Bachelor Nation doesn't have a great track record when it comes to long-lasting love,
but they sure do create some memorable moments.
Here's a look at what some of your favorite Bachelor couples are up to — whether they're
planning their wedding, welcoming a new baby, or licking their break-up wounds.
Jason Mesnick completely changed the Bachelor game for good when he broke up with his final
pick, Melissa, on national television – only to declare his love for Molly, the woman he'd
rejected during his season's finale episode.
Surprisingly, Molly accepted his apology and the two rekindled their relationship immediately
— which garnered Jason some serious backlash.
According to The Chicago Tribune, host Chris Harrison even called the single dad "the most
hated man in America" during the whole ordeal.
Luckily, the drama wasn't all for nothing.
Jason and Molly got married on February 27th, 2010, in a rain-soaked ceremony that was later
televised on ABC — the place where it all began.
While they still sometimes make on-screen appearances for the Bachelor franchise, the
Mesnicks live pretty normal lives away from the cameras with their two children.
And while recent Bachelor alums have taken to the Instagram influencer lifestyle, these
two opted to forge their own paths.
Jason works as an associate real estate broker for Compass, and Molly is a radio personality
for Seattle's 106.1 KISS FM.
January 2019 marked five years of marriage for Sean and Catherine Lowe, who met during
Lowe's run as Bachelor for the show's 17th season.
Five years of marriage is quite a feat — especially for Bachelor Nation lovebirds.
The couple credits their marriage's success to distancing themselves from the franchise.
"We don't do a lot of the Bachelor reunions — that's just not us."
Fellow Bachelor couples should certainly take a leaf from the Lowes' book, as the two obviously
know what they're doing.
The happily married couple welcomed their first child, Samuel, in July 2016, and their
second son, Isaiah, was born in May 2018.
In June 2019, they announced that a third child was on the way.
In addition to being a father, Lowe launched a new dating app in August 2018 called Vouch.
According to a press release, the app is designed to, quote, "bring your friends — both single
and taken — back into the dating process."
Hey, if it's Lowe-approved, it's worth a shot!
Jason Mesnick's televised switch-a-roo paved the way for the shocking twist that came at
the end of Arie's Bachelor season.
Though the race car driver proposed to Becca during the season finale, the After the Final
Rose special revealed Arie had since experienced a change of heart — which led to him ending
his engagement to Becca and asking his runner-up, Lauren, for a second chance.
Of course, every bit of the drama was broadcast across the nation, and Arie found himself
the object of many fans' anger for the way he dumped the blindsided Becca with a camera
crew in tow.
While plenty of folks had doubts these two could make a relationship work, Arie and Lauren
seem to have proved all the haters wrong.
The two exchanged vows in a January 2019 Hawaiian wedding, two months after announcing Lauren's
pregnancy.
On May 29th, 2019, the couple welcomed their first child, and Lauren captioned a photo
of the newborn,
"She is sweet, calm, and [Arie] and I could not be more in love with her."
Becca was given a second chance at finding true love on reality television when ABC announced
she'd be stepping into the leading lady role for the next season of The Bachelorette.
Viewers witnessed her meet a bevy of eligible men during her season's premiere episode,
and the Minnesota native eventually gifted the first impression rose to Garrett.
While he immediately established himself as an obvious early frontrunner, Bachelor Nation
was buzzing with controversy surrounding certain images the contestant had previously liked
on Instagram — many of which fans felt were bigoted.
According to E! News, Garrett issued an apology on Instagram, writing, in part,
"I did not mean any harm by any of it.
My Instagram 'likes' were not a true reflection of me and my morals."
Becca's season ended with the Bachelorette happily accepting a proposal from Garrett,
and the two are still going strong as of August 2019 — however, don't expect a wedding anytime
soon.
Becca told People in May 2019,
"No weddings plans, no dates.
We're kind of just playing it by ear and taking it day by day.
We literally just figured out where we want to live and moved in together!"
Rachel Lindsay, the franchise's first African American Bachelorette, accepted a proposal
from Bryan during The Bachelorette's 13th season finale.
After a year of being engaged with no announcement of potential plans for a wedding, Rachel and
Bryan revealed to People that they were waiting for ABC to approach them about having a televised
wedding — something they felt they owed to their fans.
While the couple may have wanted to reward their loyal following with a televised wedding
special, ABC had other plans — and unfortunately for these two, those plans didn't include
a TV wedding.
In a December 2018 People interview, Rachel said,
"Now I'm like, 'Oh my God, I have to plan this myself.'
And I've never been the girl who wanted to plan this huge major wedding."
However, only a month later, Rachel revealed they'd settled on an undisclosed "summer 2019"
wedding date — and by May, the couple had chosen wedding bands and were counting down
the days until the ceremony.
"I'm just so excited to be with Bryan, to marry Bryan, and to make our relationship
official."
Jared and Ashley met on Season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, kicking off a years-long will
they/won't they relationship in which Jared repeatedly friend-zoned Ashley.
