Sometimes, we’re certain we’ve found “the one.”
It’s a beautiful place to be.
This happened to HGTV star Chip Gaines.
Chip was in a two-year relationship before he and his ex-girlfriend broke up.
On the plane ride back, however, his answer changed.
He pursued her, hard.
He came up with the idea of making her something.
After working on a retaining wall for work, he decided to make a miniature version for his then-girlfriend.
He dropped it off in the night and left a note inside.
Her response wasn’t what he had hoped for.
Her roommates discovered the structure, but not the note.
They thought it resembled a tombstone.
After this attempted gift, Chip received a letter from his then-girlfriend’s father expressing his concerns.
“I really respected this man,” he told The Magnolia Journal, according toCountry Living.
The couple soon broke up.
He first saw a photo of her at her father’s car shop.
“I knew I’d marry her one day just by the picture on the wall.”
He started taking his truck there in hopes of meeting Joanna, and one day, he finally did.
About a year after the two started dating, Chip proposed and Joanna said yes.
In 2003, they married, flipped their home before moving into it, and opened Magnolia Market.
As for Chip, he wouldn’t have wanted to have it any other way.
