Bachelor Happy Hour - Weddings, Weddings, Weddings with Mari & Kenny

Episode Date: April 18, 2024

It’s a “Paradise” reunion today on “Bachelor Happy Hour” — Mari and Kenny are here! The two pairs of “Paradise” lovebirds chat through Mari and Kenny’s recent Chicago wedding (and all the wedding celebrations leading up to it). From the day-of surprises to some unexpected happy tears, you won’t want to miss all the beautiful details. Be sure to follow so you never miss an episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Bachelor. Happy Hour. I'm Jo. And I'm Serena. And we are here with Kenny and Mari. Hi.

Hi. How are you guys doing? When was last few years on the podcast? Forever. Yeah, it's been a long time. I don't think we've done it with the two of you. No. You definitely have not.

Yeah. I don't even remember. I don't think so. I feel like last time you were podcasting, Marie, you were, like, hosting on ClickBank. Oh, yeah, that's right. Yeah. That's the last time I've been, like, in Baltic, I think. Yeah.

Who was our guest, Mari? Do you remember? Christina Mandrell, we had, oh, well, I think I did her with. Without me. Yeah. Who did you and I do? I don't remember. I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. Yeah. How time flies. Well, we were just, we were just with you guys at your. beautiful fun wedding in Chicago which we are going to talk about but we'll get into that the back half of the episode let's first let's start in chronological order because you've now had three weddings yes I mean four if you count the core house did you have to go to the

courthouse yeah I guess technically four yes you can't forget the core house that's the only one that legally made you married let's go with Bachelor in Paradise wedding first what um how did that come about yeah wow jinks jinks well it was in the works for a long time I think um since the season right after we we were gonna do it the the season before that almost oh really but then marie was doing like the miss Puerto Rico pageant like the same time so it never happened oh i remember you guys saying that yeah the day's conflicted um and it was it almost happened but you know how it goes with paradise like you never know what each day is going to bring and so they had like a timeline but then certain events to place and they ended up saying like

oh we have to keep pushing back and pushing back and pushing back and literally a couple weeks before they were like yeah it's not going to work yeah interesting okay so then you end up doing it on this past season of paradise yeah yeah so it was kind of always an idea always like you know in thoughts and then um this past summer we were both available and it worked out yeah what was it like going because like we've been back there once yeah and it it does bring back a lot of a lot of like memories i got so like so emotional being back there yeah you cried i was like yeah i was a mess like it's it was just like very overwhelming emotionally and I really wasn't expecting it at all I think that's probably why I was even more emotional like I just like wasn't bracing myself

when we went down there I was so casual about it and then when we got down I was like oh my god like you're down there for such like a short but like intense period of time it's like a little incubator and to go back I was like yeah I was just overwhelmed with emotion but I don't know how did you guys feel yeah i i can relate because i remember walking back and seeing all the different places where different things happen and like oh that's like where we had our first kiss and this is where we had our first conversation um yeah so very nostalgic um in the best way all the memories came back yeah it was it was nice being back and like not have to like live how everybody else was living we were like like we would pop out and do what we're doing and then like we can go back to like

hanging out. We didn't have to like go back to the rooms and stuff. Yeah, it's like you feel like you're, you're, you get like you're a little above it. You know, you're like I get the VIP treatment. Yeah. We got to be like Wells while we were there for that day. Yeah. And they, they had a stay at Vedanta, which we had never been to. So that was

really nice. Oh, that's right. It's property. Oh my gosh. Yeah. It was huge. Yeah. It was like a maze. We were getting lost like trying to find dinner places and stuff. That was us, too, and we were there. It's massive, but so beautiful. So what was the vibe of the wedding?

Because that was like your first time putting on a dress and walking down the aisle. So how did it feel? And like, you know, Blake was there. Wells was there. There was some familiar faces for you. And did you have any family there as well? No, no family. It was.

