Speculation that the freshly-divorced Eric was getting ready to go down on one knee reached fever-pitch. A close friend of the former NFL player said he had, 'started shopping for an engagement ring, since he's going to propose over Christmas if he can wait that long.'
The friend added that the love birds had even started premarital counselling at a local Christian church, and are 'meeting with their minister as the next step.'
But a second source, this time close to the supposed 30-year-old bride-to-be, told Gossip Cop, 'there is no counselling going on... they are not rushing into anything.'