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\n Christina Mandrell and Brayden Bowers<\/span> Disney\/James Clark<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bachelor in Paradise<\/em>\u2018s Brayden Bowers<\/strong> is getting real about the boat accident that almost killed him \u2014 and the romantic \u201cwakeup call\u201d that followed.<\/p>\n

Bowers, 34, was joined by girlfriend and fellow Bachelor Nation<\/a> star Christina Mandrell<\/strong>, 28, on \u201cThe Dave Neal Show<\/a>\u201d on Saturday, February 10, where he opened up about a fishing trip gone wrong. At the time, Bowers and Mandrell were still in the early stages of their relationship. \u201cShe was my first call,\u201d Bowers said of Mandrell, who was a contestant on Season 27 of The Bachelor<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was when I asked her to be my girlfriend,\u201d Bowers said. \u201cSo, [September 18, 2023] is when I asked her to be my girlfriend. I was just like, \u2018Hey, this put a lot of things in perspective for me. Life is short. I mean, you could die tomorrow in a boating incident and, you know, you can\u2019t do anything about it so why waste time anymore?’\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowers continued, \u201cOne of the biggest things I feel like we do is we follow these social norms of, \u2018OK, we should be boyfriend and girlfriend for this long, or we should talk for this long. Or we need to do this for this long before we really take that next step to make sure we don\u2019t have any doubts.\u2019 And I think it was just in that moment I was like, \u2018I love this girl. I\u2019ve never told her I love her, and I am about to die right now and I never said it.\u2019 That was probably the biggest wakeup call for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>BiP’s Brayden Bowers and Fiancee Christina Mandrell’s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tDisney\/James Clark Brayden Bowers and Christina Mandrell\u2019s relationship was one that none of Us saw coming after his appearance on Bachelor in Paradise season 9. \u201cShe actually DM\u2019ed me! She slid in my DM\u2019s and it was funny \u2019cause we started hitting it off,\u201d Brayden revealed ahead of The Golden Wedding in January 2024. \u201cWe [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bowers concluded his story with this sentiment: \u201cIf you really love something, then you need to put yourself out there and be vulnerable and not feel like you need to follow these timelines that people make up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Brayden Bowers and Christina Mandrell<\/span> Disney\/Eric McCandless<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In September 2023, Bowers and Bachelorette<\/em> star Aaron Schwartzman<\/strong> were among five men stranded on a sinking fishing boat<\/a> for more than three hours. According to Bowers in a September interview, one of the group\u2019s fishing lines had gotten tangled in the engine\u2019s propeller about 20 miles off the coast of San Diego.<\/p>\n

When Schwartzman stood in an attempt to lift the engine and untangle the line, Bowers told Fox 5 that \u201cthe boat literally just sunk.\u201d After hours out on the water with no service, the group was eventually rescued by another fishing boat that happened to be passing by.<\/p>\n

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