Bachelor in Paradise alum Kendall Long has apparently had a change of heart about moving away from her family for love and no longer views leaving Los Angeles as a "dealbreaker" in her relationships.
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Kendall has announced she's moving to Germany with her new boyfriend Mitchell "Mitch" Sagely after repeatedly refusing to even give Chicago a chance for her ex Joe Amabile, resulting in the former Bachelor in Paradise couple splitting up.
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Kendall took to Instagram this past weekend and revealed she's making a major life change -- she's leaving the United States.
"We have some BIG news... We're moving to Germany!" Kendall captioned pictures of the couple posing on the beach with a large soft pretzel.
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"Going to be calling Stuttgart our new home for two whole years. I can't think of anyone else I'd rather have this crazy adventure with Du bist die Liebe meines Lebens!"
When translated to English, the German phrase Kendall wrote means, "You are the love of my life."
Kendall concluded in her post, "Side Note: In Germany, the pretzel was a symbol of good luck and was used at weddings ('tying the knot')."
Congratulatory and supportive messages rolled in from Bachelor Nation.
"Omg this is soo exciting! Congrats and enjoy the adventure!!" The Bachelor 26 alum Susie Evans wrote.
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And Bachelor in Paradise 7 alum Pieper James commented, "AWWW amazing!!! A million congratulations. I need to come visit when you're settled!"
The Bachelor 20 alum Haley Ferguson also wrote, "Omgsh!! How exciting! Welcome to Europe! It's the BEST."
Kendall, who appeared on Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s season of The Bachelor followed by multiple seasons of Bachelor in Paradise, and Mitch, an aerospace engineer, met through mutual friends in December 2021 and then Mitch asked Kendall to be his official girlfriend on Valentine's Day in February 2022.
Kendall went Instagram official with Mitch and declared she's in love again in April.
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During a May appearance on Us Weekly's "Here for the Right Reasons" podcast, Kendall admitted she used to be a commitment-phobe but appearing on The Bachelor franchise taught her a lot about "wanting marriage."
"Right now with Mitch, I feel like [an engagement] is the direction that we are headed and I'm comfortable with that and I'm excited about that," Kendall shared.
Kendall said picturing Mitch as her husband doesn't scare her.
"It's crazy to be in a relationship where you're like, 'Oh wow. I can see it with this person and not be terrified,'" she shared.
"So I think the show has definitely taught me a lot about what I'm looking for in a relationship and looking forward to that next step with somebody."
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Ultimately, Kendall said being on The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise's fifth and seventh seasons taught her what she's "looking for in a relationship."
Prior to meeting Mitch, Kendall had dated The Bachelorette alum and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Joe Amabile for nearly two years.
Kendall and Joe fell in love on Bachelor in Paradise's fifth season in 2018. The pair moved in together in Los Angeles in April 2019 but then broke up in January 2020.
Kendall and Joe attempted to remain friends after calling it quits, but Kendall previously explained their breakup was difficult for her because they never fell out of love; it was logistics that broke them apart.
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Kendall said she wanted to continue living in Los Angeles, CA, where her family and friends are, but Joe hoped to move back to his hometown of Chicago, IL, to be near his loved ones.
"What happened was we broke up, we fought... we had our differences... but then I came back to [Los Angeles] four months after and I was pushing to have that conversation," Joe recalled on Bachelor in Paradise last summer.
"You were pushing to have me move to Chicago," Kendall argued with Joe.
"I was pushing to have you try -- yeah," Joe clarified, "to come move to the city where I grew up in, where my friends and family are. I think if you just would've tried, we could've figured something out."
Kendall said things probably would've ended the same way regardless because she had made it clear from the start of their relationship that moving away from her hometown was "a dealbreaker" for her.
"I wasn't going to change my mind and I think you were hoping I would," Kendall said on the show last year.
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"Your thing was that you didn't want to move anywhere for a man... I should've been more than just 'a man' at that point, and we could've tried it," Joe pointed out.
Once Kendall and Joe worked through a "messy" reunion and found the closure they needed, Joe pursued a relationship with Serena Pitt on Bachelor in Paradise.
"If she really wanted me back," Joe said of Kendall on Bachelor in Paradise, "she should have told me before I got here and before I started this. Because I really, really loved her."
Kendall ultimately decided to leave the show because she said it was too difficult to watch Joe with Serena and her feelings for Joe registered as painful realizations that she wasn't over him. She didn't want to sacrifice her mental and emotional well-being to stay on the show.
Joe and Serena, a Canada native, got engaged during the Bachelor in Paradise 7 finale, and they moved in together in New York City after the show.
Joe and Serena just got married in New York in an unexpected way in late October, and they plan to have a second wedding in 2023.
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