Chase Stokes<\/strong> <\/a>couldn\u2019t let girlfriend Kelsea Ballerini<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s 32nd birthday pass without plenty of fanfare.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough you keep saying you\u2019re not excited for 32, I\u2019d say I\u2019m lookin\u2019 forward to more of this,\u201d Stokes, 32, captioned an Instagram<\/a> carousel on Friday, September 12. \u201cHappy birthday, my love \u2764\ufe0f<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n Stokes updated a handful of photos featuring the pair together, including one image where they sat courtside at a New York Knicks game next to Ben Stiller<\/strong>, who was half-cropped from the post.<\/p>\n \u201cSorry @benstiller,\u201d Stokes joked in his Instagram comments section of the unfortunate photo crop.<\/p>\n Chase Stokes Had the Perfect Reply When Kelsea Ballerini Slid Into His DMs<\/a><\/p>\n Stokes has been dating Ballerini since early 2023 after the two connected via the social media platform.<\/p>\n \u201cI slid into his DMs,\u201d Ballerini revealed on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast<\/a> in February 2023. \u201cI just swan dove right on in. His handle is \u2018hichasestokes\u2019 and I just said, \u2018Hi Chase Stokes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Months later, the country singer returned to Alex Cooper<\/strong>\u2019s podcast to dish about their ongoing relationship.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s the most emotionally intelligent man I\u2019ve ever met in my life,\u201d she said on a November 2023 episode<\/a> of the podcast. \u201cI keep telling him he\u2019s a man written by a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n Courtesy of Chase Stokes\/ Instagram<\/span><\/p>\n According to Ballerini, her attitude toward sex changed when she started dating Stokes.<\/p>\n \u201cMy experience with it was very performative and for the other person,\u201d Ballerini, who was previously married to Morgan Evans<\/strong> for five years until their 2022 divorce, added at the time. \u201cIt don\u2019t be like that anymore. I didn\u2019t understand how [sex] could be a real connector in a relationship. I always thought it was just something that you did. \u2026 Now, I realize it\u2019s a connector for people.\u201d<\/p>\n Ballerini and Stokes now often share updates on their relationships via social media or on the red carpet.<\/p>\n Breaking Down Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes\u2019 Relationship Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe had one red carpet that looked like we fully planned it,\u201d Stokes quipped to Us Weekly <\/i>exclusively<\/a> in March 2024, seemingly referring to their all-red ensembles at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. \u201cIt was entirely unplanned. We aren\u2019t really on the \u2018let\u2019s match\u2019 train. We just try to co-exist with our looks, but never intentionally match. We try to favor each other for sure.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Outside of their stylish endeavors, Ballerini recently gave Us a glimpse of how their romance has adapted after two years of dating.<\/p>\n \u201cYou do [challenge each other], or it\u2019s boring and then you\u2019re stagnant and then that\u2019s not going to work out,\u201d she exclusively told Us <\/i>in July<\/a>. \u201cI think we\u2019re two and a half years in, so [the relationship] looks a lot different now than it did in the beginning. I don\u2019t know, I think we\u2019re really similar \u2014 and in the ways that we\u2019re different, that\u2019s where we challenge each other. \u2026 I just want all the good things in the world for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\n