As we’ve mentioned before, none of us watch “The Bachelor.” We watch a ton of other, trashier shows among us so we don’t begrudge you yours! We’ve reported on this latest season though, back when US Weekly reported that the Bachelor guy, Sean Lowe, was a 29 year-old “born again virgin.” *Facepalm* Apparently the guy has experienced the pleasures of the flesh before, but has forsworn all future sex before marriage. Well on last night’s episode we saw Sean propose to one of the contestants vying for his limited affection. Spoiler the following quoted text will reveal who it was, along with the fact that these two are probably going to get a huge wedding bought and paid for by ABC. Congratulations?

Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudice are totally ready to get this show on the road! Moments after their proposal aired on the season finale of The Bachelor, the newly engaged couple told Chris Harrison on the After the Final Rose special that they’re getting ready to tie the knot — and on TV, too.

“A marriage follows a proposal,” Lowe, 29, said. After passing on finalist Lindsay Yenter, the entrepreneur popped the question to Giudici, 26, in Thailand. “We don’t have a date yet, but we have decided that we think it would be cool, since our relationship started and it was developed and cultivated on a TV show – we’ll have our wedding on a TV show. And ABC will cover the wedding.”

Appropriately stoked, Harrison followed up: “You are going to get married – we don’t have a date yet – very soon?”
“Soon,” the Seattle native said. “I don’t see why there would be any waiting period. I want to be his wife.”

“I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I can’t wait to have the wedding,” said born-again virgin Lowe. “If it were up to me I’d go to the courthouse and get it done.”

The nuptials could be as soon as “this summer,” [Chris Harrison said.] “We’re going to do it as fast as we can. Why not?”

And the couple have gotten even closer since the finale wrapped, he added. “They get together and they have these secret rendez-vous where they fly to secret locations and they spend weekends or weeks together,” Harrison said. “That’s a tough time, while the shows going and they’re dating…but it only got stronger and they are so in love. It’s a tough thing but they’ve really overcome that obstacle.”

[From US Weekly]

That last paragraph in US’ story really had me wondering if they’re doing the deed or not. I know I shouldn’t care, but I want to know! I doubt I’d be able to hold out for more than a few weeks so I’m kind of fascinated by that. A lot of people wait until they’re married, but it’s somewhat of a foreign concept to me.

Do these two have any chance of lasting? Will they be the only couple besides Trista and Ryan (update: and Ashley and JP) to actually make it down the aisle and will their marriage stand the test of time? I doubt it, but they may get married at least if they rush into it. US reported that the woman Sean picked, (we know it’s Catherine now) “wasn’t celibate going in to The Bachelor, so this is a big change. She’s dying to do it. Waiting is tough!” Sounds like a really lousy reason to get married, but in this case there’s always the cash and fame to fall back on. Oh and Sean has that last Bachelorette, Emily Maynard, still interested in him if Catherine doesn’t work out. Sean was Emily’s second runner-up.