The Bachelorette alum Andi Dorfman has revealed her wedding date with fiance Blaine Hart, and it has fans talking!
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Now, the bride and groom-to-be are preparing for their wedding this spring!
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Andi took to Instagram on Wednesday, April 20 and posted a selfie in which she was leaning into her fiance and they were both smiling big.
"Exactly six (wild and chaotic) weeks until forever. Can't wait to marry you @blaineh86!" Andi captioned the image.
Andi therefore revealed her wedding date is Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
Blaine commented on Andi's post and wrote, "Hurry up. Slow down. Speed up. Slow down. Can't wait @andidorfman!"
Many fans were surprised to read that Andi and Blaine will be tying the knot on a Wednesday considering weddings traditionally take place on a Saturday or Sunday.
But Andi took to her Instagram Stories and explained that choosing a Wednesday had to do with their wedding being overseas in Italy.
Andi shared, "Lots of DMs about getting married on a Wednesday," according to BachelorNation.com.
"Yes, we're getting married on a Wednesday. We actually learned that destination weddings are better during the week because it allows people to travel on the weekend before and then have their own little vacation that week and then get back on the next weekend."
Andi continued, "We're aware it's a Wednesday, which makes it exactly six weeks away. Eeek! I'm starting to get kind of sad that it's going to be over soon, but there's still a lot to do before then."
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOWAndi and Blaine will be exchanging vows in the same location where they reconnected in Summer 2021 after her time on The Bachelor franchise.
"You know, the wedding that I want at 36 now is so much different than the wedding I would've wanted in my 20s, and I definitely want it to be smaller, more intimate. And we also want to share our love of travel," Andi shared with E! News in late March.
"Some of our friends have never been to Italy," she added. "They're so excited. We love hearing about where they're going to be before and after. It's really a chance for us to push our friends to enjoy travel like we do."
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Andi pointed out how marrying abroad actually made the wedding plans a little simpler, and it helps that the pair hired an experienced wedding planner to assist them.
"I feel like doing a destination wedding, you don't have a ton of options. It's not like here where you know you're going to the florist or you're going somewhere and seeing 50 million options," the bride-to-be explained.
"Of course, you're going to have disagreements on that. But nope! We just have a few options and we're like, 'Cool, that looks good.'"
Since getting engaged, Andi has documented the couple's road to the altar on Instagram.
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"The dress is definitely my favorite part," shared Andi, who will be wearing custom gowns by Mark Ingram on her big day.
"I mean, I am getting married for the dresses and obviously the marriage. But let's be honest: I'm having a wedding for the dresses."
Andi previously confirmed some members of Bachelor Nation will attend the wedding but there won't be any red roses in her decor!
"I never even liked roses, which is the funniest part," Andi quipped last month. "I'm one of those girls that I just like white, crisp flowers. I've never liked red roses. So no, there will definitely not be red roses there."
Andi admitted to the world she was in love in February 2022, and then one month later, she announced her engagement to Blaine. Andi wrote on Instagram in March 2022 that it was well "worth the wait."
Blaine popped the question on a beach in Los Angeles, CA, which just so happens to be the pair's special "spot" where they often enjoy sunset cocktails.
Blaine proposed with a ring designed by the same jeweler who had created Andi's mother's engagement ring nearly 40 years ago. Andi told People last year that her ring "symbolizes so much love and happiness."
Andi initially revealed on Instagram in November 2021 that she was dating someone special, but she didn't disclose his identity at the time. She even posted photos on Instagram without showing his face.
But Andi officially introduced Blaine to the world via Instagram on New Year's Eve, ringing in 2022 in a big way.
And then on New Year's Day, Andi uploaded a photo of the pair posing side by side in formal attire outside of the swanky hotel.
"Cheers to a year filled with love and sparkles. 2022... I have a feeling you might very well be the best one yet! Happy New Year," Andi wrote alongside her post.
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"But it's fun for me to share it now, and it makes me feel good to see that people are truly happy that I finally found love," she said at the time.
Andi insisted her love for Blaine is different from what she had felt in past relationships.
"Not only do we love each other tremendously, but we like being with each other. We both just want to make the other happy and in turn our relationship is a lot of fun. That's the word I'd use to describe our relationship: fun," Andi boasted.
"It's not about it being easy or hard; that's not our barometer. I knew Blaine was different and I remember just hoping that the shoe wouldn't drop and this was the real deal and it turned out it was!"
Blaine told Us Weekly last year that timing was "everything" when it came to how his romance with Andi got started.
Andi and Blaine had been friends and they happened to be in Italy at the same time, on separate vacations, in Summer 2021, about 15 years after they first met.
"He basically said, 'I want to take you out for drinks' [and we've] been together ever since!" Andi gushed to Us last year.
Andi recalled meeting up with Blaine and having "no expectations," but she couldn't deny his good looks.
"When he walked into the bar... I was like, 'Dang, he's so cute,'" Andi recalled.
Andi then tried to convince Blaine to move to Los Angeles, but he apparently won that debate.
Andi, a former assistant district attorney from Atlanta, found fame when she appeared on The Bachelor's 18th season.
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Andi and Josh announced their split on January 8, 2015. Almost two months later, Andi took to Twitter to reveal she had decided to move to New York City. She then relocated to California in June 2020.
Andi has written two tell-all memoirs, It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After as well as Single State of Mind, the first of which bashes Josh and how he had treated her during their short-lived relationship.
Andi had accused Josh of being verbally abusive, temperamental and controlling in her book -- which Josh in turn called "fiction."
"I was disgusted with myself for what I put up with. I was a strong, independent woman and I allowed [Josh] to be [emotionally abusive]. Now, I know I don't want someone jealous or controlling. I know what won't make me happy in [the future]," Andi told People in 2016.
"We all have red flags in our relationships that we don't see. Looking back and seeing those red flags was very cathartic for me. I realized our relationship wasn't the highlight of my life like I thought it was. So I took it off the pedestal and realized all was not lost."
Andi admitted in January 2021 that she would have made very different choices on The Bachelorette if she could go back and do it all over again.
"Honestly, if I had to pick a different person from my season it would not have been Nick, who was second. It would have been Chris Soules, who was third," Andi said on the Dax Holt and Adam Glyn's "Hollywood Raw" podcast.
"He was my buddy, my friend. I really liked Nick and Josh... Chris was like my safety blanket. He was the guy I could go on a date with and I knew that we would have a good time. There wasn't a ton of pressure."
Andi, who was single at the time, said she wouldn't want to do the show again, even though she really enjoyed starring on The Bachelorette.
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