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<p>Meg Ryan is in no rush to marry John Mellencamp, as she says their engagement is a "state of grace". <br> Meg Ryan is in no rush to marry John Mellencamp.</p>
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The 'Sleepless in Seattle' star announced her engagement to the 67-year-old musician - with whom she had previously had a seven-year on-and-off relationship with - last year, but has said she's happy living in the "state of grace" that comes with being engaged, and isn't rushing in to tying the knot.</p>
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Meg says she's taking the time to focus on her career and make a move into producing and directing, as well as continuing to "figure out how to provide" for her two children, 15-year-old Daisy and 27-year-old Jack.</p>
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Speaking to InStyle magazine for their 25th anniversary edition, she said: "I'm focused on producing. I'm also teeing myself up to direct, and I'm working on a fun e-commerce project with some of my friends. </p>
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"But most of all, what I'm ambitious for in the 12 hours a day that I'm awake is my kids' happiness. I just am. I'm either figuring out how to provide for them, figuring out how to say it right, figuring out all those mom things. I want them to be happy. </p>
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"And today I'm happy too. Yes, I'm going to get married at some point. But for now this engagement thing is a state of grace."</p>
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The 57-year-old actress divorced her former husband Dennis Quaid - who is the father of her son Jack - in 2001, and has said she's "grown up a lot" since her previous interview with InStyle back in 2008, when she said she had an "inability to accept [her]self as lovable".</p>
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Reflecting on her past comments, she added in the new interview: "I said I had an inability to accept myself as lovable. That was harsh. I think it stemmed from starting over after my marriage ended. Divorce is hard. I wasn't easy on myself around then. I retreated. But that tough time was necessary. I became a better person after all of that. And I grew up a lot."</p>
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Meanwhile, Meg recently said she and John are having "fun" with their romance.</p>
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She said: "What's great about now is that John and I are so free to have fun. Maybe that freedom is about being a million years old. But I sometimes think relationships are for aliens. Who does it? Who can do it? I don't know how any of us ever do."</p>
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