Ryan Sutter didn’t know his latest social media posts about his spouse, former Bachelorette Trista Sutter, would acquire a lot consideration from followers.

Ryan, 49, made headlines earlier this month for sharing that he misses Trista, 51, in a handful of cryptic Instagram posts with out saying the place his spouse went. The uploads had been totally different from his typical social media exercise, as Ryan famous in a Tuesday, Could 21, submit that he principally shares images of his canine.

“I really feel fairly regular as a result of I’m fairly regular,” he captioned a black and white pic of his cute pooch. “However 21 years in the past I used to be fairly well-known. I don’t have tens of millions of followers and am not influencing anybody however for some purpose, once in a while, individuals nonetheless listen.”

After posting his messages to Trista “for a time when she may finally learn it,” Ryan mentioned individuals assumed his posts urged that she had died, that their relationship was on the rocks or that they had been going by means of midlife crises. Along with his feedback being extremely publicized, Ryan mentioned he additionally acquired texts from associates asking if he was OK.

“All as a result of I missed my spouse and selected to share how that felt. It felt bizarre to put on the garments of previous fame as soon as once more, even when solely briefly. It jogged my memory of how loopy life was and of how grateful I’m for the life I’ve,” he defined, noting that it “felt good to know individuals nonetheless cared, and frightened and puzzled.”

He concluded: “It felt good to be observed and impressed me to do higher at listening to others — once they do good or once they need assistance. Ultimately, like most issues, the whole lot turned out OK. Although I feel I’ll return to posting about my canine once more for a bit.”

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In considered one of his earlier posts, Ryan revealed that Trista didn’t spend Mom’s Day with him and their two kids, Maxwell, 15, and Blakesley, 14. “Typically it’s a must to go away in order that they know you’ll come again, that your love is just not restricted by distance or issue or time. Typically it’s a must to do what you generally must do,” he wrote alongside a black-and-white household picture on Could 12. “We’re happy with you mama pajama for the whole lot you do for us, close to or far.”

Practically every week later, he clarified that each he and Trista had been “high quality” amid the fan concern. “Trista is at a spot in life the place she is looking a bit. A possibility introduced itself that will assist her on that quest,” he shared on Saturday, Could 18. “Together with her household’s help, she has taken it. A part of that course of signifies that she is briefly inaccessible to us.” (Trista, for her half, has not publicly addressed the hypothesis.)

Ryan and Trista stay considered one of Bachelor Nation’s longest-lasting {couples} after falling in love on season 1 of The Bachelorette in 2003. They tied the knot throughout a televised TV ceremony later that 12 months.

As followers await information of Trista’s present location, Bachelor Nation’s Ashley Iaconetti provided up her personal principle behind the truth star’s absence. “She’s away for 2 weeks. Apparently, [former Bachelorette] Ali Fedotowsky can also be away for 2 weeks, [she] had a really related submit,” Iaconetti, 36, mentioned on the Could 15 episode of her and Ben Higgins’ “Virtually Well-known” podcast. “So, is she capturing a present? Is she on Particular Forces? As a result of I instructed her she’d be good for Particular Forces.”

A number of stars from the ABC courting present franchise have competed on the primary two seasons of Fox’s Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Take a look at, together with Hannah Brown, Nick Viall and Tyler Cameron.