We could have. We could have had like our parents, probably maybe brother's sister. but since we had Puerto Rico already planned we kind of just said it was just going to be like for us for paradise and just kind of keep it simple logistically and all that travel and all that stuff plus my mom didn't have a passport at the time

so it was like yeah we were like if they all can't be there then let's just not have anybody so yeah we decided to just keep the Puerto Rico one for all our family and then just have Paradise for fun and with the cast and Wells and like yeah nice so they know blake was going to be there because it's like luck

like it's kind of hit or miss if he's still down there or not right like just if the timing aligns but he wasn't technically he like came back for the wedding he wasn't there and i had told him before he left for the season to make sure he was still there when we got there for this and we get there and they take us to i did like we didn't know what was going on until we literally got to the beach. At Vodontza, we didn't know who was still there or whatnot. And as soon as we got there, we find out Blake went home like the night before and all this nonsense.

And I was like, then we got him on the phone. One of the producers, we like got him on the phone. And I'm like, hey, you got to come back over here. So, you know, of course, Blake, he's like, oh, I'm not coming back. He came back, of course. He came back. Nice. And then to go back to what you asked Serena about Mari putting on the dress and like just the vibes of the day.

Yeah, how was it? Yeah, it was good. Okay, so in terms of like the order of the day, you know, we woke up together. We were staying at the Vedanta and then they separated us, which I wasn't expecting. So they separated us for like the entire day up until it was time to go. But I liked it because it helped to build up the end. anticipation, you know? I was surprisingly, I was like super nervous. I didn't think I would be. But yeah, I remember like being all sweaty and like, oh my gosh, what if I, yeah, it was hot.

But I felt super nervous. But it was, it was nice like putting on the dress and it felt like a very fitting paradise dress. But yeah, yeah, a lot of nerves, but it was cool. Kenny, were you nervous at all? I was, well, we wrote our own vows. So of course, I was nervous. to have to do that part. So I was kind of like super freaking out ahead of time

that I had to memorize it and luckily it was like we're just going to read them so that made it a lot easier but still that that kind of stuff makes me nervous Joe you know how that.

Yeah well yeah but like having to memorize vows that that's a lot like I wouldn't have like ours we memorized our speeches at the end of our season of paradise yeah but those were those were much shorter than our actual like wedding vows were longer for sure yeah we did not memorize our wedding values

as we had like the little books with it printed out. Yes. I can't imagine. No. Memorizing that. Yeah, it was a relief. I was like still in the car, like trying to memorize it on the way down just in case. But yeah, once they were like, don't worry, you can read it.

I was like, okay, good. Thank God. How was the night portion then? Because you guys did like a 80s neon dream after party. Yeah. It was fun. Yeah, it was fun, actually. Yeah.

We had a few drinks. Mari got a little tipsy. actually there was a lot of stuff you didn't see on the episode no way what happened just married you know lots of celebratory shots and we had like signature drinks that they made for us too so i was drinking mari goritas all night yeah it was a long night but it didn't feel long because the the yeah drinks were definitely flowing was that was was that the inspiration to your chicago wedding not really um so for paradise we kind of let them just do what they wanted yeah and i mean i guess we kind of said like we wanted to feel like a very paradise wedding like paradise always has you know

that one signature party event and yeah you know this is where we met and so it's like yeah just make it paradise do whatever you want um and i think that yeah they did a good job with that yeah we we already had the chicago idea sort of point uh in mind before that so it was just kind of random It was similar. God, do you guys remember our, our, like, prom night? Yeah. Yeah, my gosh, the longest night of my life.

That was the longest night of my life. And then people, we were, like, falling asleep on the stairs, just waiting for whatever was happening. Well, because Abigail and Noah were breaking up. Oh, yeah, that's right. And they were taking forever, upstairs, breaking up.

They're still breaking up right now. No, we just picked a wedding date. but no that was I I you guys your memories are different because I really enjoyed that night Joe yeah Joe does have you do have fun memories I like that yeah I like that night well it was also no I did too

that was my favorite like thing we did and me too I remember I do remember it like at some point it was like five or five or six in the morning I think at some point and I was like this is kind of ridiculous yeah but also also that's not new that we had multiple 5 a.m. nights, I feel like. I feel like I was so excited at the beginning because I was like, I can't wait to get off this beach.

