When we think of the Trump children and their significant others, perhaps the first couple that comes to mind is Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Ivanka has, of course, been in the spotlight for decades, but Jared is no stranger to life in the fast lane, either. His family’s New York real estate firm has a portfolio valued at $15 billion, per The Wall Street Journal. The pairing just seemed like an obvious — and wealthy — fit.
But as for Lara Trump and Eric Trump, their upbringings couldn’t have been more different, as Lara never anticipated marrying into such a prominent family. Coming from a middle-class family, she said of her union with Eric, “I’m a girl from North Carolina who really has no business even being involved with this family. But I just so happened to fall in love with a guy, we clicked, and it worked,” according to Star News Online.
Of their initial encounter, Lara revealed that the two “just happened to be out in the same place at the same time in New York.” What’s more, she didn’t even get Eric’s last name, but was taken by the fact that he was taller than her, even in her high heels. After three months of going back and forth with calendar issues and time management, the two finally went on their first date. Even then, Lara admitted that she didn’t have high expectations, but then said, “It ended up being the best date I’ve ever been on.”