Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen's Relationship Timeline Is...Truly a Journey

Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen appear to have broken up mere weeks after the premiere of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. But honestly? If digging into their relationship timeline has taught me anything, it's that they split and reunite faster than you can say "one 42oz cup of Dirty Soda, pls." And due to season 2 of TSLOMW (just go with it) being an absolute inevitability, it's time to put this love story in chronological order. Starting with the beginning: an uncertain time in American history where the words "Mormon Swinger Scandal" dominated headlines and Fruity Pebbles were still innocent.

May 2022

Taylor announces—via TikTok, where else?—that she and her husband have split up.

She then drops THE infamous video revealing she was involved in a "soft swinging" scandal. Said video has been deleted as of 2024, but it was truly a time to be one of her loyal followers.

July 2022

Taylor implies she has maaaaaybe moved on and teases her new relationship.

August 2022

A chaotic month! As rumors about Taylor's relationship status fly around Utah and Reddit and Utah-Reddit, Taylor makes it clear she's actually single....

But then she posts this:

And Dakota comments THIS:

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September 2022

Dakota makes his official debut on Taylor's TikTok.

And Taylor denies he's the guy she cheated on her ex with:

November 2022

Taylor reveals the sad news to her followers that she had an ectopic pregnancy (something she also opened up about on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives).

December 2022

Taylor announces she and Dakota broke up....

January 2023

ANNNNND a month later, they're officially back together.

February 2023

Taylor drops a video on how she and Dakota met, saying they followed each other for years before he eventually slid into her DMs post-swinging scandal.

Later that month (on February 17), Taylor is arrested and charged with three misdemeanors including assault, criminal mischief, and domestic violence in the presence of a child—which we also see play out on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

June 2023

After a quiet few months, inquiring minds want to know if Taylor and Dakota are still together. They are.

September 2023

Taylor reveals she and Dakota are expecting their rainbow baby.

December 2023

Taylor explains why she isn't in a rush to get married, something she talked a lot about on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

March 2024

Taylor and Dakota welcome their baby! And some time around this point (at least based on The Secret Lives or Mormon Wives), Mayci Neeley starts digging into whether or not Dakota cheated—which he has denied, FWIW!

August 2024

Dakota drops a post talking about how important family is and how he'll fight for it no matter what.

September 2024

Things seem to be going well amid The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiering. Here are the vibes on September 9....

On September 11, Dakota denies speculation that he cheated:

And on September 12, Taylor responds to people claiming they dated Dakota:

But something changes, because on September 22, Taylor posts a video of herself cry-dancing, leading to speculation that she and Dakota are over:

One day later, Us Weekly confirms Taylor and Dakota are done. The outlet *also* runs an interview with Taylor (conducted prior to her TikTok cry-dance), where she says, “I would say we’re working on things, and I actually have no idea where it goes with us from here,. We are not fully together but not fully done. I don’t know what the future holds with him and I.”

That brings us up to date, but stay tuned for the next chapter in Taylor and Dakota because something tells us this isn't the end of their story.

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