Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk’s relationship timeline

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A Bachelor Nation Success Story! Raven Gates And Adam Gottschalk are one of the few couples to survive life afterward Bachelor in Paradise — and they eventually tied the knot after several pandemic-related delays.

“I’ve rescheduled the wedding three times now,” Gates said Us weekly exclusively in August 2020, adding that at one point she had “completely halted” the scheduling process due to the coronavirus crisis. “I told Adam by December of this year that if there’s no end in sight, we’re just going to run away and get married on our own. In our house. And if there is light at the end of the tunnel in December, we will be planning this wedding for the fourth time.”

Apparently the fourth time was the charm. The wedding took place in April 2021 after it was originally scheduled for May 2020. “Nine more days until I’m Mrs. Gottschalk,” Gray Suede’s owner wrote on Instagram shortly before walking down the aisle. “Just me. You. And our family. Can’t wait! Life is more fun with you – and we’re just getting started.

The couple met in 2017 while filming season 4 of BiP, and though their love lasted the finale, Gottschalk emphatically didn’t propose on the show. They lived in different cities at the time and felt they needed more time together for their relationship to grow. “He promised me a really big ring!” Gates joked shortly after the finale aired, adding that they didn’t feel “any pressure” from producers to get engaged during the episode.

Just under two years later, they announced their engagement via Instagram with a series of photos showing the couple looking madly in love. “Holding you forever and ever,” the Arkansas native captioned the photos, which also showed off her sparkly ring. “We’ll be together all our days.”

In the long run-up to the wedding, the couple had plenty of time to think about the next step: children. “I have baby fever, but Adam has extreme baby fever,” Gates said Us in August 2020, pointing out that it would be “totally fine” if they accidentally got pregnant. “He’s ready.”

Before they grew their family, they focused on what they expected to be a “super emotional” ceremony at the Olana in Dallas. As Gottschalk put it while captioning a video tour of the venue in March 2021, “Navigating our wedding during Covid has been a great test, but let me tell you we’re ready!”

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