“Money Queen” Amanda Frances is officially engaged! The best-selling author, self-made millionaire, and spiritual coach, known for empowering women to achieve financial freedom, said “yes!” to her partner of five years, Eddie Tsivislavsky. Amanda has always shared her life’s milestones with her followers, from the start of her relationship with Eddie, to blending their families and welcoming their own children. Now, this newly engaged mom is excited to share the next chapter: their love story. Get the inside scoop on their proposal exclusively on Wedding Forward!
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How did you and your partner first meet, and how did your relationship evolve leading up to the proposal?
Amanda: Eddie and I met when he chased me down the street in West Hollywood. I had just parked and was headed to Laurel Hardware with my close friend and attorney, Laina.
As I stepped into the street, he caught up to me and said…
Eddie: So we are jay-walking now?
Me: It’s okay. I’m with my attorney.
Eddie: So, you’ll pay for my ticket.
Me: No. You’ll pay for ours.
Eddie: Can I buy you a drink?
Our relationship evolved quickly. The night I met him, he had been separated for about four months. His former wife was in a new relationship and his world had been very much pulled apart. Everything in me thought that he was not ready for a relationship, but I also felt so pulled and drawn to him at a soul level. We dated for a couple of months before taking time apart.
When we came back together, in the middle of covid, we were both ready. We had both dated other people, figured some things out and I felt truly open to love.
We moved in together in 2021, got pregnant in 2022 and 2023 and I guess the rest is history.
Eddie: Amanda walked by me and my best friend with a distinct purpose to her strut. I immediately told my friend, we are going where they are going and made my presence known shortly after as she started to jaywalk.
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Amanda, you have been helping to raise Eddie’s young children from an earlier marriage. Was it difficult for you?
Amanda: Yes and no. Yes, in the sense that I had been living a very single, globe trotting, no limitations or strings or roots kind of life. And all of the sudden I was raising kids. Kids who seemed to very quickly take to me, love me, want me around and attach to me. I was… all in, fast.
No, in the sense that I’ve wanted kids my entire life. I have a Masters of Science in Counseling with an emphasis on Childhood Development. Before starting my business, I was a children’s therapist and before that, a nanny. In some ways, I was as equipped as one could be.
How giving a birth to your new babies changed relationships between you and Eddie, you and your step-children?
Amanda: My step kids became a huge part of my life from the moment I met them, so it was a bit of a transition for them for me to have a baby and then have another baby. They were the center of my world, and now there were two new babies. In the end, they adapted beautifully and are wonderful older siblings to the babies. To help with this, Eddie and I made sure to each make one-on-one time for each of them, with each of us.
Having babies and step-babies with Eddie feels incredibly natural, and I cannot imagine my life any other way. Parenting together strengthens and deepens our relationship.
Amanda, did you have any idea that a proposal was coming? Eddie, when and why did you decide to marry Amanda?
Amanda: I knew it was coming in the sense that he had verified my ring size and that I wanted yellow-gold in the months leading up to the engagement. I knew he must have purchased a ring or was getting very near to doing so. Other than that, I had no idea when it would happen or what he had planned. When I would try to get hints, he would intentionally throw me off. (For example, he told me the ring was coming to another country when he already had the ring. He told me he had to fly to Louisiana to ask my Dad, when he had asked him at Thanksgiving. He told me he was planning to do it in the next five months, when he was doing it the next weekend. Etc. LOL)
Eddie: The honest truth is I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Amanda the first day she met my children. Liam’s approval was obvious within minutes, and was only further solidified when he asked her to be his second mama on our way home that day. But it was what I noticed in Amanda’s eyes when she looked at my Shoshi bear. Amanda looked at Shosh like she had known her long before they met in person, she got Shoshana immediately, like a deep understanding of her soul.
As far as when I knew I wanted to marry Amanda, it was different. From the beginning marriage wasn’t as important to either of us as being eternally committed and ultimately having a large family.
Later, when she became pregnant for the first time, I wanted to claim every bit of her heart. I wanted to show the little girl inside her that had to fight for everything single thing she wanted and needed on her own her entire life that she wasn’t alone and someone finally had her back in every way.
That pregnancy ended early and we were in the hospital before my original proposal plan was to be executed. Our lives had a lot of twists and turns in the coming two years that begrudgingly set the proposal back. Choosing to get married became more important to both of us as time went on. When the time finally came and I was elated to finally claim the love of my life.
What were your initial thoughts or feelings when you realized a proposal was happening?
Amanda: Totally surprised and thrown off. I had suspected for a split second that morning that it might be happening that day. After we went to a very mediocre brunch, I thought there was absolutely no way that that is what was happening.
Where did the proposal take place? How was it?
At our home. (Last minute change due to the Malibu Fires.)
I tell the whole story in details on my Instagram.
How did your children, friends and family react to your engagement?
Amanda: Everyone is thrilled! Shoshana wrote me a note the next day that said, “Smama – I am so happy for you. Your ring is so beautiful. Maybe I can help you and Daddy plan the wedding. We can have cake and food and drinks. And I can pull Delial in a wagon.” She then drew a picture of the wedding. Sweetest note of my life.
Eddie: “About time”
Looking back, what was the most memorable or meaningful part of the proposal for you?
Amanda: That all the kids were there. I had asked him for this when we first started talking about getting engaged years before and was really happy he planned it that way.
Also – he got me a ring, incredibly similar to what had been the background of my phone years before. He had remembered exactly what I wanted. And he got a really beautiful, high quality, colorless, flawless diamond – I appreciated him going big in this way. This diamond will be in our family forever, so I love that he cared about these things.
Eddie: For me it was the freedom I felt once it was done, knowing that we were finally engaged, no more life circumstances could stand in the way. It was done. It was her dream ring, she is my dream woman, and we have our dream family. Also, the relief was nice, the older kids had been applying more pressure for me to pop the question more than anyone else in our life lol, so getting those little nuggets off my back was great.
What advice would you give to someone planning a proposal for their partner?
Amanda: I think the best way to surprise your partner is to have them get dressed up for something that they would want to go to, something they’d like to get dressed up for–an event or party. That way, they will be likely to schedule a blowout, pick out an outfit they love, etc.
Eddie: I think the person popping the question needs to plan something centered around themselves so as not to draw suspicion or an event/activity that they wouldn’t suspect. The element of surprise was huge for me. So I had to lie through my teeth for the first and only time in our relationship, but only because Amanda is not easy to trick or surprise.
What wedding would you like to have? Please, share with us your ideas and vision of your Big Day.
Amanda: Outdoor. Possibly in a vineyard. Possibly taking over a small wine country town for the week. Possibly in a huge greenhouse with chandeliers everywhere and a million white flowers. Dancing all-night. A few outfit changes, Possibly driving off is some sort of classic car at the end. With a pool party with friends and pizza the next day. Something like that.
Eddie: It’s hard for me to envision anything past seeing Amanda coming down the aisle for the first time. That’s what I’ve been dreaming about for a while now. But, if I had to be honest, it’s her dream day, and I’m happy to support in any way possible to make her dream come true. Other than that, my only must-have for the wedding is tables covered with food as soon as people sit down and no curfew.
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