Evan Thomas and Keith Bynum.Photo: Keith Bynum/Instagram
Keith BynumandEvan Thomashave a lot of things on their plates, and planning a trip down the aisle isn’t one of them!
Their revelation came as the pair celebrated the anniversary of the day they got engaged, back in 2017.
What’s keeping them from saying their “I dos?” Turns out, it’s the very thing pushing them into the spotlight these days: work.
“Five years ago today we got engaged but we’ve been too damn busy to actually get married,” Bynum wrote on Instagram, captioning a selfie of him and Thomas. “One day!”
He added, in hashtag form, that “five years goes too fast.”
Bynum and Thomas live in Detroit, Michigan, where theyrun a business(Nine Design + Homes) buying abandoned houses in neglected neighborhoods and flipping them, selling them as finished, furnished starter homes for lower-income buyers.
The two met in 2013when they were both living in Colorado, they toldPride Sourcelast April, through Match.com. They dated while living there for years before moving to Detroit in April 2017.
“Neither of us had ever been to Michigan before we moved here,” Bynum told the outlet. “Detroit kind of has, you know, a little bit of a reputation, and so when we moved here, we were a little scared. But almost immediately we realized how amazing Detroit is, and how kind and loving.”
“We love taking on the absolute worst of the worst,” Bynum told the outlet. “The house that no one wants or believes in, that’s our jam. … They just need someone to believe in them again.”
Also battling it out this season are twin sistersLeslie DavisandLyndsay LambofUnsellable Houses, husband-wife duoDaveandJenny MarrsofFixer to Fabulous, and real estate brokerEgypt Sherrodand her builder husbandMike JacksonofMarried to Real Estate.
And while working together can be tough for some couples, working together has been a good thing for Bynum and Thomas’s relationship, they said.
“This has been on one of the best experiences, because you really get to know somebody in this type of environment,” explained Bynum to Pride Source. “It’s about finding a respectful balance.”
“A lot of people have told us that it would be a struggle to work with their partner and essentially be around them 24 hours a day,” added Thomas. “We joke about being worried we have become co-dependent being around each other so much, but overall it’s a great relationship and we are very fortunate.”
source: people.com
