Joan and Chock are ready to party – and then to New York!

After get engaged on the WednesdayNovember 13 episode of The Golden Bachelorette, Jeanne Vassos And Chock Chapple are ready to celebrate their relationship with a grand engagement party in Los Angeles before heading to the East Coast.

“It will be bigger than most weddings,” Chock, 61, said. Us every week of the party during the couple’s first exclusive interview. “We have friends who come from all over the country, and this is kind of our coming out party as a couple. We are extremely excited about this.

By the end of the week, the duo will be apartment hunting in New York.

“This first year, obviously, we have to kind of figure out life. Chock has a business in Kansas. I have children and grandchildren and Maryland. I’m not leaving Maryland, but he has obligations in Kansas. Jeanne tells We. “We know we’re going to spend time in Maryland and Kansas, but then we have this really fun plan because we’ve both always dreamed of it — and we’re finally at this weird stage in life where we’ve realized this dream – that we live in a big city and, more specifically, we always wanted to live in New York. So Chock surprised me and said, ‘I want us to find a place.’

The two men both agree that it’s the perfect adventure for their first year as a couple.

“We both love the energy of the city and the fact that there’s always something to do,” Joan continued. “We just want to get out and walk and experience life – go to fun restaurants and (experience the) culture. We both have friends there. We will be there during the holidays, which is the best time ever in New York. I think it’s just a really different life than any of us have ever lived.

Joan added that Chock’s two children… Taylor25, and Tyler23 years old, which he shares with his ex-wife, Heather – also live on the East Coast.

“Maybe that makes the decision a little easier.” And I don’t think I ever thought I’d say this, but I’m excited to go spend some time in Kansas (too)! » she explained. “He has a great life there and he has great friends, and I’m dying to go and spend time with them.” He’s out every night of the week, and I can hear the hubbub in the background of all his friends, you know, having a good time. So I’m excited to go to Kansas.

Chock noted that he would “never” ask Joan to be too far from her family in Maryland. She has four children… Notch34, Erica33, Allison30, and Luke28 years old – with whom she shared late husband John as well as three grandchildren.

“We will sail there. We’re ready to spend time in each other’s hometowns. We’re going to be spending a lot of time in New York,” he said. “We will move on with our lives.”

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