Bridget Marquardt accepts proposal from Nick Carpenter after he gives her a diamond SPIDER ring

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The model and the director met in 2008 and have been together ever since
Bridget shared news of her engagement on Instagram with a photo
In the snap she is wearing a spider ring with a sign in the background

Published: 15:27 EST, 1 October 2015 | Updated: 07:17 EST, 2 October 2015

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Former Playboy pinup and The Girls Next Door star Bridget Marquardt is engaged to her longtime boyfriend Nick Carpenter.

The 42-year-old E! star announced the news on Instagram on Thursday.

The engagement is not that much of a shock as the two have been together for seven years. What is a surprise, however, is that the director got down on one knee with a diamond engagement ring in the shape of a spider.

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She will be a bride! Former Playboy pinup and Girls Next Door star Bridget Marquardt is engaged to her longtime boyfriend Nick Carpenter; here they are seen in 2011

'Happy Oct. 1st!!!' the blonde wrote next to a photo of her ring. She was holding Nick's hand,

'Oh...and... Did I mention @nicholascarpenter and I are engaged?'

Her nails are painted hot pink and in the background there is a sign that says, 'Till Death Do Us Part.'

Her rock: The 42-year-old E! star announced the news on Instagram on Thursday with this photo of a spider ring

She captioned this close up, 'For those asking about my engagement ring, @nicholascarpenter wanted to get me something traditional & I wanted something different & unique! It's a diamond paved spider (not a black widow) & it is absolutely perfect for me!! he knows me well'!

She did some explaining in a second post, writing, 'For those asking about my engagement ring @nicholascarpenter wanted to get me something traditional & I wanted something different & unique!

'It's a diamond paved spider (not a black widow)' and it is 'absolutely perfect for me!!'

She added of her fiance, 'he knows me well!'

Marquardt and Carpenter first met at Playboy Mansion in 2008.

The model lived in the mansion for several years with Hugh Hefner and his two other girlfriends Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson.

Who wants to come join me on a Ghost Hunt & spooky tour around Hollywood? Go to Www.zerve.com/ddtours/Bridget for all the details if you dare!! 👻🎃👻🎃

A photo posted by Bridget Marquardt (@bridgetmarquardt) on Sep 9, 2015 at 9:17am PDT

Her old life: The Oregon native on the cover of Playboy magazine in February 2009

'I really haven't dated in so long,' the former reality star told UsWeekly at the time. 'I feel like I'm in high school again.'

In 2011 she told YourTango what she thinks a relationship should be like.

'I've heard that people want to marry their best friends,' the reality diva said.

'I think that should be partially true. You want someone you can sit with in sweats, plus go out with. You want them to have a lot of best friend qualities, but you want to make sure that you have the spice and passion that you wouldn't have with your best friend.

'You want the relationship to be one step beyond that.'

The way they were: After her former housemate Holly Madison wrote a book trashing Hugh Hefner and life at the Playboy mansion, Bridget stood by the beauty's side. She refused to criticize the book or even say that there were inaccuracies; here (from left) Holly, Hefner, Bridget and Kendra are seen in 2008

After her former housemate Holly Madison wrote a book trashing Hugh Hefner and life at the Playboy mansion, Bridget stood by the beauty's side.

She refused to criticize the book or even say that there were inaccuracies.

All she said was that she was friends with Holly and was glad she wrote the book.

'Bridget and I were always very much two peas in a pod,' Madison said. 'We were very close friends and shared a lot of the same frustrations.'

Did anyone like Kendra? 'Bridget and I were always very much two peas in a pod,' Madison said. 'We were very close friends and shared a lot of the same frustrations'; here the girls are seen in 2006