With him out touring 80 to 100 nights a year, the musician will probably look into “cutting back on his concert dates and opening an artist’s loft in Manhattan to be around Meg and Daisy more,” the insider adds. Now that Daisy’s become a teenager, they have more of a buddy relationship than anything.” “She adores him and he’s great with kids. “He’s been in Daisy’s life since she was six,” the friend notes of the close bond Daisy has with John, a father of five children of his own. So much so that John’s as captivated with her as he is her mom. “She’s been exposed to so much by this city, and it’s made her such an interesting human being!” “Daisy, now she’s really a NY kid,” Meg enthuses. The actress, who raised Jack Quaid, her 25-year-old son with Dennis, in the Big Apple, has no intention of upending her youngest from their Tribeca home they moved to last summer. “John knows their relationship will be on her home turf,” the insider says, “and he accepts that. The couple’s revived romance has helped them finally conquer the geographical dilemma they struggled with earlier in their relationship: While John’s primary residence, with his art and recording studios, is near Bloomington, IN, Meg is tied to NYC, especially with Daisy in school where most of the year. “That’s just the truest expression of love a woman can get, and Meg really revels in it,” the friend notes. To see how he expresses himself moves Meg very deeply.” His creativity even sometimes results in old-fashioned love letters he pens for Meg. “He just has things inside him that he needs to get out, which he shows through both his music and his art. “Meg thinks he’s one of the most creative people alive,” her friend says. John’s other passion - painting - also impresses her. There’s not one speck of music that’s not his. “He’s the perfect kind of songwriter for this story,” Meg said at the time. The pair collaborated beautifully on Meg’s directorial debut, 2015’s Ithaca, for which John wrote some songs for the soundtrack. Their undeniable connection helps them professionally, too. “Even if it sounds cliché, they learned they really complete each other.” “Their time apart made them miss what they had,” the friend adds. They’ve been together ever since.” When his summer tour wrapped up on Sept. They got together two days later in New York and that buried passion rose right back to the surface. “She told him she certainly didn’t hate him. “She called him within hours of that interview,” the friend says. That’s when Meg reached out to clear the air. Every bad thing that a fella can be, that’s me,” he said. “She hates me,” the heartbroken singer, who rebounded with supermodel Christie Brinkley through August 2016, told radio host Howard Stern earlier this year. She was just an angel sent to me at the right time.”Īfter their second split in 2015, things looked bleak for the rocker. “She’s a beautiful girl and I know I’ll never, ever, ever be with a funnier woman. “I never say die for anything,” John insists, and Meg is definitely worth the wait. “She pretty much said ‘never again’ after her marriage to Dennis Quaid ended” in 2001, the Sleepless in Seattle actress’ friend says, “but I think with all the time she’s invested in John and how far they’ve come as a couple, she can see an upside to marriage now.”ĭespite three divorces of his own, John still believes strongly in the institution of marriage - which is why he’s been so persistent despite all of Meg’s hesitancy in the past. The fact that their on-again, off-again relationship has survived two breakups has also helped shape Meg’s new attitude. Now John’s proved to Meg that he’s eager to spend more time with her and Daisy in New York, “so Meg is finally open to the idea of getting married,” the insider shares. Meg’s concerns over distance - she lives in NYC and John’s home is in Indiana - previously prevented her from committing. The insiders note that the two seem to be planning some type of celebration during their time there! Sources also tell Page Six that the two have been spotted on Daufuskie Island, SC (where they own a mansion) a lot lately. “He poured his heart out and told Meg he’d be lost without her,” says the insider. During a romantic getaway to Meg’s beach house on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts in early November, John’s determination finally paid off. “Next fall looks like the most likely time,” an insider tells Closer, noting that John, 66, actually first proposed to Meg, 56, back in 2013 since then, he has done so repeatedly. Wedding bells could be ringing soon, in fact.