How Dave and Caroline Met:
Carrie, about their relationship then: "Dave and I had one of the most tumultuous connections of all time back in 2001 ..."
Source: Carrie's Blog.
Later, in October 2003, after viewing Dave's final appearance on the Fox reality show Paradise Hotel, Caroline called him. Although Dave's initial response to her call was not positive, he got in touch with Carrie a month later. They were able to reconnect and to rebuild their relationship.
Engagement:
"I am thrilled to announce my engagement to Carrie Fisher, my girlfriend of the last 20 months. She is an amazing friend, lover, and partner, and I am really looking forward to spending the rest of my life with her. We will be married at a huge wedding in New York City in June of 2006, more details to come for those who care."
Source: FoxReality.com
Ages at Wedding:
Wedding Date and Info:
Carrie and Dave were married on July 8, 2006 at the Brooklyn Cyclones' Keyspan Park in New York. Since both Dave and Carrie wanted an extravaganza for a wedding, but wanted it to be free, they had sponsors pay for $75,000 of their $100,000 wedding. Caroline's daughter Charlotte was the flower girl at the traditional Jewish ceremony.Bride-and-groom bobble-head dolls were given to the first 2,500 people at the baseball game. More Carrie and Dave Kerpen Wedding Information
Red Flags:
- This was Carrie's second marriage.
- Caroline did not wait a year after her divorce to become involved with someone else.
- Dave and Carrie experienced quite a few major life changing events in a short period of time.
- In both of Carrie's marriages, there appeared to have been more energy placed on preparing for a large wedding than on planning for a lifetime together. Dave and Caroline were talking about a showy, big wedding even before they were engaged.
In light of their rocky relationship their first time around, we wondered if the issues that led to their initial break-up were ever resolved. We also hoped Carrie and Dave made time for premarital counseling in the midst of all the knocking on doors for donations and sponsors for their free wedding.
Carrie: "You pondered in your original post if we 'made time for counseling' during the planning of our wedding. Obviously, when going through a divorce, having a child on your own, and then getting remarried, counseling is pretty much a necessity. But I can honestly say that while NO marriage is 100% perfect, my marriage is based on shared values, shared experience, and a deep and loving friendship."
Source: Carrie Kerpen email. 8/24/2010.
Red flags such as these don't necessarily doom a marriage to end in divorce. After hearing from Carrie in 2010, it appears they didn't ignore these issues. As a result, they increased their odds for having a successful marriage.
Carrie: "We're now in our fifth year of marriage and going strong."
Source: Carrie Kerpen email. 8/24/2010.
Children:
- Charlotte Jayne Kerpen: Born in 2003. Charlotte's father is Carrie's first husband.
- Kate Kerpen: Born in late 2007.
Carrie: "Both Charlotte and Kate have a relationship with Charlotte's biological dad, who lives with his family in Boston. They both call him Daddy Chris, and they stay with him and their Nana twice a year. We are truly a blended family, who all support one another."
Source: Carrie Kerpen email. 8/24/2010.
Occupations:
Dave: Entrepreneur, teacher.Carrie: Entrepreneur, sales manager.
Together, Dave and Carrie own and run Likeable.com, a social media and word of mouth marketing firm.
Previous Marriages:
Carrie first married when she was 24 years old. Saying that she married too young and that they had nothing in common, her first marriage lasted just over two years.Quotes About the Marriage of Carrie and Dave Kerpen:
Carrie: "I knew him [Dave] before Paradise Hotel ... since I've known Dave for a really long time, I often feel the need to explain that to anyone and everyone who will listen."Source: Carrie's Blog. 3/2005.
Dave, on being in the spotlight, June 2004: "I hope to leverage my visibility into more professional opportunities in the future ..."
Source: RealityReel.com. 6/2004.
David Popenoe, director of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers, about sponsored weddings: "To turn human intimate activities into market-oriented affairs is ultimately destructive. You're expressing the desire for a lifelong bond. That has really nothing to do with the economic angle, one hopes."
Source: Heather Fletcher. "This Wedding Is Brought to You by ..." NYTimes.com. 6/11/2006.
