How I Knew Joe Amabile and I Would Last After ‘BiP’

Bachelor Nation {couples} might come and go, however Serena Pitt has at all times been assured that she and Joe Amabile are going to make it down the aisle — and now she’s able to formally begin marriage ceremony planning.

“I feel we did at all times know we have been gonna get right here. I feel essentially the most essential time is true after the present — a minimum of for us. Going into it, we have been like, ‘That is sort of the primary check,’” the 24-year-old actuality star solely instructed Us Weekly whereas selling her partnership with Pantene and the model’s Professional-Vitamin method shampoo and deep conditioning therapy. “We all know we love one another; we see a future collectively. However proper after the present, spending that point within the outdoors world, like, is there that compatibility? May we stay collectively and never wanna kill one another? After that preliminary transition went so easily, there was actually nothing however confidence in the way forward for our relationship and we at all times knew we have been gonna find yourself getting married.”

Pitt and Amabile, 36, bought engaged throughout the season 7 finale of Bachelor in Paradise, which aired in October 2021.

“I don’t suppose it ever actually bothered us — individuals asking about [our relationship] — possibly as a result of we did have that confidence,” she continued. “It by no means felt like [there was] stress or prefer it was forcing us to hurry something. We simply really feel assured. Individuals are gonna ask and that’s OK, however then we simply must do what’s greatest for our relationship.”

Whereas Pitt and Amabile confronted their very own challenges on the ABC present, the season 8 forged will expertise a brand new twist a la Love Island’s Casa Amor, separating the {couples} and bringing in new contestants to check the relationships.

“As a viewer, I feel it’s gonna be actually enjoyable and thrilling to look at as a result of it’s one thing completely different that we haven’t seen earlier than — it’s gonna convey new challenges, new drama, possibly new love tales. As a previous contestant, I might’ve hated that idea,” Pitt instructed Us. “I might’ve been so pissed off as a result of I’m assuming that they’re gonna wait just a little bit into the season to separate them. And for me, I used to be fairly set on Joe early on, he was set on me and my solely aim was to additional our relationship and get to know one another and get to a spot the place we may depart collectively. I don’t know the way lengthy they’re separated for, I don’t actually know a lot about it, however all I do know is I might’ve been pissed off. I might’ve been like, ‘My complete level right here is to hang around with Joe and he’s in one other villa in some a part of Puerto Vallarta.’”

Following the present, the twosome opted to take time to rejoice their engagement, internet hosting a celebration for his or her household and buddies in July.

“We positively had mentioned after we bought engaged [that] we have been all in favour of doing an engagement celebration. It wasn’t essentially one thing that we have been like, ‘We now have to do that,’ as a result of, clearly, we have been engaged for a yr earlier than we celebrated, however I do know that we needed to get our household and buddies collectively and that was sort of one of the simplest ways to go about it,” Pitt mentioned. “Our mother and father truly met on the engagement celebration. … It was actually extra concerning the coming collectively of our two worlds. It was motive to convey everybody collectively.”

Earlier this yr, the Canada native and the previous Chicago resident moved in collectively in New York Metropolis after debating the place to stay.

“It was very easy,” Pitt instructed Us of shifting in with Amabile. “I really feel like we sort of already lived collectively though we didn’t as a result of I did [have] issues at his place in Chicago and we simply spend plenty of our time there collectively, however it [wasn’t] absolutely dwelling collectively. I imply the 2 closets positively was an adjustment and New York residences are just a little smaller than what the Chicago residence was, however we’ve made it work and we love dwelling collectively. We’re fortunate with how easy it was. I feel we’re very ready for it.”

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