Dolores Catania Says She Feels Blessed and Ecstatic After Getting Engaged to Paul “Paulie” Connell
Dolores Catania is formally off the market!
The Actual Housewives of New Jersey star, 54, is engaged to longtime boyfriend Paul “Paulie” Connell, 51 — and she or he couldn’t be happier. “I’m ecstatic!” Dolores tells PEOPLE in an unique joint interview with Paul. “You understand whenever you really feel that happiness down in your intestine? That’s the place this pleasure stems from for me. I really feel so blessed, I nearly really feel responsible! Like I don’t need to be beloved this manner.”
Paul Connell provides, “I preserve telling Dolores, she deserves that and a lot extra. She’s an unimaginable lady. And once I was proposing to her, I used to be in a position to articulate to her every thing I see that she is, and every thing I see that she does, and the influence she has on everyone round her. She’s one in one million.”
The couple started courting in 2020, and whereas viewers have been wanting to see them tie the knot, Dolores says the timing now feels proper. “I’ve by no means been so positive of one thing ever,” she shares. “Endurance is a giant factor for us. After we first met, Paul wasn’t used to being within the public eye. There have been issues in his life he wanted to type by, and that took time. However I by no means pushed him — I wished him to do the appropriate factor on his personal. Our bond is stronger now due to that.”
Paul agrees. “Oh, it’s the very best determination I’ve ever made,” he says. “All the pieces that has occurred has introduced me to this second. I’m happy with how far I’ve come, from the streets of Dublin, and really feel fortunate to have Dolores in my life. She’s made me a greater model of myself.”
Paul Connell popped the query on November 10 at a spot that holds particular that means — the Apple Retailer in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, the place the couple first met. “I might have proposed on a yacht in Greece or rented a grand corridor with fireworks,” Paul says. “However that’s not who we’re. We’re a humble couple. I wished it to really feel grounded and pure and natural — plus, I wished the factor of shock. And imagine me, I had the factor of shock.”
Dolores laughs as she recollects the second. “Oh, I had not a clue in any respect. In truth, I believed I used to be going to should name an ambulance for him! He was sweating so dangerous, his T-shirt was soaked, his face was beet crimson. He began saying these candy, stunning issues, and I used to be like, ‘Paul, are you okay?’ Then I noticed he was proposing.”
Again dwelling, Dolores was greeted with over 1,000 roses organized by Premiere Occasions by Reema — and a wide ranging 15-carat engagement ring from John Anthony Jewelers in Edgewater, New Jersey. The date, November 10, additionally carries sentimental worth — it’s the identical day Dolores moved in with Paul 4 years in the past.
For now, the pair aren’t speeding down the aisle. “I’d like to get married the day we received engaged,” Paul says, “however we actually need to take pleasure in this second and take in all of it. We have now Frankie’s marriage ceremony developing, we’re speaking about transferring into a brand new home, and once we do get married, we would like it to be good.”
Dolores provides, “There’s no rush. The best way we’ve set our life up, we will do issues nevertheless and each time we would like. I don’t do issues based mostly on what folks assume I ought to do. I’ve by no means completed that.”
And sure, Dolores did find yourself with that new iPhone — one thing she’ll little question use to seize each celebration forward. “I’m simply glad Dolores received’t should reply that query anymore — ‘When is that this man going to suggest to you?’” Connell jokes. “Me too,” she teases.
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