Every Time Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Were Couple Goals

There are plenty of different reasons to admire a couple, whether it be their obvious chemistry, a shared passion, or the fact they simply take the best pictures together. Some couples, however, seem like the whole package — and Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are one of them.

Take their relationship’s origin story, for example — the two were close friends before making things official — or the fact that they met on a blind double date where they were both set up with someone else. Each tidbit of information Blake and Ryan give us about their relationship just reinforces that these two were meant to be — and we’re here for every minute of it.

Their first date story is something out of a romcom

Blake and Ryan first met when they costarred as love interests in Green Lantern. Ryan was married to Scarlett Johanson at the time and Blake was dating her Gossip Girl costar, Penn Badgley. 

Fast forward a year and a half later and both Blake and Ryan were single — and ready to meet someone. It seemed like the only thing the two hadn’t year considered was that they’d be good for each other.

“We were such good friends for so long and we both got to know each other as friends so when we were both single, we were still trying to find each other’s [perfect date]—’Oh, who would be good for you?'” Blake to.d Entertainment Weekly. “We’d sit around being like, ‘Oh jeez, do you know anyone?’ And it didn’t click for, I mean, a good year and a half. Like, ‘Oh hey, wait, hold on. We could date!'” Blake and Ryan decided to set each other up on a blind double date and go together to ease the tension.