Is true love real?
Are soulmates real?
Can you actually find the right person in Hollywood?
Get comfortable, Juicers, because today we are going to be looking at a love story that
is LEGEND (insert video) -DARY.
This one is definitely for the history books, and the iconic couple is none other than Neil
Patrick Harris and David Burtka
Their incredible romance started over 18 years ago when the pair met through a mutual friend.
Recalling the first time he met David, Neal revealed how he ran into his friend Kate,
who was with this “brooding, James Dean type guy in a leather jacket”.
Burtka gave Harris a nod and then turned away.
The actor assumed it was Kate’s boyfriend and thought his friend had done well for herself.
He even said to Kate, “Nicely done.”
Her response was, “David isn’t playing on my team but he does have a boyfriend.”
Neil was disheartened that David was in a relationship but he didn’t want to be the
guy that caused interference in a relationship.
He would always be around when Burtka was around and hoped that the stars would align
for them.
The first time they hung out was at an American Idol viewing party and Neil could barely speak
around his crush.
He stammered through the night and couldn’t take his eyes off of him.
How sweet is that?
The pair met at a time when the actor thought he would never find love.
He remembers thinking that the rest of his life would be him alone.
That was until he moved to New York where he felt more freedom to be himself compared
to being in LA where he felt like he was being constantly judged.
He said, “I remember being in my mid-twenties, lying in bed thinking, I’ve never taken
a shower with anyone before; I’ve never had any kind of long-term relationship.
I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo.
I wasn’t weepy when I thought that — it was just a realization that I had gone this
long being self-sufficient.”
David, however, didn’t have Neil in his sights, not romantically at least.
At the time the pair met, he was in a long-distance relationship that was on the rocks.
The celebrity chef and How I Met Your Mother actor became fast friends and were hanging
out often.
Platonically, of course.
Eventually, Burtka broke up with his long-distance boyfriend and a week later, he and Harris
went on their first date.
They went to watch Taking Lives in the cinema on April Fool’s Day 2004, but their love
story was going to be anything but foolish.
Burtka doted on Harris from their first encounter saying, “I thought he was adorable...with
these amazing blue eyes that are just hypnotizing to me.”
From that first date, they started to see more and more of each other and after just
three months they were seeing one another every single night.
They were inseparable once they started dating and David even said, “Once we started talking,
we never stopped.”
Things moved fast from there and they moved in together, simply because it seemed convenient.
They thought if they were going to pay $5,000 a month to use someone else’s sheets and
towels, they might as well do it together.
They’re not fooling us, obviously, they moved in together because they couldn’t
get enough of each other!
They did a cross-country drive back to LA to pack their things up and head back to New
York.
The couple stopped along the way at Harris’ family home in Albuquerque to get some things
and then at Burtka’s family home in Michigan to get his family piano.
They went across America and filled up their moving truck so by the time they got to New
York, they had a new life full of furniture that would merge their lives together.
But they weren’t both all in from the beginning of their relationship, though they did have
a deep level of trust and openness even when it wasn’t easy.
Neil has said that he fell for David a lot harder than he fell for him.
That’s understandable seeing as he was already falling for David before they even became
friends.
Neil remembers telling David, “I think I love you,” and David’s response?
He said, “That’s really nice,” which isn’t exactly what anyone wants to hear,
but Harris appreciated the honesty and appreciated Burtka not saying something because he felt
obliged to.
Burtka made up for it years later when he was the first to propose to Harris.
In 2007, David and Neil were in a limousine on their way to an event.
Suddenly, David stopped the car and got out.
He then got Neil to get out of the car.
The actor was a little confused but got out anyway, only for Burtka to get down on one
knee and propose on the side of the road.
But wait, it’s a little more special than that!
He proposed on the actual street corner where he and Harris had met through the run-in with
Harris’ friend Kate.
A year later on Valentine’s Day, Neil proposed to David on a trip to Santa Monica . The couple
wore their engagement rings for almost 7 years before they had their wedding and by then
they already had 2 kids!
Although gay marriage hadn’t been legalized in New York, that wasn’t going to stop the
couple from starting a family.
