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Real Housewives of Orange County star Braunwyn Windham-Burke is set to walk down the aisle after proposing to her girlfriend, Jennifer Spinner.
The couple have experienced something of a whirlwind romance as they have decided to swap vows after just a year of dating - and with the big proposal coinciding with their one year anniversary.
Braunwyn - who used to be married to IT consultancy firm president Sean Windham-Burke - got down on one knee to propose to 39-year-old Jennifer after a romantic stroll in New York City.
The 45-year-old reality star recreated her first date with the digital marketing expert - a walk on the high line in Greenwich Village.
The Real Housewives of Orange County star Braunwyn Windham-Burke is set to marry Jennifer Spinner (Getty Images for Marque and Hector)Braunwyn arranged a picnic - with Jennifer left stunned when she discovered a sign stating “marry me” placed on their picnic blanket.
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Speaking to People about the romantic moment, Braunwyn gushed: “I've never been happier. Jen is my person.
“My DNA was made for her. I'm a thrilled to be able to say now, 'This is my fiancée — just like I know, I'm going to one day be able to say, 'This is my wife’.”
She added: “She said to me once, 'How much do you love me?' And I looked at her and said, 'It's not how much I love you. It's how small I love you. I love you on a molecular level.' And that's really it.”
Braunwyn was previously married to Sean Windham-Burke and together they share seven children (Instagram)The reality star went on to recollect her first date with Jennifer - saying she knew immediately she had found her soulmate.
Recalling their date, she said: "There wasn't a topic we didn't discuss that first day.
"It was, 'What's important to you? What do you want out of life? What's your relationship with your family? Do you want children? Are you spiritual?'
"We talked about it all. Through that, we found we had all these things in common. And we quickly started to realize, 'Oh, this is something else.'
"By the end of the day, I was like, 'There's something about this woman, I'm know I'm going to be with her forever'."
Braunwyn shares seven children with her soon-to-be ex-husband Sean, who she wed in the year 2000.
Their children are Bella, 22, Rowan, 20, Jacob, 17, twins Caden and Curren, nine, Koa, seven and four-year-old Hazel.
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The couple split in 2020 after Braunwyn came to realise she is a lesbian - and she filed for divorce after Sean emptied their joint bank account in 2022.
Braunqyn claimed to PageSix back in March: “Sean had emptied out our joint bank accounts unbeknownst to me.
“Literally, one day I woke up and I had no access to any of my cards or any money. And that was why I filed for divorce.”
But Sean told the publication he took the funds: “to pay family bills.”