I can't wait to go hang out in air conditioning. Just like change of scenery. I love a costume party. And then it was so fun in the beginning. And then I think people were like slowly fighting, slowly breaking up. And then the vibes just kind of like slowly went downhill. Yeah. I remember like us having our like king and queen dance.

And, like, honestly, it was like a sweet memory for us to have, but also being so aware, like, everyone just wants to go to bed right now. Aw. Yeah, but it was a good night. We actually picked our first dance song from that from because when we walked in, that song was the song that was playing. That was like the first song where they were all like, everybody go dance. Oh, was it? Yeah. And Kenny was like, oh, this is like one of my favorite song.

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My dad is a farmer, and my mom is a cousin. So, like, it's not like... What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear. On 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family.

And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes center stage. Available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So, yeah, we used that from the 80s prom. We used that song for our first day.

Puerto Rico and Chicago, we did the same. Yeah, no, I'm just like putting it together now. I'm like, that was the song. Yeah. And then I wore the pink suit at the Chicago party. Yeah. Because that was what I wore on that. Oh, really?

Oh, my gosh. So many callbacks. Kenny nice I like it little Easter eggs it's very sentimental let's talk about the Puerto Rico wedding

and then we'll get into Chicago wedding so Puerto Rico wedding how was it good look beautiful yeah it was yeah it was in November in Puerto Rico

and it was beautiful and intimate and much smaller which I loved just having mainly just our families there And then also for me, it was, like, really cool because, you know, that's where I'm from. That's where I was born. So, like, having Kenny's family be able to, like, see that and kind of partake and learn a little bit more about, like, where I come from and the culture.

That was really special to me. Was it something that you always knew you wanted to do? Yeah, kind of. I think I always kind of envisioned having it there just because, like, all my extended family is there, like, the grandparents and stuff. Yeah. and always just like having that little piece be part of you know whoever i ended up marrying yeah how many people it was like 65 right yeah about 65 um mostly family yeah and a lot of people actually ended up coming in for it which was really cool how many people were at the chicago one

a lot i thought it was like two yeah yeah two okay yeah it was like it was big it was like a big party it was yeah it was huge it was like what is that four times the the Puerto Rico one yeah yeah did anything go like wrong on the day of the wedding because I'm assuming the wedding wedding in Puerto Rico was probably the biggest hardest one to plan with the most like logistics and everything going on so was there anything during the day that like didn't go as planned um I couldn't find my garter anywhere and I was like so sad about it because it was It was going to be my something blue, which I ended up, like, finding something else last minute. But I was so upset because I had this garter, like, custom made, and I couldn't find it anywhere.

It turns out it was in, like, a different car that we weren't using. And I didn't find it until after the wedding. So that happened. It rained the morning of. Thankfully, it didn't rain, like, during. But it was enough, and the heat combined was enough to, like, I had to completely make my hair plan. Yeah, you can't have hair down. with that humidity no and it's and i knew that there was always a chance like it's Puerto Rico it's

the end of hurricane season it's hot it's humid but like towards the end it's very like either really gorgeous or like rainy and unfortunately we got the rainy but like most of the wedding was covered except for like the ceremony but it wasn't it the rain wasn't that bad no yeah it rained for like sprinkles yeah sprinkles like right before we started and then it stopped thankfully the rest of the night It was pretty clear. The DJ, our first dance, though, he played the wrong song. Oh, really? He played the wrong first song?

Wow. He played the only song that you like really can't. Like, I think we had like a bunch of songs set, but I think that's the only one I would have noticed if they had screwed it up. Yeah, that's the only one. Is something different? I wouldn't have noticed. Yeah.

First dance you're going to notice. I don't even know what it was. And then we're like, that's the wrong one. I don't know what the hell I said. And then all of a sudden he started playing a little John's song. Instead, I'm like, which I was like, that's cool. That's funny. And then we ended up having Mari do her dance with her dad first.

