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AlthoughAbigail HeringerandNoah Erbdidn’t leave the beach together onBachelor in Paradise, the couple reignited their romance off-screen and gotmarried in October 2024.
“We’re excited to share our days with someone who knows us inside and out and chooses us every day,” Heringer told PEOPLE. “We cherish every day of our relationship and are excited about spending the rest of our lives together.”
Erb competed on season 16 ofThe Bachelorette, while Heringer made history when she appeared on season 25 ofThe Bacheloras the franchise’s first deaf contestant.
Fortunately for fans, their split didn’t last long and they were able to rekindle their romance shortly after filming wrapped. In the last moments of the season finale, a montage aired with cast updates revealing that Heringer and Erb “realized they missed each other” after leavingParadise.
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Heringer and Erb were bothoriginal cast membersduring season 7 ofBachelor in Paradise, which premiered on ABC on Aug. 16, 2021.
Inthe premiere episode, Heringer received the first date card and invited Erb to go out with her. The two talked about relationships over a romantic dinner and Erb asked Heringer why she was still single. “I just got comfortable being single,” she answered. “I move very slow.”
Before he could get stuck in the friend zone, Erb kissed Heringer toward the end of the night. “The kiss was great,” he said.
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Duringweek 3 ofParadise, Heringer was worried about the progression of her and Erb’s relationship and voiced her concerns to him.
“I think we’re more than friends but we’re not at a relationship level yet,” she said.
Erb explained that when he tried to deepen their connection, he felt like he wasn’t being met with much enthusiasm on Heringer’s end. “I guess I didn’t realize I was giving off that vibe,” she responded.
Earlier in the night, Erb opened up to Heringer about his feelings for her. “I’m definitely falling in love with you and I can see it working in the real world,” he told her.
Heringer, however, did not reciprocate. “She just froze,” Erb said in an interview. “I felt like she had a guard up or a wall up. I was hoping she’d step up.”
“I didn’t register it until later … He said it so fast,” Heringer later told the cameras.
“Deep down, it’s a struggle between me being like, I have these feelings for this girl and she’s perfect in all these ways, but I don’t know if she’s perfect for me,” he told Heringer. “At the end of the day, what’s holding me back is I don’t know if I’ll be able to get to where I want to be. And like, I don’t know if that feeling — me saying, ‘This isn’t my person’ — is going to go away.”
“I don’t think I’ve been this blindsided before,” Heringer said. “How do you go from telling someone you’re falling in love with them the night before to this conversation?”
With that, the couple broke up and leftParadiseseparately.
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TheBachelor in Paradiseseason 7 finale includeda montageof all the cast member’s time inParadiseas well as an update onwhat they were doing post-show. A clip of Heringer and Erb read, “Noah and Abigail leftParadiseand realized they missed each other. They are hanging out and taking things … SLOWLY.”
That same night, Heringer and Erb confirmed that they wereback together, showing off their rekindled romance on Instagram with sweet posts dedicated to one another.
“Luv you Gale, cute/embarrassing content coming tomorrow! (I know you’re asleep so you can’t stop me),” he wrote.
Erb also reposted Heringer’s video compilation on his own Instagram Story, adding, “The love story I didn’t know I needed but am thankful for.”
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Duringa date nightat the Tulsa State Fair in his home city, Erb shared a photo of Heringer posing in front of a Ferris wheel. “To be FAIR..I found my person 🎪👫,” he captioned the shot.
His words playfully made fun of his own breakup speech, in which he claimed Heringer wasn’t “his person.”
A few weeks after the finale aired, Heringer and Erb got into alittle car accidentafter a romantic night out, as Erb explained on his Instagram Story.
“Just took Abigail out to a nice dinner. We were enjoying ourselves, incredible experience, food was great,” Erb shared. “We hop in the car. We start listening to Annie of all things. ‘The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow.’ It starts raining. The mood is getting right. We get to my house. I stop the car. I look at Abigail and think, ‘Dang, she looks really pretty’ so I start kissing her.”
“Turns out I never put the car in park and I rolled right through my grass and hit my house,” he continued. “Genuinely, small little kiss turned into me hitting my house. I’ve never done that before. I wouldn’t even think to do that. It’s absurd. But here I am, letting all things go to shambles for a little bit of love.”
Erb is a travel nurse, and when he returned to work, Heringershowed him some appreciationon Instagram. Alongside a series of snaps from a couple’s photoshoot, the supportive girlfriend wrote, “Today is your first day back to nursing and I’m so effing proud of you!! Your passion & dedication for helping others in need is one of the many reasons why I fell in love with you and continue to admire you everyday 🖤.”
