The `30 Rock` star has sold his apartment in Manhattan, New York, to move into a new home in the city`s SoHo district with his lover Hilaria Thomas, and friends reckon they could soon tie the knot.

A source told the New York Post newspaper: "He`s really in love. He`s even met her parents. He sees marriage in the near future."

Alec - who, at 53, is 26 years Hilaria`s senior - were spotted wearing what appear to be promise rings at a charity softball game last weekend, and when asked if she sees marriage in their future, Hilaria was overhead saying: "Let`s see how it goes."

Alec was previously married to actress Kim Basinger from 1993 to 2001. They have a 15-year-old daughter Ireland together.

Alec has been dating Hilaria since May this year, and it seems the actor had a change of heart about dating younger women.

Last year, he said: "What`s worse than waking up with a 25-year-old woman, you know what I mean? You want to go shoot yourself because you have nothing to say to her. Seriously."

It is also rumoured Alec is to enrol in a master`s program in politics and government in 2012, and that he one day has ambitions to run for the post of Mayor of New York.
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