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        <title><![CDATA[Love Is Blind’s Jessica Batten Is Engaged to Benjamin McGrath]]></title>
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						<figure class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img  data-src="/uploads/2021/09/16/love-is-blind-s-jessica-batten-is-engaged-to-benjamin-mcgrath-0.jpg" alt="Love Is Blind’s Jessica Batten Is Engaged to Benjamin McGrath" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span class="credit">Courtesy of Jessica Batten/Instagram</span></figcaption></figure><p class="p1">She said yes! After dating for more than one year,<strong> Jessica Batten</strong> <strong>is engaged</strong> to her boyfriend, <strong>Dr. Benjamin McGrath</strong>.</p>


<p class="p1">The foot-and-ankle surgeon, 35, popped the question to the <strong><i>Love Is Blind</i></strong> alum, 36, on September 10, according to <strong><i>People</i></strong>.</p>
<p class="p1">The former Atlanta resident previously celebrated the pair’s one-year anniversary in March.</p>
<p class="p3">“One year and I’m still reeling <span class="s1">♥️</span>,” Batten captioned an <strong>Instagram</strong> reel of the couple’s memories, set to <strong><strong>JP Saxe</strong></strong>’s “If the World Was Ending” single.</p>
<figure class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img  data-src="/uploads/2021/09/16/love-is-blind-s-jessica-batten-is-engaged-to-benjamin-mcgrath-1.jpg" alt="Love Is Blind’s Jessica Batten Is Engaged to Benjamin McGrath" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span class="credit">Courtesy of Jessica Batten/Instagram</span></figcaption></figure><p class="p1">Months earlier, she gushed about <strong>ringing in the new year</strong> with her beau.</p>
<p class="p1">“For me, it’s the getting to 2021 and not looking back<span class="s1">💥</span> if you came through with some upside, even better <span class="s1">❤️</span>,” she <strong>captioned a photo</strong> of the duo in January.</p>


<p class="p1">The California-based couple <strong>first went Instagram official in July 2020</strong>.</p>
<p class="p1">“Freedom isn’t free. I’m thankful to be able to follow my heart and choose my own happiness. I hope you all do the same!!!” she captioned two photos of the pair via social media at the time. “For those who have asked, this is why I would do it all over again <span class="s1">☀️</span> <span class="s1">🌈</span> Can’t wait to share some of our adventures…”</p>
<p class="p1">Via the comments section, the Illinois native noted that the pair had been privately dating for four months. “<strong>We’ve been hiding out during quarantine</strong> haha!” she wrote.</p>

		<p class="p1">The <i><strong>Love Is Blind: After the Altar</strong> </i>star met her beau one day before Los Angeles went into lockdown amid <strong>the coronavirus pandemic</strong>.</p>


<p class="p1">“He actually contacted me on Instagram, and at the time, Instagram was such a tough place for me to go, so I had handed it off to a good girlfriend of mine,” the reality personality told <strong>Refinery29</strong> in August. “She was on there kind of swiping left, swiping right on different guys who were coming into the DMs. … We ended up meeting up one night, and the next day we went on a bike ride, and the rest is history. This was back in March of last year, so it’s been about a year and a half, and it’s been really amazing.”</p>
<p class="p1">Prior to finding love with the doctor, the reality TV star appeared on the first season of Netflix’s pod-based dating series. On the show — which was filmed in late 2018 before airing in February 2020 — Batten got engaged to <strong><strong>Mark Cuevas</strong></strong> before eventually <strong>walking out of their televised nuptials during the finale</strong>.</p>
<figure class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img  data-src="/uploads/2021/09/16/love-is-blind-s-jessica-batten-is-engaged-to-benjamin-mcgrath-2.jpg" alt="Love Is Blind’s Jessica Batten Is Engaged to Benjamin McGrath" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span class="credit">Courtesy of Jessica Batten/Instagram</span></figcaption></figure><p class="p1">The Georgia-based fitness trainer, 27, previously recapped his emotions after his former fiancée walked back up the aisle that February.</p>
<p class="p1">“I went into the wedding day just being like, ‘I’m going to be in the moment.’ I, like, blacked out, I think I was just so nervous,” he <strong>exclusively told <i>Us Weekly </i>in February 2020</strong>. “Everyone’s just staring at you until she walks in. And then I’m like, ‘Oh, damn.’ I still remember it. I’m playing it back right now in my mind. I just felt what I felt. … I refer back to when we first saw each other and that was, like, the best moment. That moment will always resonate in my head because I felt like I was on top of the world. I kind of felt the same thing when I was up there. I was on top of the world.”</p>
<p class="p1">Cuevas has since gotten engaged to <strong><strong>Aubrey Rainey</strong> </strong>in November 2020, with whom he shares son <strong>Ace</strong>, 4 months.</p>
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												<p>This story originally appeared on: <strong>US Magazine</strong> - Author:<strong>Miranda Siwak</strong></p>]]></content:encoded>
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