Troian Bellisario joke she is “just dating” husband Patrick J. Adams after years of long distance

Troian Bellisario have been with Patrick J. Adams For almost two decades, but she likes to joke that they really only in the early stages of their relationship.

The long -lasting couple met in 2009. But quickly after they started dating booked Bellisario, 39, Beautiful little liars and Adams, 43, were thrown at Costumes. This caused them to navigate in a long distance relationship just outside the bat.

Now it’s something they still joke about. “We used to always joke that the number of hours in the room (we’ve spent together) is really low,” Bellisario said on March 4 section of the episode of Jesse Tyler FergusonS Dinner on me Podcast. “Like, we are basically just dating.”

When she met Adams, Bellisario had “Just Exam College” and played in a game in LA that he was also in.

“We met, started to fall in love with each other and then I had to leave it (the game) to shoot the pilot on Beautiful little liars. And then I was really destroyed, ” On call The actress recalled. “Because I actually thought I was falling in love with this guy … and I fell in love with the show and I really wanted to do theater.”

“And so it was a fantastic thing for me when I came back and we started a relationship. It was really surprising to me – very exciting for me,” she continued.

The couple recently celebrated their eighth wedding day, she said, but has been together for 15 years, even though she jokes, “Again, in the room? Three (years) tops. We are such young lovers.”

Ferguson, who has treated long distance in his marriage with Justin MikitaBellisario asked if she and Adams feel that there is a “to get to know you the process again” after periods of distance.

“Sure,” she said. “We call it re -entry.”

“You have lived apart, so you have lived on your own and you form your own habits. Like when he comes home from shooting in place, does he take his coffee the same way? You know, maybe I have become accustomed to wake up and go for a run, and suddenly, there is someone in my bed that I want to spend time with, but I am, this is what I do (this is what I do (this is what I do (this)

It becomes even more complicated considering that their family is involved, as the couple Divide daughters Aurora, 6 and Elliott, 3. “It’s really hard to navigate with the kids,” she said.

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Despite their life span, the distance caused some problems for the couple, especially early.

On Sophia Bushs podcast, Ongoing workBellisario reminded of breaking up with Adams during the first season of Beautiful little liarsWho made the actor pull out every stop and get a guest with the role on the show to win her back.

“He was like,” okay, I know we just broke up, but I will be at your table and I will be on your set. So you know, we should probably talk. “And then we talked fully – which I think you know what it means – and came back together,” she recalled.

They never stopped filming together on PollBut she said, “It’s a fun part of our story. He put in the work.”