She also gave a nod to all the healthcare workers who worked through the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I also want to say a HUGE thank you to all the frontline healthcare workers that work tirelessly day & night - you are the real heroes 🤍,” she added.
On her Instagram Story, Heringer revealed that she was makingthe move from New York City to Los Angeles for Erband that they would be living together. Sharing what she was looking forward to most about no longer being in a long-distance relationship, she told Bachelor Nation, “One of the things I love about finally being in the same place as Noah is obviously that we’re not doing long distance anymore, but also that I’ve been able to get more into a routine. I’m excited to have a normal schedule after the last few months of traveling all the time to see Noah.”
In March 2022, Heringer and Erb were guests on theBachelor Happy Hourpodcast, where they played a game of “Finish the Sentence” and shared their favorite things about each other.
When asked to describe Heringer in one word, Erb opted for something simple: “Beautiful,” adding that she is beautiful on both the inside and the outside.
Heringer shared that she’s most grateful for Erb’s patience, explaining that “it takes a lot, I think, sometimes, to pull stuff out of me in conversations and what not, and he’s very patient.”
The couple also revealedhow they were able to reconnectfollowing theirParadisebreakup.
Heringer jumped in and said, “I think I called you out right after that.”
“Yeah the first like 15 texts [from Heringer] were super sassy … and then she was done being sassy. She sweetened up a bit,” Erb joked.
On their nine-month anniversary, Erb posted a sweet tribute to Heringer onInstagram. Alongside a photo of the pair toasting their cocktails, he wrote, “Happy 9 Month anniversary BB, you’re a backlit game boy advanced in a world full of game boy colors 🎮👫.”
Abigail jokingly commented, “Rly speaking from the heart there 🥲 ily ❤️.”
Though their relationship started on-screen, the couple shared that they wouldn’t want totie the knot in front of cameras.
“I’m very grateful thatParadisegave us the environment for us to meet each other but I am also very content to leave that chapter behind us, too,” Heringer toldPage Six. “No more cameras. I don’t think I would want to.”
“Weddings are expensive,” Erb chimed in. “I’m like, ‘Oh, could I get it all paid for?’ That’s the finance side of me thinking that.”
“But I also don’t want to deal with some guy that I met onParadisestanding up and objecting and me tackling him from the pews,” he added. “I don’t want to deal with that … I wouldn’t want to do a televised wedding.”
The couple rang in 365 days together in July 2022. In honor of the milestone, both Heringer and Erb posted touching tributes to one another on Instagram.
Heringer posteda video compilationof her year with Erb set toTaylor Swift’s “Lover.” The video featured footage of the couple hanging out on the beach, making dinner together and dancing at a concert. “1 year with my lover boy 🥺🧡,” she captioned the post.
Erb posteda montageof his own, writing in the caption, “We’ve experienced enough joy to last a lifetime and we’re just getting started, happy 369 days BB. I Love you 😌.”
The following month, Heringer shared a glimpse into her and Erb’s sweet relationship on her Instagram Story. The social media influencer posted pictures of somesupportive messagesthat Erb had written for her, adding in the caption, “After a rough week, I came home to find that Noah left some positive affirmations on my mirror.”
The three post-it notes read: “‘I am here for you… with you,” “There is no pressure” and “YOU have control and you are exactly where you should be.”
In honor of his special day, Heringer gave Erb a shout-out onInstagram.
“Happy birthday to the one that makes me laugh the hardest, makes me feel the safest, and the one I love the most 🖤,” she captioned a video of the couple on a beach in California.
Hannah Sinclair and Emma Burke
Erbpopped the questionat a beachfront home in La Jolla, San Diego. The residence was decorated with pink and red roses and rose petals. Some of Erb and Heringer’s friends were also present to celebrate the event.
“She had no clue the engagement was happening until we walked up the stairs to the rooftop and saw the roses and candles overlooking the ocean,” Erb recalled.
During the proposal, Erb presented Heringer with a 4-carat, oval-shaped engagement ring.
“It was stunning and exactly what she was hoping for!” he told PEOPLE. “Our friends Hannah Sinclair and Emma Burke (photographer and videographer) helped us capture the moment which was so special!”
Noah Erb and Abigail Heringer on their wedding day in 2024.Lauren Rader
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Heringer and Erbtied the knotat the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Okla. The couple invited roughly 90 guests to their “elevated garden party” themed wedding, including Bachelor Nation’sJoe Amabile and Serena Pitt,Becca KufrinandZac Clark.
“From secret date nights when we were in hiding duringBachelor in Paradiseto now putting down roots in our new home, Tulsa has always been so special to us,” the bride told PEOPLE regarding the wedding’s location.
source: people.com