One Colorado couple’s love story has gone viral for being equal parts chaotic, emotional, and weirdly heartwarming. What started as two separate relationships crashing and burning ended with a marriage, a growing family, and a plot twist no one could’ve predicted, especially not the people who cheated.
Tracy and Brett Denson’s story begins in Colorado during what should have been a fun, forgettable Valentine’s Day weekend in 2020. Instead, it became the moment their lives quietly flipped upside down. Tracy was fresh off a breakup after discovering her boyfriend, Henry, had been cheating on her with a coworker named Michelle. Meanwhile, Brett had just ended his own relationship after learning his girlfriend had been unfaithful with someone from work. At the time, neither of them realized they were talking about the same two people, per PEOPLE.
They met casually at a college party, where Tracy jokingly teased Brett for being dateless, a harmless interaction that quickly turned heavy when Brett admitted he wasn’t feeling very festive. His relationship had ended just days earlier due to infidelity. Tracy, realizing how familiar that pain felt, shared that she was dealing with the same thing. That’s when everything clicked.
Colorado Couple Turns Cheating Into Life-Long Love
“He said, ‘Well I guess that makes two of us because she was also cheating on me with a guy from work,’” Tracy recalled. When she asked where the woman worked and heard the name, the realization hit hard. “It was like the wind got knocked out of me,” she said. “I said back, ‘No. Way. My ex is Henry, and he cheated on me with your ex-girlfriend!’”
That moment could’ve gone in a dozen awkward directions, but instead, it became the spark. The two left the party almost immediately and talked nonstop for nearly six hours, from midnight until sunrise. Tracy later said, “We immediately clicked.” What started as mutual shock turned into deep conversation, laughter, and something neither of them expected.
Brett felt it instantly, calling it love at first sight. Tracy, on the other hand, took a more cautious route. She admitted she initially “friend-zoned” him, worried that their bond might just be trauma-driven. Still, the connection refused to fade. By May 2020, just three months later, they officially started dating.
Two years later, Brett proposed during a romantic ice-skating moment in Colorado, complete with family members flown in and a surprise photographer. “It was a very intimate proposal,” Tracy shared. “No, I didn’t see it coming! But yes, I was so excited.”
The Internet Is Obsessed!
When they married in September 2022, they even invited their exes, a move Tracy openly admitted was “petty,” but fitting. Unsurprisingly, neither showed up.
“Craziest way to meet your husband,” one person wrote via TikTok. “You pulled a Shania Twain,” another stated, referencing the country singer who had a similar situation. “You should send Christmas cards every year with a personalized message to them,” a third person chimed in. “That’s why they say don’t let your boyfriend stop from finding your husband,” a fourth comment read.
Today, the couple shares a young son, Maverik, with another baby boy on the way. Looking back, Tracy summed it up perfectly: “If I didn’t get cheated on, I wouldn’t have found the love of my life.” It seems that the Colorado cheating scandal ended up in happily ever after for Tracy and Brett.
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