Casey Affleck, 46, and girlfriend Caylee Cowan, 23, passionately kiss to mark a year since they met: ‘The universe conspired to bring us together’

Casey Affleck and his girlfriend Caylee Cowan kicked their romance up a notch on Wednesday when they celebrated a year since the day they met with a kiss.

The 46-year-old Academy Award winner and his 23-year-old girlfriend shared dueling Instagram posts in which they confessed their ‘love’ for each other.

Although they two have been spotted embracing in public, their social media displays appear to be the most PDA to date that they’ve shared with their fans

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Caylee, who works as an actress, posted a playful black-and-white photo of herself sitting on her boyfriend’s lap as they wrapped their arms around each other.

She let out a boisterous laugh while cradling his head, and both wore complementary white shirts, while she also had on dark jeans. 

In a second photo, the lovebirds had their eyes closed as they locked lips at night while standing in front of a body of water, which she wrote was from Budapest, Hungary.

‘”Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere, they’re in each other all along,”‘ Caylee began her post with a quotation from the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi.

‘Today, January 26th, is the day we first met. The universe conspired to bring us together when we each needed the other most,’ she continued. 

One year in: Casey Affleck, 46, and his girlfriend Caylee Cowan, 23, kicked their romance up a notch on Wednesday when they celebrated a year since the day they met with dueling romantic Instagram posts

‘Caleb Casey Affleck, you are the other half of my heart. You are such a wonderful and loving boyfriend,’ the aspiring actress wrote. ‘You are a genius who beats everyone at chess (except your youngest son). 

She went on to praise the Manchester By The Sea star as ‘genuine’ and ‘generous,’ while complimenting his ability to ‘forgive yourself and others’ while being vulnerable and sensitive.

‘You have reminded me that hardship makes the heart stronger, and that the beauty we all have — everyone — is in part, the pattern of our scars. Our scars, as much as any other part, make us who we are,’ she continued. ‘Highly sensitive people, who feel intensely, know that pain is not a symptom of weakness, but a consequence of being alive on Earth. You make me feel safe in this world. The shelter of your embrace gets me through the toughest days.’

She added: ‘In Vietnam, it is said that a nickname for one’s life partner is “my home” and that is what you’ve become for me. A home.

‘Caleb Casey Affleck, I love you!’ she concluded, before signing off with ‘Catherine Caylee Cowan.’

Casey followed her post with a photo of himself nuzzling her long dark hair and a similarly loving caption.

Romantic: ‘Caleb Casey Affleck, you are the other half of my heart. You are such a wonderful and loving boyfriend,’ the aspiring actress wrote before sharing more photos of the two kissing in her Insta stories

‘A year ago, we met. A few months ago, I got smart. Thank God, it wasn’t too late,’ he wrote, seemingly laying out a timeline of their relationship.

‘On our first date, you carried firewood up, built a fire, and gave me a low eyelid look that was so strong I had to take a knee for a minute.

‘Tonight, to celebrate knowing each other for a year, we went down to the local bakery here in Budapessshtt and cooked twelve loaves of bread. All I could smell was you,’ he continued.

Despite the ‘ups and downs’ of the past year, Casey wrote that his feelings had ‘only gone in one direction.’  

‘My girl, you make me a better man every day. You could push me and you could drag me and you could carry me, but instead you just walk with me and talk with me and make me laugh,’ he gushed. ‘You are a deep and tender woman with more girlfriend geem than anyone I ever met [sic].

‘I don’t know what I did to deserve you, but I am determined to figure it out and keep doing it forever.’ 

Affleck finished his post with a pledge of lifelong love. 

‘While it beats, you have a place in my heart. I hope you stay that long,’ he wrote, before signing off with, ‘I love you.’ 

Mutual feelings: ‘My girl, you make me a better man every day. You could push me and you could drag me and you could carry me, but instead you just walk with me and talk with me and make me laugh,’ Casey gushed in his own post

Dinner date: Caylee shared photos of an immaculate dinner table decorated with roses by her boyfriend to celebrate their big day

Caylee followed up their romantic posts with cute Instagram Stories photos, including one of the two kissing in front of an ornate cathedral at night.

The couple were marking their one-year date with a romantic dinner with gorgeous pink and red roses supplied by the Ocean’s Eleven actor.

‘My boyfriend surprised me with roses!’ Caylee captioned a photo of the immaculate table while tagging her boyfriend.

She added at the bottom, ‘1 year since the day we met.’ 

Casey was weight down by a large glass vase full of roses in another photo, which Caylee captioned with, ‘The sweetest guy @caseyaffleck.’ 

New love: Casey made his relationship with his much-younger girlfriend official in November when they both donated blood in a since-deleted post

Casey previously made his relationship with Caylee Instagram official in November 2021 with a chaste — and since deleted — post calling her his ‘love.’

He praised her for joining him and members of his baseball team in donating blood, even though she’s ‘usually unenthused about needles, blood, etc.’

The post confirmed a split from his previous girlfriend, actress Foriana Lima, 40, though neither party announced the breakup. 

Moving on: The initial post confirmed Casey’s split from longtime girlfriend Floriana Lima, whom he started dating in 2016 after splitting from his wife Summer Phoenix; seen together in 2019 in Hollywood

The former couple were first linked in 2016, and in March of that year he announced his separation from his wife Summer Phoenix. The divorce was finalized in late 2017. 

In 2010, producer Amanda White and cinematographer Magdalena Gorka, who both worked on Casey’s mockumentary I’m Still There, accused him of sexual harassment and filed lawsuits against him.

The actor and director denied the claims but later settled both suits out of court.

‘It was settled to the satisfaction of all. I was hurt and upset — I am sure all were — but I am over it,’ he told the New York Times in 2016. ‘It was an unfortunate situation — mostly for the innocent bystanders of the families of those involved.’

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