And then I went over by the DJ booth and got like made sure he had the right song. And then we went back and did that. Yeah. Wow. It was the only thing really. It was fine. I mean, something else that like only I would have, the only I know about is like they were supposed to play. a different song during the bridal party walking down and then change it for when I came

and they played my song the entire time and it's fine it's not a big deal but it's just like yeah it's just like the little detail that only I would have known about yeah man this DJ was really sleeping at the wheel there he was good otherwise though yeah um I know Chicago winters are really cold would you guys ever try to get a place in Puerto Rico oh yeah we've already talked about it we're not like in the process or anything yet but it's definitely like on our radar um just kind of like have a place to vacation and to to sew some roots i mean like i said i'm from there so i've always wanted to buy a house there and i think it'd be nice to like split time maybe you know like in those colder months definitely you and the dog goes pick up

and head down yeah i i think i wouldn't be surprised down the line we end up there at some point really I've never been I really I've been telling you I really want to go it's easy it's just it's real easy because it's uh you know it's basically you US so it's yeah

you know it's really easy yeah there's it's a lot easier to like move down there and do stuff because of all that but that's crazy to hear you say that Kenny just because you've lived in Chicago your whole life well warm weather Chicago winters will kick your ass out of that brutal

again this is not any time soon here just no I know he's like slow down I didn't think Joe would leave Chicago yeah that's true I've left twice I know you're on Chicago let's go to the Chicago wedding let's talk about so much fun we were there

Oh my gosh. We had the best time, truly. It was so fun. Everyone had a great time. I've never been to like just like a wedding party. But I've heard of them. Yeah. Like what made you want to do that? And where'd you get the idea and all that? So I think just with the sheer amount of people that were there, we always knew like there are so many people who would want to be there who won't be able to make it to Puerto Rico. So we kind of from the beginning always had it in mind that like, okay, we'll do a small and one for family and then we'll open it up so that like all of these people, because Kenny knows so many people. So that all of these other people can come to and have fun and, you know, celebrate with us. So it was always like a plan. But once we started getting the guests together for Puerto Rico and kind of like whittling it down, we were like, okay, yeah, this is mostly just our family.

And then we're like, okay, that makes it easy to kind of split up for the other one. yeah yeah kenny everyone i talked to was like yeah i'm kenny's best friend's cousin's girlfriend i've noticed since i was five i was like what is going on does kenny know everyone that lives in chicago joe knows how it is around here it's you know it is yeah yeah it is just like that in chicago you're also like that well yeah i feel like florence on our honeymoon and like all these people that he knew from chicago were there oh my gosh yeah well we you know we had you know When you have a, you know, weddings are expensive and you kind of have a limit of how many people you could invite. And I was like, if we have it in Chicago, like, I have a lot of people.

Like, I know so many, like, yeah, and like, and we're older too. So it's like we've, you know. I mean, there was like my friend's parents. Yeah. People my dad used to work with. Like people from all the bands that I deal with. So it was like, there actually, there could have been more, but we kind of, I mean, there was some that we probably like forgot to. invite that we wanted to uh but and just in general it was uh we it was it was we just wanted to

be the lax party i think the only thing when you know how it was like at your wedding like there's so many people there like like i feel like we didn't get to hang out with anybody more than that no i literally barely saw you guys i didn't see i don't remember talking to anybody except for i don't remember i talked to my mom and dad in the beginning for like five minutes and i never i never seen then the rest of the night. Like, I don't know. I don't know. I feel like that's what everyone says about, like, unless you have an intimate wedding,

like something that's like, you know, under 60, 70 people, I feel like people always say, like, oh my God, I feel like I didn't get to talk to anyone, which is why we were actually very grateful to have, like, the weekend wedding situation. I feel like it gave us so many chances to talk to people that it was like, if I didn't hit them like on the wedding day, like maybe hit them at like the welcome party kind of thing. But it's overwhelming. I can't even imagine being in a room. with 250 people and every person in that room wants to get like at least two minutes with you guys

in terms of FaceTime. It was a lot. It was like I felt like every time I took a picture, like I turn around and I'm like, okay, I'm going to go to the dance for. And someone else is like, oh, take a picture with me. And I'm like, oh, my gosh. It was like that all night. And I felt like it was like such a reunion night, especially with like all the Bachelor

