Katie Thurston has explained how “The Bachelorette” changed her dating habits, and she also opened up about her fiance, Jeff Arcuri.
“Having a large audience was the biggest shift in how I dated,” Thurston, 33, said in an Instagram Q&A. “I wanted someone who wasn’t intimidated by my large audience or excited to use my large audience. If you have dirt, those skeletons will make its way to me pretty quickly (and for the best).”
She is now engaged to Jeff Arcuri, according to US Weekly.
That followed a failed engagement to Blake Moynes as “The Bachelorette.” Thurston was also a contestant on “The Bachelor.”
Thurston posted the Q&A to her Instagram story on December 29.
Katie Thurston Says She Feels ‘Deep’ in Her Heart for Her Fiance

Thurston said she also learned how to keep a relationship private at first.
“I also learned not to post a guy within the first 90 days of dating (it often ended within this exploration phase). Posting a guy too soon has led me to extend a relationship far beyond its expiration date in order to avoid embarrassment,” she wrote.
She also discussed her engagement to Acuri.
“But all jokes aside, I’m 34 (in less than a week) and he’s 37. We are just two independent, mature, adults who know what we want and found that in each other. Also dating long distance to start, really created a foundation like no other. Also, I never understood the expression ‘when you know you know’ and I now feel that deep in my heart for this man. And those who know us in person, see it and get it,” she wrote on Instagram.
Katie Thurston Described the Kind of Wedding She Wants

In the Q&A, Thurston also described the kind of wedding she wants as “outdoor forest vibes.”
“We go back and forth on a weekend wedding (since most everyone invited will be traveling),” she wrote. She said they are also considering having a wedding on just one day and revealed the guest count will remain “under 100.”
As for Arcuri, she shared, “I won’t say neither of us have red flags. But when others saw things in us that were challenging, concerning or weird – we embraced, healed and supported those things. For example, we are both sensitive. This also means we have patience and understanding for our feelings and talk through them openly while working through any disagreements.”
Thurston added that they both “remain humble in our experiences. We have a code word when we think one of us is being recognized.”
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Former ‘Bachelorette’ Shares Details About Engagement, Dating