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Who Is Ree Drummond’s Daughter Paige’s Fiancé? Get to Know David Andersen
Ree Drummond has a lot to celebrate. Her second-oldest child, Paige Drummond, is getting married on Saturday, May 17. Paige is set to wed David Andersen at her family’s ranch in Oklahoma.
The couple got engaged in August 2024, with Andersen getting down on one knee and popping the question. “Been waiting on this for a long time! I love you and adore you Paige Drummond!” he wrote on Instagram at the time. “I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you.”
In her own post, Paige gushed, “I get to marry the love of my life! How is this real?? God’s greatest gift to me and my person forever. I love you, David Andersen! I can’t wait to be your wife!!!”
Scroll down to learn more about Andersen and the couple’s love story.
How did Paige Drummond and David Andersen meet?
The couple met through mutual friends, despite attending different colleges.
“We were friends in college—I went to Arkansas and David went to Oklahoma State, and we had a lot of mutual friends,” Paige shared. “We started dating in July 2023, one year after I graduated. We’d had a bunch of little hangouts, then we went to a nice steakhouse and he asked me to be his girlfriend!”
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What does David Andersen do for a living?
Andersen is a “construction engineer who oversees sites,” Paige revealed in a blog post.
Meanwhile, she previously worked in a corporate job in Dallas before quitting in September 2023 to move back to Oklahoma and work on the family ranch as a cattle farmer. She said she found it difficult to be cooped up in an office all day and preferred being able to be outside, despite the long hours and sometimes grueling temperatures.
Where do Paige Drummond and David Andersen live?
“We’ve never lived in the same city,” Paige revealed ahead of the wedding. Andersen lives in Dallas for work, which is where Paige briefly resided before heading to back to Oklahoma for a career change.
“By the time David got to Dallas, I was [already] working in Pawhuska,” Paige explained.
However, after tying the knot, it looks like she’ll be relocating once again, but not for good. “We’re leaning towards being in Dallas for a few years after the wedding,” Paige admitted. “The ranch is always going to be here. I think it’s where we want to end up long-term.”