Nation people. Like I haven't seen. There was guys for my season that I haven't seen in person and a couple of, years now so it's like you want to catch up with everybody but like there's there's no time to like actually get in a good conversation but i did yeah well like i've been and damar i was like i haven't seen you guys since paradise yeah i was like wow it's it's been like two and a half years since i've seen some of but that's so much fun when you haven't seen someone from the show and then like you all get yeah we were all in the same season so it's like you're so much in comment to talk about but yeah

we all went out the night before we all had ended up like at the same bar like people I guess the word spread of mouth and I was just looking around I was like this is crazy like I have not been at an event that's not like a bachelor event with this many bachelor people yeah I mean I guess our wedding but like it's different when I think it's your it's your wedding like I knew I knew who was coming to our wedding at your wedding I was like I didn't realize all these people were coming this is crazy so fun yeah it was nice that so many of the bachelor nation friends could come because I wasn't expecting that many to come, you know, it's

Easter weekend and it's, you know, they got to travel. But yeah, it was nice that we did end up having so many friends come. Yeah, yeah. And anyone from Bachelor that you invited that couldn't make it? Thomas was, Thomas was Oh, yeah, Thomas was supposed to come. Yeah, he was coming up until pretty last minute.

Yeah, he was going to come in for like 24 hours, right? Yeah, he was. I mean, I knew, I knew, obviously, they have the baby and stuff, so it was going to be difficult but uh uh dr jo uh pulled out last minute he was supposed to come by um there was a couple just send you also yeah yeah it was gonna oh i haven't seen her i haven't seen her since yeah i know i haven't seen her in so long um what else there was a few like uh jordan chapman for my season because we were like roommates together uh but they were like they're all he's with uh karenn i think for

your season from our season yeah they're like all over the place uh ed was supposed to come but he's like he lives in Dubai he lives in Dubai but they were like oh what he's been in Dubai for like a year now that makes sense

that makes so much sense so he couldn't so he couldn't go there was a couple other a couple other guys from my season not Paradise but just from our did you invite your whole cast it was quite a bit of them

I mean our cast was weird like we were we had like a huge group of guys that like we still kind of keep in touch for your season of guys i feel like got crazy close i'd know if it was like the the claretatia switch or what but i do feel like like you guys are really tight still yeah there's i mean there's a lot of us that we still i mean it's not like we talk every day but like we still here and there and stay in touch and um but yeah like Tyler smith uh was another guy for my season that was supposed to come by he was he was he was he was an early on our season

but Kenny Kenny invited the whole cast Yeah he did You might take a player too Like Out of Out of all three of your weddings You both can answer

You can take turns What are What is like the one special moment From each wedding That you'll That you It's like the standout Yeah the standout

Some you'll always remember I mean, you'll always remember all of it, but like, you know. Okay, hold on. Give me a second. Recall. All right. So let's go paradise wedding first. Yeah.

The standout from the Paradise Wedding. Hmm. I don't know. I think that one, I think just the feeling stood out the most because it was the first one. Yeah. And so that's where I had like the most nerves and most like butterflies. So like especially coming out when I was like walking to head down the aisle. yeah that was like a hold my breath moment for me

that makes sense yeah I was gonna just kind of say the same thing because that was like the first time we did the whole thing and I mean to me that was like when we got married even though we're not using that date but we did go to the courthouse like right when we got back from filming to make it right you know so it was kind of we were married since then

And, you know, my eyes. Oh, wow. Well, legally. It's true. I mean, we did, we did, we did the same thing. And I would agree, like that feeling of like the first time because it's like, and I'm actually so happy we did it because I would have been like 10 X more nervous at our wedding. Right?

100%. I'm so nervous at our wedding for our vows. But like when it came to like the buildup of the day and like the moment, it was. it wasn't like oh my god we're getting married yeah yeah and like I mean maybe that takes me me some of the excitement but like it really took away a lot of the pressure yeah which was nice yeah yeah it was a lot more relaxed and not just I mean I was still like nervous on totally at the Puerto Rico wedding yeah but I definitely felt like more relaxed like it's okay I've been through this at least once before yeah and like you are already married so it's like you know

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Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom. Listen now. My name is Ed. Everyone say, hello, Ed. From a very rural background myself, my dad is a farmer and my mom is a cousin. So, like, it's not like... What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club?

