Former BachelorJake Pavelka is engaged!
The pilot-turned-entrepreneur, 48, introduced his engagement to his girlfriend of two years, Aimee, 41, on Saturday, Feb. 14.
In an interview with Individuals, the previous actuality star shared he and Aimee, who works in aerospace and protection contracts, acquired engaged on Nov. 22, 2025.
At first, Pavelka went back-and-forth about whether or not to do one thing “actually massive and lavish” or “easy and intimate.” Finally, he selected the latter — popping the query at dwelling following dinner at a restaurant close to their Dallas condominium.
“We went and had a fantastic dinner and laughed and had champagne,” Pavelka recalled. “Then we took an Uber again to our condominium. I had rose petals on the bottom and a desk arrange with candles. We walked within the condominium and he or she was like, ‘What is going on on right here? Did someone break into our condominium?’ She was a desk making an attempt to determine how a candle acquired lit.”
“When she circled, I used to be down on one knee with a very fairly ring, and I requested her to marry me,” he continued. “She sort of gasped after which muttered sure. It was candy and intimate. I positively made the suitable alternative maintaining it non-public. It was a very particular second.”
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Though the proposal went completely, Pavelka could not assist however stress within the moments main as much as it.
“We dwell in a high-rise in Dallas, so on the way in which to dinner, I walked Aimee to the elevator after which I stated, ‘Oh, my gosh, I forgot one thing. I acquired to run again to the condominium actual fast,'” he defined. “I frantically ripped a bag of rose petals open, I pulled the desk away from the wall and set a battery-operated candle on there. I sprinkled the roses in all places and embellished actual fast, acquired again to the elevator and he or she was like, ‘What did you neglect?’ I used to be like, ‘I wanted to get a drink of water.’ I could not even consider a superb lie.”
Aimee, nevertheless, famous the proposal “would’ve been excellent” even when it was “simply him asking.”
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The couple first met after matching on the relationship app Bumble in January 2024.
“I used to be on a layover in Santa Barbara with the airline, and we matched up,” Pavelka stated. “She was residing in Los Angeles. I used to be very, very intrigued, I will let you know that.”
Every week or two later, the 2 determined to fulfill at a restaurant in Las Vegas for his or her first date, the place Pavelka recollects having “sushi for about six hours.”
Pavelka first joined the Bachelor universe when he appeared as a contestant on Jillian Harris‘ season of The Bachelorettein 2009. The subsequent yr, he starred within the 14th season of The Bachelor, which ended with him proposing to Vienna Girardi.
Pavelka and Girardi break up three months after their finale aired in March 2010, with the 2 later showing collectively on season 2 of Bachelor Pad in 2011. Pavelka additionally participated in season 10 of Dancing With The Stars in 2010, putting seventh.
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