Undeterred by her “realist” best friend reminding her that “fairy tales aren’t real,” she confidently declared she’d nabbed the perfect catch.
Recalled Clare, “I was like, ‘He’s the most amazing human. He’s everything I ever wanted, always.'”
Years on, she knows she scored, particularly as they raise their very active daughter, who began walking at 7 months, mere days after she started crawling.
“When a child comes into the world, I think it can be testing on a relationship,” she noted. “With us, it truly has brought us so much closer together, because Ryan is the best dad.”
With so much in-game experience, he assures her, for instance, that no, Rowen isn’t choking, she’s just learning how to chew solid foods.
“He’s the most calming force ever,” said Clare. “That’s what makes us a good team, is that he is very grounding for me and, somebody who’s like me, who’s a worrier and gets worked up over things, he just brings me back down. And it really does show in the hard moments how we balance each other out.”
Of course, she’s not the only franchise star raising a glass to a bright future. Check out the other Bachelor Nation alums who let their walls down and leaned into the journey.
