WELL, THE PARENT TRAP MAY SEEM LIKE A FANTASY FOR SO MANY CHILDREN OF DIVORCE. TWO SISTERS PLOTTING TO GET THEIR PARENTS BACK TOGETHER. ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES. BUT AS WLWT NEWS FIVE MORNING ANCHOR KELLY RIPPIN REPORTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. FOR ONE FAMILY HERE IN CINCINNATI, SCOTT JD AND JULIE SHAW, PARENTS TO TWO DAUGHTERS, DIVORCED NEARLY TEN YEARS AGO. BUT IN 2021, THE SISTERS SAW A SPARK IGNITE BETWEEN THE COUPLE AND IT PLAYED OUT JUST LIKE A MOVIE. SOME MIGHT SAY YOU’D HAVE TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC IF YOU EVER THOUGHT SCOTT, JD AND JULIE SHAW WOULD EVER GET BACK TOGETHER. I STARTED THIS ACCOUNT IN THE FACE OF THEIR DIVORCE, WHERE THEY WERE VERY MUCH LIKE, NOT FRIENDS, NOT NOT PALS, NOT VIBING IN ANY WAY. THE COUPLE’S DAUGHTERS, RACHEL AND CAROLINE, HAVE RACKED UP MILLIONS OF VIEWS ON TIKTOK. HOW DID YOU MEET? DOCUMENTING THEIR PARENTS SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE. YOU GUYS HOLDING HANDS RIGHT NOW. SCOTT AND JULIE DIVORCED NEARLY A DECADE AGO. START A NEW LIVES ON THEIR OWN WHILE CO-PARENTING THAT CHANGED, THOUGH, DURING THE PANDEMIC. WHILE CARING FOR ELDERLY PARENTS, THE FAMILY OF FOUR FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE SAME QUARANTINE BUBBLE. MY PARENTS WERE STILL, LIKE, DEFINITELY SEPARATE, BUT IT WAS. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THEM, LIKE GETTING ALONG. THE SISTERS PICKED UP ON SOMETHING THEIR PARENTS HAD NOT YET REALIZED. THIS IS THE NOTORIOUS PHOTO THAT WE CALL THE PARENT TRAP. PHOTO. WE WERE LIKE OUR PARENTS, LIKE EACH OTHER. SO RACHEL AND CAROLINE BEGAN TEASING THEIR PARENTS, JOKING WITH THEIR MOM THAT SHE STILL HAD DEEP FEELINGS FOR THEIR DAD. JULIE REALIZED HER DAUGHTERS WERE RIGHT AFTER A TRIP AWAY, SCOTT AND JULIE DECIDED TO MOVE IN TOGETHER. ONE YEAR LATER, WITH SOME CONSISTENT ENCOURAGEMENT, SCOTT PROPOSED TO JULIE ONCE AGAIN ARE WE DOING? WE’RE GONNA GO SHOP FOR DRESSES AND WE’RE GONNA GO, WHAT? DRESSES? OH, YEAH. MY WEDDING DRESS. AND JUST LIKE THE MOVIE’S ENDING, SEALING THEIR EVERLASTING LOVE, WE ACTUALLY DID IT. SCOTT AND JULIE GOT MARRIED AT CINCINNATI’S MEMORIAL HALL
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Real-life 'Parent Trap': Divorced parents get remarried at Cincinnati's Memorial Hall
"The Parent Trap" may seem like a fantasy for some children of divorce, with two sisters plotting to get their parents back together.However, something like that actually happened for one family in Cincinnati.Scott Gaede and Julie Shore are the parents of two daughters and divorced nearly 10 years ago.In 2021, the sisters saw a spark ignite between the couple, and it played out just like a movie.Some people might say you would have to believe in magic if you ever thought Scott and Julie would ever get back together.The couple's daughters, Rachel and Caroline, have racked up millions of views on TikTok, documenting their parent's second chance at love.Scott and Julie divorced nearly a decade ago and started new lives of their own while co-parenting.That changed during the pandemic while caring for older parents. The family of four found themselves in the same quarantine bubble.The sisters picked up on something that their parents had not yet realized."This is the notorious photo that we call the parent trap. We were like, our parents like each other," Rachel said in a TikTok video.Rachel and Caroline began teasing their parents, joking with them that their mom still had deep feelings for their dad.Julie realized that her daughters were right, and after a trip away, Scott and Julie decided to move in together.One year later, with some consistent encouragement, Scott proposed to Julie once again, and just like the movie's ending, sealed their everlasting love.Scott and Julie got married at Cincinnati's Memorial Hall shortly after Christmas.
CINCINNATI —
"The Parent Trap" may seem like a fantasy for some children of divorce, with two sisters plotting to get their parents back together.
However, something like that actually happened for one family in Cincinnati.
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Scott Gaede and Julie Shore are the parents of two daughters and divorced nearly 10 years ago.
In 2021, the sisters saw a spark ignite between the couple, and it played out just like a movie.
Some people might say you would have to believe in magic if you ever thought Scott and Julie would ever get back together.
The couple's daughters, Rachel and Caroline, have racked up millions of views on TikTok, documenting their parent's second chance at love.
Scott and Julie divorced nearly a decade ago and started new lives of their own while co-parenting.
That changed during the pandemic while caring for older parents. The family of four found themselves in the same quarantine bubble.
The sisters picked up on something that their parents had not yet realized.
"This is the notorious photo that we call the parent trap. We were like, our parents like each other," Rachel said in a TikTok video.
Rachel and Caroline began teasing their parents, joking with them that their mom still had deep feelings for their dad.
Julie realized that her daughters were right, and after a trip away, Scott and Julie decided to move in together.
One year later, with some consistent encouragement, Scott proposed to Julie once again, and just like the movie's ending, sealed their everlasting love.
Scott and Julie got married at Cincinnati's Memorial Hall shortly after Christmas.
