The Bachelor alum Gabi Elnicki and her boyfriend Zach Espinosa have taken their relationship to the next level.
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During a recent Q&A session via Instagram Stories, one of Gabi's followers asked how her current relationship is going.
"Zach and I are doing great! We just moved in together in Houston and we have been super happy," Gabi revealed, according to BachelorNation.com.
"We travel to California a lot, but we are living in Houston right now!"
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The Bachelor alum also offered some dating advice to fans.
"My biggest advice is you should never have to question where you stand in a healthy relationship," shared the brunette beauty.
"I have never felt a lack of trust in Zach and I feel like I can be my truest self with him."
Gabi also confirmed she's still friends with Kaity Biggar, whom she had competed against on The Bachelor's 27th season.
"Lol yes! The best thing to come from going on The Bachelor was the genuine friendships I made along the way!" Gabi gushed.
The first time Gabi had posted photos with Zach was in March; however, fans weren't sure if Gabi was romantically involved with him at the time because some of her girlfriends also appeared in the photos.
According to one of Gabi's followers, Gabi had soft launched her relationship with Zach by posting photos of him in her since-expired Instagram Stories.
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A few fans pointed out at the time how it was "ironic" Gabi is dating "another Zach."
Gabi had competed for Zach Shallcross' heart on The Bachelor's 27th. She finished as the runner-up bachelorette behind her pal Kaity, who is now happily engaged to Shallcross and planning an October 2025 wedding in Texas.
Shallcross dumped Gabi at the Final Rose Ceremony of The Bachelor's 27th season in Thailand.
Not only did Shallcross break Gabi's heart as part of a grand spectacle for TV, but he also spilled their oh-so-personal secret that they had sex in the Fantasy Suite, which made Gabi feel betrayed and "violated."
In addition, Gabi felt Shallcross lied to her about when exactly he had chosen Kaity as his winner.
But the Vermont native explained on the "Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe" podcast in April 2023 that she doesn't regret her stint on The Bachelor, even though it ended up being a painful journey for her.
"I don't regret it because I learned so much about myself and there's so much time for self-reflection. That's actually the only thing you can do besides think about Zach all day long, is reflect on yourself," Gabi said at the time.
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"I learned so many areas where I still need to heal things about me," Gabi explained.
"This is a deep insecurity and it shows. So there was so much that was worth it. Even though I'm still hurting a little bit still, I learned a lot and it was definitely therapy."
When asked whether she was "over" Shallcross following their split, Gabi replied, "I think I thought I was over him. But when you leave the bubble, you are saying goodbye for good, right?"
She continued, "You can't call them, you can't text them. I'm not hitting him up on Instagram. He's with, you know, one of my best friends and I knew they were together. And I wouldn't have wanted to reach out to him anyways."
Gabi said once she had returned home from filming, she attempted to get back into her normal routine of working in sales. Gabi also leaned on family, friends and one pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream to get her through each day.
"Watching it back was definitely... difficult. But for me, I don't think I'm over how violated I felt by the end of the show and how hurt I felt. But I'm over Zach, if that makes sense," Gabi told Kaitlyn last year.
"I don't know. Maybe I'm not over him and I'm just saying that."
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But Gabi confirmed that if Shallcross came running back to her asking for a second chance, she'd say, "No."
Gabi insisted there were "some positives" that came from appearing on a reality dating show but she didn't really have the desire to become a social-media influencer.
"I'm not good at Instagram. I'm not very good at TikTok either. I think I'm always going to want my career," Gabi said.
"I think what I would love is I've been given this platform now, and I would love to shed light on therapy, on ADHD, and I'd love to use that to make people feel more comfortable in being themselves and in their own skin... I'd also really love someday to open a Pilates studio, a place of wellness and acceptance."
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"I need to focus on me for a while and not jump to put a Band-Aid on what I'm feeling right now. It's okay to be alone, and I think I need to learn that a little bit," Gabi concluded.
"But if Tyler Cameron reached out to me, I would respond. But I'm totally not going to shoot my shot right now!"
When Gabi was still single, she said on the March 30 episode of the "Click Bait with Bachelor Nation" podcast that she'd be interested in meeting Tyler and The Bachelorette 19 alums Aven Jones and Spencer Swies if she ever appeared on Bachelor in Paradise.
Gabi also previously said she hoped to score an invitation to Shallcross and Kaity's wedding since she and Kaity had become very close friends on The Bachelor and remained good friends post-show.
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