When she eventually started a relationship with Kevin Wendt on the 2018 spinoff, The
Bachelor Winter Games, the former Bachelorette contestant finally realized the extent of
his feelings — which he confessed to Iaconetti during a January 2018 trip with friends.
"Ashley goes on a show, finds another guy, and now I'm gonna say something?
What kind of a------ does that?"
When Ashley and Kevin split in March of that year, Jared was waiting on the sidelines,
and the two publicly confirmed their relationship that May.
Just one month later, they were engaged.
Jared revealed in the couple's "Story of Us" video that he finally realized the woman he
wanted had been right in front of his eyes.
"He's written me other letters and filled my apartment with flowers."
As happy as they are together, it appears that Jared and Ashley can't get enough of
the reality TV spotlight.
The two lovebirds, who married in August 2019, are starring in a web-based reality show called
What Now? about their post-Bachelor lives.
During Colton's run as the Bachelor for the show's 23rd season, the pro footballer was
left blindsided when frontrunner Cassie confessed she wasn't ready to be engaged and eliminated
herself from the competition.
This caused Underwood to have a full-on breakdown and jump over a closed fence to escape the
cameras.
"He just jumped the f------ fence."
The tactic apparently worked well for the brokenhearted Bachelor.
After his highly-publicized fence jump, Underwood sent the two remaining contestants home and
spent the remainder of his season focused on winning Randolph's heart — engagement
or not.
The two ultimately decided to re-enter the real world as a couple and simply date each
other like normal people.
However, in April 2019, Underwood revealed to Entertainment Tonight that a proposal was
definitely on the horizon.
"I would definitely would say within this year is a good time frame."
As a contestant on Arie's season of The Bachelor, Kendall Long ended up as one of the season's
final three contestants and left the show a total fan favorite.
Fans were similarly taken with "Grocery Store Joe" when he first appeared on Becca's season
of The Bachelorette.
The charming grocery store owner from Chicago was so nervous upon meeting Becca for the
first time that he could barely form a full sentence — and while viewers found his awkwardness
endearing, he ultimately didn't make it past night one.
Luckily, Joe and Kendall were both cast for the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise,
immediately forming a connection.
And despite a few relationship hiccups in Paradise, these two have been going strong
since the show's end.
The Chicago native and free-spirited gal even moved in together, with Kendall announcing
in an April 2019 Instagram post,
"Just signed the lease to our new place in West Hollywood and couldn't be more excited
to start building a lil' life together with this cutie."
JoJo's season of The Bachelorette ended with a proposal from Jordan, which JoJo happily
accepted — only to have to address rumors of Jordan's bad behavior and alleged infidelity
in a previous relationship, which had been plaguing the football player since the season's
2016 premiere.
Luckily, JoJo and Jordan were able to weather the media frenzy and gossip mill together
to become one of the longest-running Bachelor couples to-date.
In February 2019, the couple revealed on their web series, Engaged with JoJo and Jordan,
that they were hoping for a spring wedding.
"I don't want any red roses...no, we have plenty of those.
I've got enough red roses."
As of August 2019, no specific wedding date has been announced — but Jordan did hint
that he and JoJo would be exchanging vows sooner rather than later.
In an April 2019 Instagram post from his brother's wedding, Jordan wrote,
"Wedding Day for these two!
Couldn't be happier to add a sister to the family!
[JoJo], we are up next!"
Nick Viall first competed as a contestant in 2014 on Andi's season of The Bachelorette,
only to return in 2015 to try and win the heart of Bachelorette Kaitlyn.
After coming in as runner-up on both seasons, Nick tried his luck on the third season of
Bachelor in Paradise — and while he had a brief Paradise romance with contestant Jen,
Nick ultimately left the show a single man.
When he was announced in 2016 as the star of The Bachelor's 21st season, fans were hopeful
this unlucky-in-love dude would finally find his person — and for a short time, he seemingly
did.
The Wisconsin-native left the show engaged to teacher Vanessa, but five months after
their proposal aired, the couple called it quits.
These days, Nick keeps busy with his podcast, The Viall Files, and stars alongside other
members of the Bachelor Nation family in the web series, What Now?
According to E! News, Vanessa has been dating boyfriend Josh Wolfe since 2018, and also
remains an active part of Bachelor Nation as co-host of the Help!
I Suck at Dating podcast.
Jade and Tanner met on the second season of Bachelor in Paradise, fell in love, and left
the show an engaged couple.
Despite their quick courtship and whirlwind romance, these two have managed to become
one of the most successful pairings the Bachelor franchise has ever produced.
The couple got married in February 2016 — and in 2017, the newlyweds welcomed their first
child together.
In April 2018, Jade revealed to People that she and Tanner were, quote, "low-key trying"
to have another baby.
She told the publication,
"We want our kids to be close in age so they're close siblings, and I'm not getting any younger."
Less than a year later, the couple revealed via Instagram that they were expecting baby
number two, captioning the photo:
"We've been dreaming of you for a while now, and you are already loved beyond imaginable."
Along with making the move to California and welcoming their second child — in their
bedroom closet, by the way— the reality stars are documenting their post-Bachelor
lives alongside fellow former Bachelor contestants in the web series What Now?
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