The Bachelor and The Bachelorette have been on for 84 long, deranged years (okay, just a little over 20, but still!), and every season is basically the same: A person who definitely-isn’t-trying-to-be-famous-how-dare-you attempts to find love with several dozen aspiring actors/influencers random people in the span of, like, a month. Shockingly, however, this environment does lead to some serious love connections! Which kinda makes sense considering the show is like an intensive summer camp where you and all your friends are competing for the same person.
Emotions are running high! Buuuut emotions also crash and burn fast, and many Bachelor Nation relationships don’t last beyond the show. In fact, most Bachelor ’ships end after a few months thanks to reality just hitting differently than reality TV.
The latest breakup news: Golden Bachelor season 2 couple Mel Owns and Peg Munson, who announced the end of their engagement in October 2026 after just over a year together. But there are a few notable and very cute exceptions if you’re in the mood to cling to hope and scream, “BACHELOR LOVE IS REAL!” at your computer/phone. We may never see The Bachelorette season 22 with Taylor Frankie Paul, but I can present to you all the Bachelor Nation couples who actually stayed together.
The Bachelorette Season 1: Ryan Sutter and Trista Sutter ABC’s first-ever Bachelorette, Trista Rehn, got engaged to firefighter Ryan Sutter at the end of her season—Ryan proposed to her, although apparently, the show's original plan was to have Trista get down on one knee. The two were married in a televised ceremony back in December 2003, and over 20 years later, they are still considered the franchise’s most major success story. They currently live in Colorado and have two children, Maxwell and Blakesley...who will never see their season of The Bachelorette, if Trista and Ryan can help it.
And despite those breakup rumors, these two are definitely still going strong. The Bachelor Season 13: Jason Mesnick and Molly Mesnick After initially picking Melissa Rycroft as the recipient of his final rose, Jason somewhat infamously went on "After the Final Rose" and revealed that he had broken up with Melissa to date runner-up Molly Malaney instead. Although that might not seem like the most auspicious circumstances in which to develop a forever love, their relationship flourished and they tied the knot in a 2010 televised ceremony.
Molly gave birth to their daughter Riley in 2013, who joined her big brother Ty (Jason's child from a previous relationship), and after 16 years of marriage, they’re still as loved-up as ever. The Bachelor Season 13: Ann Csincsak and The Bachelorette Season 4: Jesse Csincsak Yes, Jesse was the recipient of DeAnna Pappas’s final rose in the fourth season of The Bachelorette, but after a four-month relationship, they called it quits. He then met Ann Lueders, the first woman to get eliminated from Jason Mesnick’s season of The Bachelor during—of all things—a Bachelor Nation reunion cruise.
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