When Chip and Joanna Gaines spoke with People for their 20th wedding anniversary magazine special, Chip explained that he did not have an engagement ring when he proposed to Joanna. In December 2002, he popped the question in a shopping mall. Joanna accepted the proposal, and then the newly engaged couple went to a jewelry store in the mall where Chip’s friend worked. Joanna got to design her ring right then and there.
The couple got married in May 2003. Joanna remarked how their match-up was surprising — even to them. On paper, it did not seem like she and Chip would be the right match, but their relationship just worked.
Struggles associated with stress of raising young children and flipping houses tested them, so Chip and Joanna established a teamwork mentality. Chip told People, ” … with Jo and I, we felt adversity and would get together like a little team and say, ‘What do you think the problem is?’ As opposed to maybe typically being like, ‘Well, it’s because of that thing you bought’ or ‘because of that dumb thing you did.'” Good communication and conflict resolution strengthened their relationship and Joanna said, “The benefit is that we’re growing together.”
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