Teen Best Friends Convince Single Parents to Go on Date. Months Later, They Walk Mom Down the Aisle (Exclusive)

Most parents cringe at the idea of ​​their teenagers meddling in their love lives. For one couple, it was the best thing that could have happened to them

Brittany, on TikTok as @_ms.britt, was a widow and mother of two when her son Tucker met his best friend Corbin, she tells PEOPLE.

“My children’s father passed away in 2015, so he hasn’t been in their lives since they were 5 and 7,” she explains. She tried to go out, “but no one stayed around my children.”

Meanwhile, Jason was also raising two children after separating from their mother.

“So my kids kind of missed the father role and his kids missed the mother figure.”

When it comes to Brittany’s son Tucker and Jason’s son Corbin, “they look alike and act alike.”

“Everything about those two is identical. They were always with me or they were always with him, so our conversations were always about boys. We delivered boys to each other and picked them up. And one day, they’re like, ‘Hey , do you want to go talk to Mr. Jason?’ ”

Brittany, who was a busy mom, replied, “Not unless he really needs me,” which ironically, Jason did too.

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Although they both knew that at first their children were joking about setting them up, they also knew that the more time passed, the more serious they became.

“His son would say, ‘My dad’s a good guy. He’d spoil you,'” he laughs. “I don’t know if it was just them craving that attention – male or female influence – or if they really saw something in us, that we would be good together… or a mixture of both.”

Brittany and Jason (left), Tucker and Corbin walk Brittany down the aisle.

Photo by Kendra Stanley

Two of the boys even included their older siblings.

“We have four kids,” Brittany explains. “That’s how the guys started it, and then they got his oldest involved. We went to a fair in our town, and he and I walked around the fair for probably 30 to 45 minutes. He was trying to convince me that I was dating his dad.”

“He said, ‘You should listen to the guys and give them a chance.’ And then my older one started doing the same thing! She said, ‘Mom, he’s so cute and you don’t even see it.’

Jason’s house flooded that fall, and that’s when his son decided to stay with Brittany at Corbin’s until the repairs were completed.

“When the house was almost done and was being put back together, I went over there to look because I’m in real estate and I’m interested in that stuff. The guys started telling me, ‘Oh, this is my room, and this is Tucker’s room.’ And I say, ‘Tucker doesn’t need a room in this house.’ ”

The two persisted, slowly spending more time and bringing more of Tucker’s things to Jason’s. “It started as a joke and ended up being our new reality.”

Brittany and Jason.

Photo by Kendra Stanley

As for things between Brittany and Jason, they started spending more time together doing boy things.

“We started talking or seeing each other almost every day. We were both bored because the single life was terrible, and it just evolved into talking, even when it wasn’t about boys,” says Brittany. “It was our life stories about going out and helping each other with life’s problems. So we were closer than we thought.”

Jason made the first move, inviting Brittany over for margaritas and tacos. “And we’ve been pretty much inseparable ever since,” she shares.

Of course, the blossoming couple had great reservations about doing anything that might damage their children’s relationship. “There was a lot of talk about what was going to happen. I didn’t want to allow another male influence into their lives and make them feel abandoned if it did.” it doesn’t work,” she notes of her children.

At first, they thought about trying to hide their dating from the boys. They didn’t even make it to their first outing without being “caught”.

“It’s kind of hard to hide that you’re dating when it’s with someone in the household of the person they’re dating,” Jason tells PEOPLE.

Brittany agrees, explaining, “Whenever I would go on dates, he would have boyfriends or if he would go on a date, I would have boyfriends. They were both at my house and we were trying to figure out how to do it.”

“Because Jason and I had been texting back and forth all day trying to figure it out, the boys saw when they came home from school. So they took my phone and said, ‘Oh Jason Walker, that’s you’ I’m talking to. ‘ They arrested us before we even got to dinner.”

Jason and Brittany’s blended family.

Photo by Kendra Stanley

The boys were thrilled with their success, making the family reunion just that little bit easier.

“I think the pieces were already there,” Brittany says. “There were a few little hiccups in the beginning just because Corbin was used to it being just him and dad, and my kids were used to just me and them. With the additions, now decisions need more approval. family dinners, birthdays , Christmas and things like that just changed the dynamic a little bit, but it wasn’t bad.”

After about three months of dating, the couple knew they were ready for the next step – marriage.

“We’ve known each other for more than a year. We know how we stand by each other in everything. We’re the same parents. Everything about us is practically identical. So we just did it. We didn’t tell anyone except our closest family.”

The boys were “silly all day” of the wedding.

“It’s like they knew they made it,” laughs Brittany. “They were silly. They planned to have one jump into the other’s arms to take him out. I let them walk me down the aisle because the two of them did. So even though it was our day, the spotlight was kind to those two chumps because they knew they did it and they were so, so excited.”

All the kids are enjoying things now, valuing their own space as much as the time they spend together.

Tucker and Corbin celebrate their wedding.

Photo by Kendra Stanley

“The guys have separate lives now, too. They’re still best friends, but they’ve become friends outside of each other, so they can give each other a break every now and then. But then they just miss each other and come right back.”

The spouses have come a long way in just a year and a half, which still surprises them both.

“I think we’re both just wondering, ‘Is this even real?’ Sometimes I catch him looking at me and wonder, ‘What are you looking at?’ And he said, ‘I don’t know, it’s just weird to know that someone loves me like you do.’ I feel the same way. We both understand that’s how it should be.”

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