No, no, nobody proposed. Calm down, Mom.
It’s a much bigger deal than that.
Jen Schefft is engaged.
Seriously, I’m wandering around the Film.com offices this afternoon, and I walk into Laremy‘s office to have a very serious chat with him about how he doesn’t return my IMs promptly enough (“Was I away? Did you see an away message? Then I didn’t get the IM. Because I do other things sometimes besides sit at my desk in case you IM me.”).
Laremy shares an office with Pamela. As I’m berating Laremy, Pamela gasps. Like, loudly. We turn to look at her. She’s staring at her computer screen in disbelief, like CNN.com just reported that the entire Eastern seaboard fell into the ocean and the government was reconvening in the newly-coastal Kentucky.
“What is it?” I asked, now worried.
She looks at me wide-eyed. “Have you seen this? Jen Schefft is engaged!”
I gasp. “Oh my God!” I run to her computer, where she has this article on her screen. “No way!”
“I know!” she says. “I know.”
Laremy, of course, is now shaking his head. “I wish I had this moment recorded so that people could see what my daily life is like,” he says. “They’d send me money out of pity.” (By the way, you can PayPal cash to laremy@gmail.com if you’re so inclined.)
Anyway, Jen Schefft, perpetual bachelorette and author of Better Single Than Sorry, is engaged.
Former Bachelorette star Jen Schefft is engaged to her boyfriend, Joe Waterman, she tells PEOPLE exclusively.
“I’m so excited and so happy,” says Schefft, 32.
The couple, who live in Chicago, met on a blind date in February. Their matchmaker: One of Schefft’s previous blind dates, with whom she didn’t click. “I figured I had to go out with Joe since I’d never been set up by someone I’d already gone on a date with,” she explains.
“We really get each other,” Schefft says of Waterman, 35, a trader. “I guess it’s true things move fast when you meet the right person.”
Congratulations, Jen. If it happened for you, I still have some hope for myself.
Beet, don’t get so excited…if you get married, there’s a good chance you’ll end up divorced…but, as one of my friends once told me, “I’d rather be divorced than never married…” Best wishes.
You’ll get married. And to a decent guy too. There’s no way you can’t. You’re amazing, and thousands of people love you and read your words everyday. And we’re all (or mostly anyway) rooting for you. That’s a lot of positive energy.
Go OU!
You must have a loyal reader willing to snap you up off the singles market.
KB of course a woman would rather be divorced than never married because every guy I know that has been divorced has been robbed blind in the settlement.
Women always play the victim and have absolutely no fear of making things up, calling the police on their ex’s to get it on record, to use the kids, etc.
No, I have never been divorced thankfully!
If you did get married, would you change the name of your blog to The Evil Wife Beeter?
Donkey Punch..
Dude….harsh AND worth mentioning! Thanks.
TSS….what are you on?
TSS….can I get some?
Beet – contrary to popular belief, it is better to wait and not go through a divorce than to marry too early or to the wrong person. Don’t worry, you will get there.
Know too that you must be happy ALONE first. It takes two happy singles to create a happy successful marriage.
Take care of your self & know more than anything that you are loved.
Oh sure, Evil will get married. She blogs about celebrities and lifestyles she will never have, she dresses her dog up in clothing, she is contantly sick, and whines a lot….oh yeah, she’s got a chance. Well, perhaps she has a chance to be miserable….who knows.
Did you guys see the photo of the guy she is marrying????? (Click on the link!) What do we think??? NOT what I expected for her AT ALL!!! Also, he kind of looks like that guy that was in those pics of Jennifer Aniston at the beach a couple of weeks ago. All that wild curly hair.
Hate to say this, but Donkey punch is right (in some cases). I’ve had 2 brothers and a nephew become suicidal from the hell, had a friend (notice I say had) who alleged molestation just to avoid visitation, among other things. Women are evil!
Beet, if you get married, remember to have the preacher say “cherish” instead of “obey” —– 14 years later he still tries to tell me I have to obey him
umm….lorelei, are you not paying attention? beet is jewish. it would be a rabbi not a preacher. i’m guessing that rabbi’s will do the gay marriage thing too, right?
There’s something about her expression – the way her nose is pinched – that suggests the smile isn’t really genuine. Or else that underwire is really hurting her.
Hey Beet: I’ll marry you. You do rock climb, don’t you? :)
see her in chicago alot.. she has gained some weight.