Ben Higgins says postponing his wedding to Jess Clarke has been ‘tough’… but they’re committed to not sleeping together until marriage
Bachelor alum Ben Higgins says postponing his wedding to fiance Jessica Clarke has been ‘tough.’
The duo pushed back their nuptials announcing their engagement in March of 2020 and later revealing they were waiting until they get married to go all the way.
And Ben, 31, is eager to get hitched telling People: ‘I mean, it’s been a year push back now. I’m making this commitment that I’ve been ready to make with her for a long time and it just keeps getting pushed back.’
Pause: Ben Higgins of Bachelor fame says that it’s been ‘hard’ for his fiance Jess Clarke to deal with postponing their wedding
Higgins, who was the leading man on season 20 of The Bachelor, said he’s being leaving the bulk of the planning to Jess, who he said is having a ‘hard’ time with all the uncertainty.
‘I think for Jessica it has been really hard,’ Higgins said. ‘I think the hard part is just having in the back of your head, like, “We could plan on this thing, and it could maybe not happen. It could be changed completely.”
‘That’s tough. It’s also trying to plan it so that grandparents can come, hopefully, and that way they can be there to celebrate with us. I think that’s the part that is the most stressful, just not knowing.’
Bad timing: The couple were engaged in March, just as the pandemic began to take hold
Unlucky: ‘It hasn’t been ideal for us over the last year,’ Higgins admitted
The pair are also ready to tie the knot so they can consummate the relationship, previously revealing their decision to wait until their wedding night to have sex.
‘It hasn’t been ideal for us over the last year,’ Higgins admitted.
‘Because obviously, like I said, plans have changed pretty drastically over the last year. This wasn’t a part of our plan, to wait for a year and a half. It had to happen due to COVID.’
The couple announced their engagement at the end of March, right as coronavirus lockdowns began to sink in as the new normal.
Fall-ing in love: While they had originally planned on a fall 2020 wedding, they’re now aiming for November of this year
While they had originally planned on a fall 2020 wedding, they’re now aiming for November of this year.
During The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast last July the Warsaw, Indiana native said: ‘We don’t have an exact date yet; we’re finalizing the location of it.’
‘But I do believe that it will be in November of 2021 that we will be getting married.’
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