I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. Onstage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear. Well, 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes center stage. Available now.

Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Yeah, I also think it kind of takes off the pressure of just like having a perfect day. Because like you said, we're already married. So like the fact that like the first dance, you know, kind of was botched or, you know, they played a different song for me coming out. Like those things kind of didn't feel like huge big deal of a mistake because, you know, it's okay.

We're already married. Yeah, yeah, totally. And then, okay, so let's go to a Puerto Rico wedding. I don't know. Okay, so Puerto Rico has been, was my favorite one of the three. Because it was smaller, it was, you know, the more intimate and it was just more about family. I think I had a first look with my dad, and I think that was probably the most special part of the day for me. because my dad's a big baby

and I knew he was going to cry because he's a crier but like actually you know seeing his reaction in the moment yeah that was super sweet

yeah he's great we met he is good yeah yeah yeah for me uh

he actually was with my dad too like my dad doesn't drink like he never does anything I've never seen the shit that he did in the Puerto Rico wedding I'd never seen in my life like

oh really he was drinking and everything Oh, really? I've never seen this man dance in my whole life. He's out there dancing with her dad. There's pictures of the two dads dancing. I'm like, it was, it was something. I've never seen him like let loose like that before.

So that was pretty good. I always remember that. I think second or maybe tied was Kenny crying during his vows. Oh, my God. I was shocked. I was like, oh my God, no way. Marie's, your reaction to Kenny crying during his vows was incredible. I was so shocked.

That's the only time I've ever seen him cry since we've been together. Really, the entire time we've been together, that is the only time I've seen him cry besides a family member's funeral. But, yeah, that was the first time. And I was like, are you kidding? Because I never, ever, like, would have thought. in my wildest dreams that he would cry I don't know why at our wedding

In a very emotional moment Joe didn't shed a tear at our wedding you didn't even get choked up one time so that was a lot down Joe's was a comedy his was a comedy base

it was a stand-up comedy yeah it was a little bit but it was so funny because Mario goes ha no way no but I knew I was like she's shocked he's crying

like oh my God I can't believe you're going to cry that was so funny it was um okay last but not least Chicago yeah I think my like best memory from this one is just like

I took a second to just kind of like watch everyone so I had a couple of outfit changes and I was changing in an upstairs room where you can see down and so like during that time just like taking a minute to like watch what everyone was doing see what's going on um that was really cool for me yeah oh that's nice yeah

for me well that one was that was like that one was super special for me because uh well joe's joe's been there before to the to the bar i've worked there for like my that place is like my whole life for like i've been there for 20 years and you know south side of chicago and being to have all everybody in one room and have all you guys there and just kind of mix everybody together for the night and uh you know and just and make it fun the way it was uh that was it was cool I'm glad it all came together the way it did. He's choking up.

He's choking up. No, that was a lot of fun. Which one's going to be your anniversary date? Do you know yet? Yeah. We're using Puerto Rico as the anniversary. Even though we've been married since June, which is, oh my gosh, almost a year now,

we decided that since, you know, our families are so important to both of us. We're both very family-oriented. So since that's the one that they got to be, part of first that we're going to use that as the anniversary yeah that's what we're going to do that is that we're doing the wedding date charleston september second but what we say this is the debate because we went to the courthouse like 11 10 11 months before yeah before so it's like almost a full year so i'm like do we do our charleston wedding date as our anniversary but celebrate two years

of marriage this year yes and then every year after that just like like three years. Yeah. Yeah. Like one year since our wedding, it's like two years since our marriage. That's probably you shouldn't. Yeah. I think that's what we do.

That's what we don't feel weird this year because it'll be like, well, it's only been one year since our wedding. But like in 10 years, right. I don't want to be like, well, we've actually been married for 11 years and we're not giving ourselves the credit. Like I want the credit for every year. Yeah. So this will be this will be our two, even though we got married last year.

Yeah. Yeah. It's weird. Two years of being married. Yeah. Yeah. Well, under our circumstances were different than most people for all of us. Yeah, that's true.

