Taylor Frankie Paul Shares Her True Thoughts About Jumping Back Into the Dating Scene for the First Time Since She Was 20

Taylor Frankie Paul may not be ready to jump back into dating after her split from Dakota Mortensen.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 30, shared her hesitations to date again on Instagram Reels on Feb. 3. In the video, Paul danced around her kitchen and wrote "When I realized I haven't been in the dating scene since I was 20 and eventually will have to go back to that" over the clip. In the caption, she added that "nothing sounds worse" than dating again.

Paul — who started dating Mortensen, 32, in July 2022 — previously shared a similar sentiment about dating again in an Instagram Q&A posted on Jan. 20, when she confirmed their split.

In the Q&A, she opened up about coping with the split and admitted that "I cry every day," though said she's been healing from her grief by "[letting] it through so it can pass."

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"The more you resist the pain coming through, the longer the suffering, learned this the hard way," she added.

She also opened up about some of the struggles she faces while co-parenting with Mortensen, listing "the quiet after the chaos, missing out [on] time with your kids" and "inconsistency" as the biggest challenges while splitting time with the kids.

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Since the split, both Mortensen and Paul have remained on friendly terms while co-parenting their son Ever True, who was born in March 2024. Paul posted a shirtless video of Mortensen holding their son on Jan. 27 to commemorate his birthday and wrote "Happy birthday baby daddy 🎉 wishing nothing but the best for you."

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Mortensen was also spotted when Paul reunited with her fellow Mormon Wives costars and MomTok members Mikayla Matthews, Mayci Neeley, Jessi Ngatikaura and their husbands on the same day to celebrate the show's premiere on ABC.

Ngatikaura, 32, also shared her own birthday shoutout to Mortensen on her Instagram Stories. In the video, Mortensen and Paul sat together while the table sang "Happy Birthday" to him. She wrote "Thanks for being the second best member of Dadtok 😜" over the clip of the pair together while he held their son.

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