They had both always wanted to be parents, so much so, that it was a topic of conversation
on their first date!
Harris even said that if Burtka didn’t want kids, there wouldn’t have been a second
date!
They didn’t want to have kids too late in the game because they wanted their parents
and their family to be a pinnacle part of their kids’ lives.
In October 2010, their dream came true and they welcomed fraternal twins, Gideon and
Harper
The couple worked with a surrogate and egg donor to conceive the twins.
They used two eggs, two embryos, one of David’s and one of Neil’s, and miraculously the
two embryos took!
The couple adores and dotes on their kids on social media as often as they can.
They have even appeared in commercials with their dads.
The actor spoke in an interview about watching their kids grow up.
He said, "It happens faster than the people that say that it happens so fast.
I'm always their biggest champion and inspired when they push themselves in any way.
So, I'm very proud of both of them."
There is nothing sweeter than a proud dad, even sweeter than that is two proud dads!
This precious couple was truly made for one another and absolutely meant to be.
Not only do they have the same shoe size, body size, height, and weight but they also
share their clothes all the time.
They are also both Geminis) and Burtka has said it helps them to get over their fights
in five minutes.
They both have a good twin and a bad twin within them and the four of them get along
really well.
Should we be worried, David?
Also, isn’t it crazy that they are both the star sign of twins and they had twins?
It couldn’t be any more meant to be!
As much as they are identical, they are also so different — Neil is very introspective
and he is the thinker rather than the doer whereas David is the polar opposite.
Although gay marriage was legalized in New York in 2011, the couple only got married
three years later.
We can’t blame them for their careers and their hands full with their kids.
After 10 years of being together, they finally got married in a small ceremony with just
45 guests in Italy.
There were fireworks and magic at the castle they were married in and they had all of the
people closest to them take part in the ceremony.
Their son was the orange boy and he walked down the aisle handing out oranges.
They then had the former director of How I Met Your Mother and their close friend, Pam
Fryman officiate the ceremony.
They even had Elton John singing at their wedding, how lucky are they?
The couple absolutely adores one another, they are always active on social media doting
on each other and loving their life together.
Burtka has even said, “We talk on the phone at least eight times a day and text at least
25 times a day.
We are, in a way, very codependent.
He’s my lifeline, in an amazing way.
Without him, I can’t breathe.
He makes me laugh, but he’s also smart.
He can do everything.
He makes me a little more grounded, and I bring out the wild side in him.”
They are not perfect, and Burtka hates when people think they are!
He says that relationships are constantly changing and it’s constant work to keep
them going.
Even though there are more good times than bad times, the couple continuously works on
their relationship.
They are just a normal married couple and they have arguments but they work on it and
move through it.
The couple also sees a therapist on a weekly basis to keep their relationship strong.
They have apparently been going to therapy for the last 15 years together.
They agree that communication is what helps them maintain a strong bond and it needs to
be healthy, constructive and loving no matter the situation.
They don’t go to therapy because there is anything seriously wrong but rather just to
communicate with a mediator there to better their own communication.
Could that be their secret to success?
It sounds like an expensive marriage to us but it might be totally worth it!
It isn’t always easy and simple but that’s life.
In 2017, Burtka said that he had recently quit drinking because he couldn’t just have
one or two drinks, he had no self-control once he started and it was affecting him.
He stopped because he owed it to himself, Neil, and their kids to be 100% present with
them.
In 2021, David had to have an intensive spinal surgery that lasted over seven hours.
It took a toll on Neil when he had to wait and hope for the best but fear the worst,
but luckily everything went according to plan.
Neil said, “I feel like our life is just a bunch of blank pages in a big book and we're
trying to fill them up as best we can, so I hope it will be a good read.”
In our opinion, it is the best read so far and we cannot wait to see the adventures this
loving couple has ahead of them.
They are the best couple to watch on social media, they are so full of love and respect
for one another and they aren’t afraid to tell the world how special their love is.
Neil and David continue to inspire and strengthen one another.
These days, the couple is known for being fun-loving and goofy, and their Halloween
outfits are especially anticipated every year.
They show us that love can actually grow stronger and deeper.