couric that she and Dax are “at each other’s throats, real bad” in quarantine, and Dax even leaves their interview halfway through after saying, “America’s sweetheart has some character defects.”

May 13, 2020

Kristen tells People that while the first two weeks of quarantine were “f*cking brutal,” Dax’s help homeschooling their kids caused her to fall even harder for him:

“He’s made me feel like I’m not doing it by myself, which has made me fall much deeper in love with him.”

That brings us up to date, but stay tuned for more updates from these two.

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