Ashley IaconettiandJared Haibonjust got engaged last month, but theBachelor in Paradisealums are already thinking about their big day.
“About a year would be a nice time,” Iaconetti, 30, tells PEOPLE exclusively in its latest issue. “We’re both definitely on par with a bigger wedding. We’ve always imagined that.”
Haibon admits he had already beenplanning to proposefor weeks before they headed to the set ofBachelor in Paradisein June. “I knewsince we started datingthat this wasn’t just a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship,” he says. “I knew from day one, I’m going to propose.”
Haibon — who asked her parents for their blessing ahead of time — had previously told Iaconetti he wanted to “go back toParadiseand make it right.”
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“I was definitely nervous,” says Haibon about the romantic proposal. Adds Iaconetti: “He did a great job hiding whatever nerves he had! He was not showing any red flags as to what he was going to do that day. There is not a thing I would change. There were plenty of tears, so many tears.”
While the couple — whofirst met three years agoonBachelor in Paradise —are still researching venues and thinking about their guest list, there’s one aspect of the wedding they’re both on board with: their officiant.
“We want Tanner [Tolbert] to officiate the wedding,” says Haibon, 29, about his pal. “Tanner and Jadehave been the couple that we were closest to within theBachelorfamily. Tanner’s been so intricate in our relationship the past couple years.”
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Indeed, Tolbert encouraged Haibon to come clean to Iaconetti about his feelings for her, and “he was the one who really supported me,” says theHelp! I Suck at Datingpodcast co-host.
After Iaconetti and Haibon revealed they had been secretly dating on the entertainment host’s digital seriesThe Story of Us, the pair have beenhappily nesting in Los Angelesand planning for their future together.
“I just know that I want to start trying to have kids at 32,” says Iaconetti. Adds Haibon: “We’re engaged now, so we’ll get to the wedding and then maybe pop out a couple kids!”
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While Haibon admits he has a few regrets about hisup-and-down friendship with Iaconettiover the years, the reality stars believe everything happened the way it was supposed to.
“It’s this weird way of looking at it because I wish I could’ve been better or at least just really expressed myself better in a lot of momentsover the past three years,” he says. “We’ve been able to overcome a lot of obstacles in our own lives over the past couple years because our friendship has been so strong. I wonder if we were a couple at any point over the past couple years, if we would’ve been able to overcome them.”
For all the details on Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon’s plans for the future, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
Bachelor in Paradisereturns Aug. 7 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
source: people.com
