[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/neil-patrick-harris-and-david-burtkas-engagement-story\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/neil-patrick-harris-and-david-burtkas-engagement-story\/","headline":"Neil Patrick Harris And David Burtka’s Engagement Story","name":"Neil Patrick Harris And David Burtka’s Engagement Story","description":"Neil Patrick Harris and his fiance David Burtka grace the cover of OUT Magazine’s February “Love” issue. 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The actor penned their love story for the gay magazine, which was followed up by Burtka’s take on their relationship. NPH and Burtka are fathers to twins Gideon and Harper,\u00a0who turned 1 year in October.NPH recalls for OUT when he first met Burtka: “I ran into my friend Kate one day and she was with this brooding, James Dean\u2013type guy in a leather jacket who gave me the head nod and then turned away. I assumed he was Kate\u2019s boyfriend and said, ‘Nicely done.’ And she said, ‘David? He\u2019s not playing on my team, but he has a boyfriend.’ So, then I just kept seeing him on the periphery, and in turn, catching up on him, but I didn\u2019t want to be that guy who was creating some sort of romantic interference. So, I was always around when he was around, hoping the stars would align. When we all hung out for the first time\u2014I was invited by Kate to an American Idol viewing party\u2014I just stammered around him. I couldn\u2019t take my eyes off him.”David proposed to NPH first. The How I Met Your Mother star writes, “David first proposed to me five years ago on the actual street corner where we met. We were on our way to an event at an Indian casino 45 minutes out of town in a limousine, and David wanted to stop for some reason that I didn\u2019t quite get. I thought he wanted to get some booze or something. And then he got on one knee and proposed, and I was so freaked out by it that I said, \u201cYes,\u201d but I didn\u2019t know what it meant. Then I got the ring and loved it, and a year later, on Valentine\u2019s Day, I proposed to him in Santa Monica. That was four years ago.”Last June, NPH tweeted to a fan: “We’ve been wearing engagement rings for ages, waiting for an available date.”\u00a0He didn’t elaborate on their wedding plans, but we’re watching the mail for our invitation.Burtka writes about NPH, too, saying, “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\u2019s my lifeline, in an amazing way. Without him, I can\u2019t breathe. The biggest thing is that he makes me laugh, but he\u2019s also smart. He can do everything. I\u2019m not kidding; I think he\u2019s half robot. He makes me a little more grounded, and I bring out the wild side in him. Don\u2019t get me wrong\u2014we fight. Our fights last five minutes, then we\u2019re over it. And we\u2019re both Gemini\u2014we have a good twin and a bad twin, and the four of us get along really well!“I don\u2019t want people to think we\u2019re a perfect couple. Nothing\u2019s perfect. A relationship is work and it changes. And you go with the changes. It\u2019s more good times than bad times, but it\u2019s not always good. You have to overcome those issues and move on. We have a really great recipe for a wonderful relationship, but we don\u2019t want to be the poster boys for gay relationships. We\u2019re not trying to pretend that we are perfect. We\u2019re just trying\u2014in a good, positive, loving way\u2014to live our lives.”\u00a0Photos: photography by Matthew Kristall, styling by Grant Woolhead\u00a0 "},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Neil Patrick Harris And David Burtka’s Engagement Story","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/neil-patrick-harris-and-david-burtkas-engagement-story\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]