Redefining romance. Bekah Martinez opened up about what her future with boyfriend Grayston Leonard may appear to be — and they may not be happening the standard route.
“We’ve talked earlier than about, like, I need to get married, however like, ‘I don’t know if I need to have intercourse with you for the remainder of my life,’” the previous Bachelor contestant, 25, mentioned on the Tuesday, January 26, episode of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. “And so we’ve talked about that possibly at some point we’d have an open relationship.”
Martinez turned down the possibility to look on season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise when she and Leonard, 32, began relationship in July 2018. The couple now share two youngsters, daughter Ruth, born in February 2019, and son Franklin, born in July 2020. As they sit up for spending their lives collectively, Martinez’s boyfriend has been “probably open” to the concept of exploring a non-monogamous romance.
“He’s not that jealous,” the truth TV alum, who competed for Arie Luyendyk Jr.‘s coronary heart on The Bachelor in 2018, mentioned on Tuesday. “We’ve two children collectively and we stay collectively and love one another.”
Shortly after giving delivery to her child boy, Martinez got real about her whirlwind romance with Leonard and mentioned that she wanted “a break” from increasing her household.
“Actually … I obtained prego three months into relationship. We didn’t have a ‘intercourse life’ actually established earlier than being pregnant and children so we’ve form of by no means recognized any completely different with one another 😬,” she revealed in an Instagram Story in July 2020, noting that her sudden being pregnant was “so f–king arduous” on the early days of her relationship.
“Needed to interrupt up 1,000,000 instances. It sucked,” she added. “I felt responsible for wanting to finish the being pregnant initially. I frightened my youngster’s mother and father would hate one another. However we made it and got here out stronger than ever.”
The California native beforehand dished on her hopes for a future with Leonard, telling Us Weekly completely in December 2020 that they’re “having conversations about getting married” — however are urgent pause for now.
“We need to take a while only for us,” she mentioned on the time. “It has been a lot about children up to now three years. We’re like, ‘OK, possibly we will make one thing nearly us,’ however we need to wait till COVID is over. We need to have, like, a large marriage ceremony and may’t actually do this proper now.”
Whereas they may not be heading down the aisle anytime quickly, the pair are nonetheless “so open” to welcoming extra little ones into their lives.
“I like youngsters. I like having a full home,” Martinez informed Us. “I’m considered one of 5 children, and I simply love that. My physique wants a break, and we’ve been speaking about exploring the option of fostering in order that we generally is a residence for different youngsters, even when it’s simply briefly.”
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