The incredible story of the couple who got married after he forgot, following a head injury, that she had broken up with him
After hitting his head while skiing the day after his girlfriend broke up with him, he completely forgot about it—and now they’re living happily ever after.
Some love stories are simply meant to be. Such is the case of the marriage between Jenna and Mitchell Brotherson, from Utah. In February 2020, she broke up with him. Seven months later, they were standing together at the altar for a very simple reason: he didn’t remember that she had left him.
The day after Jenna ended their relationship, Mitchell hit his head while skiing. The accident caused a concussion that immediately led to memory loss—and ultimately saved their relationship.
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What started as an accident ended in marriage.
As Jenna shares on her TikTok account, she was “too overwhelmed with life,” so she decided to break up with Mitchell.
Only 24 hours later, he was attempting to do a flip at Utah’s Beaver Mountain. The slope was icy, and he landed on his head, suffering a pretty severe concussion. He lost consciousness and came to without remembering what had happened when the paramedics were transporting him to the hospital.
Mitchell’s concussion affected his memory, causing him to forget that Jenna had broken up with him the day before. Thinking she was still his girlfriend, he called her from the hospital to ask her to pick him up since he couldn’t drive.
A few weeks of confusion.
When Jenna received the call, she was surprised, as she shared in a TikTok video. Over the next few days, as she told PEOPLE, “Mitch kept messaging me and trying to hang out after his concussion, and I was confused as to why he would keep messaging me because we had broken up.”
Jenna didn’t understand Mitchell’s behavior and explained, “I thought that maybe he took the statement of staying friends really seriously.” For a month, he thought they were still together, while she knew they weren’t.
Mitchell’s persistence made Jenna reconsider her decision almost immediately. In March, she surprised him by suggesting they get back together. “I asked to get back together with him. That was when I realized he had no clue we even broke up” Jenna told PEOPLE.
Five months later, in August 2020, Mitchell proposed to Jenna. Less than three weeks later, they were married in Draper, Utah. Now they live happily together with one child at home and another on the way.
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*This article was written in Spanish and translated with the help of AI.