Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick Were Bachelor Nation Icons! Relive Their Relationship Timeline

January 2019

Kaitlyn and Jason met while doing the “Off the Vine” podcast — and subsequently went on not one, but two back-to-back dates. Totally dreamy.

January 2019

Weeks later, Kaitlyn was already calling Jason her boyfriend. In fact, the reality babe said on her podcast at the time that she “would be upset if he was dating anyone else and I think he would be upset if I was dating anyone else.”

January 2019

While appearing on The Today Show, Jason confirmed once and for all that he and Kaitlyn were like, totally an item.

February 2019

The cute pair made their whirlwind relationship Instagram official just in time for Valentine’s Day.

April 2019

Clearly smitten with her new man, Kaitlyn told a hilarious NSFW story about her first hook-up session with Jason, which happened to occur whilst the singer was on her period. “I was like, ‘Yo, let’s just dry hump.’ So we did. Literally, I had pants on,” she revealed. “We were fully clothed and hot and heavy … in five minutes, he picked my nose and gave me an orgasm.”

June 2019

Kaitlyn and Jason moved in together in June 2019. “Oh hey, roomie,” the Leduc native wrote on Instagram announcing the milestone.

June 2019

Mere days after moving in together, the happy couple adopted a golden retriever, which they named Ramen. “You’re home and I am crying,” the doggy mama captioned an emotional video of herself and the pup at the time.

December 2019

At the end of 2019, Kaitlyn and Jason gave Ramen a little brother and added a second golden retriever named Pinot G to their little family.

June 2020

Jason revealed he had the opportunity to propose to Kaitlyn during Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons Ever! — but he turned the request down. “They actually came to me asking me if I’d like to take this opportunity to propose,” he told Entertainment Tonight, noting there wasn’t “any pressure” from producers, who told him they wanted to “make it special.”

Ultimately, he decided against it because the night was focused on her exes. “We don’t need these stories to align in the same showing,” he told the outlet. “But I told Kaitlyn after … she’s like, ‘Thank God [you didn’t agree].’”

September 2020

Jason revealed he and his girlfriend are “on the same page, 100 percent on the same page” about having children during the September 17 episode of Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti‘s “Almost Famous” podcast. “In quarantine, it’s funny, we have one of our kids’ names picked out already. Really normal, right? So, yeah, we’re on the same page.”

October 2020

In an exclusive interview with Life & Style, Kaitlyn hinted at wedding plans with Jason, noting her boyfriend will “probably” take the helm when it comes to planning their romantic nuptials.

“He’s a good planner. I’m terrible at all that stuff,” she admitted. “We’ve talked about [location]. It’s so funny because he’s so proud of where he comes from and he genuinely wants to get married in Buffalo, New York, where he’s from with all our family and friends so we’ll see. I’m not against anything.”

May 2021

She said yes! Jason proposed to Kaitlyn on May 10, presenting her with a stunning 5-carat, oval-shaped diamond set on a gold band. “It was everything I could have asked for,” the Bachelor Nation star told Entertainment Tonight about the Buffalo native’s romantic proposal. “The words that came out of his mouth were insanely beautiful. We’ve never locked eyes like that in our lives. We were holding hands, so intense, and I was listening to his every word but still blacked out.”

October 2022

Kaitlyn gave an update about her and Jason’s wedding preparations during her exclusive video interview with Life & Style, noting that they wanted to get married “this year.”

“We want to go to the Maldives and have a complete relaxing, like, over-the-water bungalow,” Kaitlyn said, referring to their honeymoon plans. “Then, we want to go to Italy and — he’s never been to Italy, which is my happy place. So, we wanna go to Italy and go around all the different places there and eat all the food and drink all the wine.”

July 2023

Although Kaitlyn and Jason seemed smooth sailing, fans pointed out that both hadn’t posted any photos together to social media throughout July 2023. That August, Kaitlyn slammed online users for demanding her to provide an update on her relationship status. Though she didn’t confirm whether she and Jason were broken up, Kaitlyn hinted that she was still processing a difficult situation.

“I cannot believe the audacity of people to expect things from me when I haven’t even been able to process things for myself,” she wrote in a message posted to her Instagram Stories before deleting it a few minutes later. “Have a f—king heart. You’re scaring me with your comments and demands. I’m almost worried about YOU.”

August 2023

The couple announced their split after four years together in a joint Instagram statement in August 2023.

“After sharing the news with family and close friends first, and taking the time to properly process it ourselves, we are saddened with heavy hearts to share that we have decided to end our engagement,” Kaitlyn and Jason wrote. “We are thankful for all of you who gave us the time and space to process this life altering decision as there are many emotions and changes to navigate.”

The pair continued in their statement, “Continuing our friendship is incredibly important to both of us. We feel grateful to be ending our engagement with love and respect for each other,” the pair wrote. “It’s heartbreaking and sad to say goodbye, but our care and admiration for one another will never die.”

Jason broke his silence hours after making their split public by sharing old photos with Kaitlyn.

“I will forever be grateful for this person that was brought into my life,” he wrote via Instagram Stories, adding, “I’m beyond heart broken. Please be kind as we go through our individual journeys to heal.”

Kaitlyn Wanted a Family With Jason

The Dancing With the Stars alum was “heartbroken” after the split because she was planning on raising a family.

“She really wanted to settle down and start a family, so it’s been very difficult for her,” a source exclusively told Life & Style on August 8, 2023. “She still loves Jason, and he loves her, but their relationship just shifted. They’re both having a hard time moving on, but it’s the right thing to do.”

The insider also revealed that Kaitlyn and Jason’s “feelings for each other changed” after getting engaged.

Kaitlyn Breaks Her Silence

Kaitlyn opened up about her split from Jason during an August 8, 2023, episode of the “Off the Vine” podcast.

The TV personality admitted the breakup was “affecting [her] mental health” and she was finding herself “in the middle” of her logical and emotional thoughts.

The following day, she gave fans an update on where she and Jason’s relationship stood.

“Honestly, it was both of our [decision to break up]. We keep saying, too, that the door isn’t permanently closed — that’s why there’s handles on it,” she said during an interview, adding, “We don’t know what’s going on.”

Jason and Kaitlyn’s Family Weighs In

The podcasters’ families respect their decision to put a pause on their relationship but would “love them to get back together.”

“Kaitlyn would love to have worked things out with Jason, but I really think any talk of a reconciling is wishful thinking at this point,” a source exclusively told Life & Style on August 11. “But who knows, couples get back together all the time. I guess time will tell.”

Kaitlyn Reveals ‘Heartbreaking’ Split Decision

The TV personality made it clear “nothing bad happened” between her and Jason to cause their breakup.

”It’s just been over time. We have both not made each other a priority. And this is what happens,” she said during the August 15, 2023, episode of her “Off the Vine” podcast.