before the show finally ended its run in 2022.

“Flip or Flop” was not an anomaly.

And when he finally did ask for a second date, it was months later.

Ben and Erin Napier posing in TV studio

“I really wanted that 50 dollars from John!”

Apparently blessed with a saintly degree of patience, she agreed to a second date.

That was when the two really clicked, and began seeing each other on a daily basis.

Chip and Joanna Gaines at BUILD Series

Chip popped the question in 2002, and in 2003, they tied the knot.

Unbeknownst to Erin, Ben had been noticing her, too.

Recalling the first time he laid eyes on her in the college cafeteria, Ben toldE!

Ben and Erin Napier of Home Town

Newsthat he was chatting with some female friends who pointed her out in admiration of her look.

“From that moment on I was hooked.”

After spending six intense days together working on the yearbook, Ben dove in headfirst.

Sarah and Bryan Baeumler of Renovation Island

As their relationship progressed, Bryan proposed and she said yes.

Instead, they ended up pivoting and headed in a whole other direction.

Berkus survived, but Bengoechea drowned.

Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent

Berkus spent many years mourning Bengoechea.

Eventually, in 2012, he went on a date with Jeremiah Brent.

“I didn’t even want to go on our first date,” he toldA Drink With.

Mike Jackson and Egypt Sherrod at Creed II premiere

However, their connection was instantaneous.

“I remember thinking to myself, oh God, what is this?

This is not what I thought it was,” Brent shared withPeople.

Cole and Chelsea DeBoer of Down Home Fab

The attraction also took Berkus by surprise.

“And I remember thinking to myself, I know.

“I was not expecting it,” he admitted.

Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt in Times Square

They gotmarried in 2014.

She wound up bringing on a builder who happened to be her future husband.

“And from that point on, we were inseparable,” Jackson shared withThe List.

Dave and Jenny Marrs of Fixer to Fabulous

“We go on dates where we don’t talk about business at all,” he explained.

“We got remember to be in love and lovers and not just partners and parents.”

After dating for a year, DeBoer moved in with Chelsea and her daughter.

Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas

The couplegot engagedin November 2015, andwedthe following October.

In January 2017, the couplewelcomed their first child together, Watson Cole.

“This is what I want to do forever,” she said of her new career in design.

Drew Scott hugging Linda Phan

1 in its time slot among all cable shows.

Theytied the knot in 2015.

“I think it’s because we keep it real,” he said.

“We show the good, the bad, and the ugly of working with your spouse.”

Not long after, in 2005, the pairexchanged vows.

Those years were not easy ones.

“We were broke, and I had a real job.

Gradually, though, the business gained traction.

“After eight years, I left my job and joined him full-time in 2012.”

In 2016, HGTV came calling, and their lives have never been the same.

“We are really, really swamped,” he toldOut.

“I don’t want it to be an afterthought.

I want to have the time to put it together like we want.”

“I see us raising our kids there,” Drew told theLos Angeles Times.

“People were always like, ‘Isn’t that weird?’

But there’s an ease to it,” Phan toldPeople.

In 2016, Drew popped the question.