Grant Ellis and Juliana Pasquarosa are officially making the move to Boston.
“It wasn’t a really tough conversation,” Juliana, 28, told the day after The Bachelor’s Monday, March 24, finale, discussing Grant, 31, relocating to her hometown.
“[He] knew that I am very close with my family and that it would be hard for me to move away from them. It doesn’t mean that we’re not gonna go to Houston and visit your family either, but you also have family in New Jersey, so the move felt pretty easy and pretty straightforward.”
The couple is leaning toward a “long engagement,” as Juliana explained that they want to experience everyday life together before planning their wedding.
“We have to do some normal things where it feels exciting to plan that,” she shared. “We are coming down from such a crazy high right now. I don’t wanna just try and keep it going — I really want to plateau a bit and just live normally for a minute and then we can start planning and have fun and do all those things.”
Grant Didn’t Hesitate to Move for Juliana
Grant made it clear that relocating to Boston was an easy decision for him.
“With Jules, her family is her lifeline,” he told. “That’s what makes her her. So to be like, ‘Oh, let’s go here, go here.’ No, we are gonna [go] where it makes her happy and I’m going to adjust because I just want to see her happy.”
Before revealing their engagement during the season finale, Grant and Juliana were only able to see each other during “happy couple” weekends organized by the show.
Since their connection on The Bachelor was partly built around their love for music—especially the piano—and Grant has since started releasing his own singles, it was asked if their secret meetups included musical moments.
“We had a piano there,” Grant said. “People should be expressive however you want. Some people paint, some people drive cars — you just gotta do what you want to do. That’s the way I live life.”
Juliana confirmed that they “definitely jammed out” together.
“Music is a big thing in my life and it’s a big thing in your life,” she said to Grant during the interview. “We played [his song] ‘Party Girls’ a couple times, but then we just went back to our regular everyday music.”
Grant Chose Juliana Over Runner-Up Litia Garr
Grant and Juliana got engaged after he ended his relationship with runner-up Litia Garr, who admitted she was blindsided by his decision.
“When you’re the Bachelor or the Bachelorette and you’re on a public platform, you’re trying to set an example, you have so many factors that come into play,” Grant told about his struggle leading up to the final decision.
“I knew what my heart wanted, but I also was in a situation where there was somebody else there and I had a relationship.”
His perspective started to shift after meeting Juliana’s family.
“I started to develop that distance a little bit after hometowns and put together, whose family I would fit with more, the environment that I wanted, the vibe that I wanted and the relationship that I wanted,” Grant explained.
“And then from there, it’s just working up the courage and strength to have to make a decision after you’ve built such a strong relationship with somebody and then you have to let ’em down.”
