Dad: Molly Was "Very Surprised" at How Bachelor Jason Proposed
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Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney had been talking about getting hitched as far back as July.
But when he placed a diamond and platinum ring in a glass of champagne and passed it to her Oct. 20 during a trip to New Zealand, she was completely caught off guard.
"Molly was very surprised; she hadn't expected it to happen right then, even though we all knew it was a matter of time," her father Mike tells local paper, The Grand Rapids Press. "She was real excited. It was a short conversation, and they hadn't made any plans yet. We just found out ourselves at 10:30 [Tuesday night], so this is all breaking very rapidly."
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Before the big moment, Mesnick, 33, got approval from her parents.
"Jason called us first," Mike says. "He sent Molly out to get her nails done, and he wanted to run it by us before he asked her."
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Mesnick made headlines for dumping Melissa Rycroft on national television, saying that his heart belonged to Molly, his runner-up.
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Despite Mesnick's controversial move, Molly's dad says, "We've already determined that he’s a good guy."
He says that Molly, a 25-year-old fashion buyer, moved to Seattle - where Mesnick lives with his son, Tyler - "about a month ago."
new Us Weekly of the newly engaged couple, who have yet to set a date.
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10025 is too young to be married and have a step son. She'll go nuts in less than 7 years.
What a wonderful love story. someone should write a book about it. People do all kinds of strange and uncharacteristic things for love. In the end and at the end of the day, what matters is the future and what we do with it, not the past. What's done is done and everyone is happy. By the way, Kari, you are full of s _ _ _. Molly is NOT a homewrecker. That rumor has long been debunked. Did you start it?
Homewrecker Molly, they look just smashing-smashingly tacky
Good luck after a rocky start.
WTF her hair looks like my boyfriends butt hair!!!! Mary Ellen...you are a moose knuckle...Melissa is an A+...if you were two inches taller and 20lbs heavier...you would be a bigger piece of poop...Tata
WTF her hair looks like my boyfriends butt hair!!!!
Mary Ellen...you are a moose knuckle...Melissa is an A+...if you were two inches taller and 20lbs heavier...you would be a bigger piece of poop...Tata
WTF with that hair...it looks like my boyfriends butt hair!!!!
Love these two. Congratulations - Jason chose the right one and gave Melissa the boot. She was grinning and a fake all the time. Molly wiped that off her face in a hurry. Congratulations Jason and Molly. This is what I call true love.
I think Jason did right and Molly was the real one. I thought Melissa was a fake on the show and also on DWTS. Molly finally wiped that grin off Melissa's face. Congratulations to both Jason and Molly. I think this one will work.
Molly's hair is so ugly just like her! They deserve one another, can't wait to see how long this lasts!
Two HIDEOUS people!
Very happy for them. People need to get over themselves. This isn't affecting your daily life after all. Good luck Molly and Jason. You two look deservingly happy!
OMG!Molly is very hard to look at!
Jason dosen't deserve to be happy...he's a jerk for toying with women's feelings. If you're not sure about Melissa, why propose to her? duhhh! Molly is just going with the flow. she'll soon realize he's not the one for her. karma is gonna be a b&^%$ lol
I hope they make it for the long haul, they're a cute couple!
Why are we picking on Molly? Jason is jerk. Her hair dye doesn't look right in the photo, but that's fixable. BUT you really can't do much for jason's ugly face.
I think that he is a complete loser and Molly is stupid to fall for his crap. They deserve each other though! Do they really think they are going to last?I can't stand stupid people!!
They both made a mistake that day...Jason proposing when in so much doubt, and Melissa in saying "yes" when her parents were so against the whole thing, and wouldn't even participate.....They are all with the people they were meant to be with, and are happy ...just like what happens in "real" life sometimes...
Both are complete losers.