Yeah, that's why. Yeah, but it'll be, yeah, two years of getting married this year, but it'll be three years of us all getting engaged in June. How crazy is that? Oh, my goodness. That's super crazy. Pretty crazy. I can't believe it.

But yeah, so we actually did the legal, you know, back in June tied together, like with the Paradise Wedding. It's actually the exact anniversary of the day we got engaged. Oh my God, that's so nice. Wow, I just got a little choked up hearing that. Yeah, and it almost didn't happen because I didn't realize that the Chicago courthouse is like right next to our apartment still has like COVID kind of hours. So like days of the week, they only do ceremonies via Zoom. And so we went on the day, June 26th, not knowing this, we show up and we're like, hey, we'd like to, you know, we got the paperwork.

we'd like to do all the do the thing and they were like oh today's a zoom day and i was like oh no i was like um but i was like i mentioned that you know the date was special and the woman was like well give me a second so she calls and i guess there was still a judge there present and she was like okay this judge is here she said she'll do it for you right now so yeah but we did it on zoom in the in the hallway of the courthouse while the judge was upstairs that's crazy so weird oh my god that's so where but it's fitting yeah it's fine i went to the courthouse and faux leather pants and platform what happens what happens in the courthouse the courthouse like exactly actually it's all about either of our situations is like conventional that's the thing

nothing's conventional so like why i try to make it at this point just have fun All right, should we play our little game? Yeah, before we let you guys go, we're going to play a quick game. It is called the newlywed game with Mari and Kenny. So it's perfect for you guys, actually. Okay, who's a better cook? Me. Yeah.

Who gives the best gifts? Me. What? You never gave me anything. I got you that bolster. What? I got you that Bulls jersey that you like lost. Wow. You've never given him a gift, Mar?

I heard of that. He's lying. She did give me a Jordan jersey two years ago. A special. It was last Christmas. He grew out of it, so he doesn't wear it because now he's too big for it. Yeah. But I've gotten him that.

I got him all kinds of stuff. I'm the one that, like, gives gifts on special occasions. And he's like, oh, let's just, like, go to dinner. Well, I give experiences, Joe. Nice. Who's the planner? Me. Yeah.

Yeah. me who's the early bird me him yeah who's more competitive me yeah who's the better dancer oh yeah yeah not me who who's more patient I'm pretty patient though because of me I'm patient with her yeah he is okay so then Ken we'll give you this one Kenny, okay, you seem to need one, so we'll get this one to you. Who picks the best restaurants? Ooh. I usually pick the restaurants.

Yeah, he does. Really? That's actually crazy to me, Kenny, because you're such a chicken, rice, and veg kind of guy. Yeah, but when we go to, we, when I do the rest, when we're going to go out to eat, like, we go out to eat food. Yeah. That's my, that's my cheat. Yeah, that's my special time. He does go.

special stuff. Who's more chatty? Chaddy? Chatty. I, okay, so generally, I think neither of us really, but he does not stop talking once you get him to talk. Well, if I become comfortable and had a couple of drinks, I'll talk, but. Yes.

So, like, at the Chicago wedding, I would try and, like, because there were people from, like, that he has not met, from my side that he hasn't met. and so I'd like try and go find him to like introduce him and he just would not stop talking for like two seconds to like say hi to these people yeah yeah he can talk nice who was more nervous on the day of your wedding and let's call that the Puerto Rico wedding more nervous I don't think you were nervous though were you I wasn't I didn't know she was more nervous yeah who was more emotional on your wedding day well apparently it was you Kenny

all right guys well that's it that is it for the episode that's it it's it for the game it's all done but no thank you guys so much

for taking the time we really do appreciate it we're so happy for the both of you we had so much fun at your Chicago wedding and yeah thank you oh course

anytime we love you guys and it's nice to just like chat I know I'm glad we got to do a debrief because I was like, oh, my God, I want to know all their thoughts from all these weddings. Yeah. My final thought is to anybody who's out there, like, still in the planning or like doesn't know what to do or is unsure, just have the smaller one. Yeah. Small.

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