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Episode Date: September 25, 2025

Should you play demure the second time around when it comes to your wedding? Not according to Alexis Bellino! As the OC Housewife gets ready to strut down the aisle a third time, she's spilling all the details of her upcoming nuptials to McBee Dynasty's Galyna! This wedding is going to be anything but traditional! Will Alexis and John have a prenup? Which former OC cast members made the wedding guest list? Plus, we find out what's going on with Galyna's dating life and what she's looking for! Email us at: [e-mail] or call us at 844-4-I Do Pod (844-443-6763)Follow I Do, Part 2 on Instagram and TikTokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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a ruthless ambition. Listen to Model Wars on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, everyone. It's I Do Part 2, and it's Alexis Bellino here. You might know me from Real Housewives of Orange County. And I am so excited to be here with my friend today, Galena Salkowska from McBee Dynasty. And we are here to talk all things. Love the second time around. Galena, hi. Hi. How are you? Good. I'm good. It's fun to, we've never been in this. a port platform before together. So this is kind of, this is going to be awesome.

It's actually will be awesome. You've followed me around a lot during all this wedding celebration stuff. So we've, we've had a lot of discussions about all this. But for the viewers that don't know you're and I, you know, what television shows we've been on in our past, let's break it down just a little bit,

give them a little history about our love life. So like, how have you been married? How many children do you have? And then we're going to have. to get into the good stuff about like what's happening today with your love life let's do that so yeah uh actually yes i have been married once for 10 years i do have one absolutely extraordinary child uh she is just started her law school in university of nebraska she is 23 believe it or not yeah a little wild story about me um about my past life and you know i'm more excited about the future

well it's also when you say 23 year old like you don't even look old enough to have a 23 year old so I'm like anytime I name my children I'm like oh gosh I can't believe I can say I have someone in college I know right I feel like I'm still in college galena we always in college you know life is like permanent college I feel like yeah so my um background as we know is well you know because you've been following me around, though, but I am walking down the aisle in a very few days. I'm not going to say exactly how many. Are you ready? Galena, do you have your gown? That's what I need to know. Oh, my God. Actually, I have quite a few conversations with all of your friends. We are planning it all. It's the most exciting time of my year, actually, you know. I'm just letting you know that.

That's awesome, because there's a lot of surprises we have for you guys in store. This is more of a Um, this wedding is more of a party than, you know, we're not doing the done, done, done, like, you know, traditional one. So it's going to be a lot of fun around the, around every corner. Um, so I'm excited anyway, but it is, it is, it is, I'm starting to get nervous now because it's not my second time around. You know that, Galena, even though we're, this is, I do part two. For me, this is I do part three, okay? Part three.

So I was married. I know you know this, but I was married one time. before my gym so i had my high school college sweetheart that i married for a year okay at like 23 got to 24 i could have probably gotten it an old but we did not um and then i met jim so i was with the father of my children for 14 years and then lo and behold i meet john who i was just breaking up with another fiancee and three months later and strolls john so it was the timing on mine for my i do I do part two is like really bizarre and I fought it for a while and then I was just like, you know what, when you find the guy or the guy find you, I feel like it's more like they find

you, don't you? I feel like the guys find the girls when it's like, I don't know. I didn't have to seek him out. It was like he found me. This is what, you know, those are all the questions I have for you because I'm like, I literally was married one time. You know, I'm coming from completely different cultural background and I want to have all this knowledge. and all this experience, because sometimes I just wonder, I'm like, you know, I've been married only one time. I don't have a ton of relationship. I'm so looking forward to all of the advices. I have a billion of questions for you because I feel like I still have the chance. Girl, you cannot tell me people are not, you cannot tell me people are not asking you for your

phone number or asking you on dates when you're out. My little, I call you, I tell all my friends, I call you my Russian Missouri friend because, you know, I'm headed back to my farm in a couple weeks and you're coming to see my little podunk farm. And I don't have time to stop by your ranch or, oh, I don't know if you guys call it up. I guess it is McBee Farm, but yours is glamorous, okay? You're coming to my neck of the woods. And I think my family owned only like 4,000 acres, but we're in a town that's like 300 people. and we had most of the land, and it's been in our family for like 270 years.

I don't know, something like that. So, yeah, so you're going to come see that, Galena. And then the next trip. Oh, I'm going to. And we're going to bring the whole new flair to the farm. Hey, can you bring one of your really cool trucks? We need that. Yes.

You know, I got you covered. I'll give you the best truck available. Okay, thanks. I want to drive around in one of those. I do. Oh, I'm going to make you, yeah, we're going to have a lot of fun on the farm. Okay, so what would be one of your questions that you said you have so many of them? Because I don't feel like I have all the knowledge, but I am getting married.

So, yes. Well, A, you know, first of all, like, tell me, like, all about your engagement to John. Like, how did you handle? You know, this is the best advice you can give me your entire relationship. was in a public eye. Not only that, it was extremely difficult. You know, you got a lot of hate. How did you handle? Like, how did you deal with all of that? Well, I cried a lot. I hibernated a lot during that time. But the beauty and all of that was, you know, and the funny part about that is John and I both knew, like, the reason we felt the attraction right away. We knew, oh, gosh, we're in trouble. But we really did just stay on the phone until 2 o'clock in the morning. It was plutonic. It was no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you know, we were like, no, we're not going to go there. We're going to just be friends. And we thought we could handle it. But, you know, two to three weeks into it or a month, it was like we knew there was really no getting out of it.

But then, you know, we tried to keep it quiet and we snuck around for a little bit. And knowing that America would scrutinize us and hate us, well, like, you know, the Bravo world, Bravo fans would not like it at all. So we did hide for a little bit. and then people were sending things into TMZ behind our back. And people, there was even a paparazzi that came down to OC and like got us when I was, because they all knew where he lives, right, because of his relationship with Shannon. And they even got us going to church one day.

So it was, then it came to the point where we had to make a statement and we came out, you know, and let America know. But I think once the hate really, really started, that is what kind of drove John and I, closer together, to be honest, because I think that can either break a relationship. just like a death of a loved one can make or break a relationship but like the scrutiny and the hate we were getting I think um is is part of what just made our bond so much stronger because we're like if we can get through this and every day we'd have to pick each other up like don't turn on your phone don't read anything in the media don't do any of that I think it really um really helped

our relationship flourish even more even that it sounds so weird you know because it was a very stressful time, but it's kind of a beautiful love story. And I always said, I always said to everyone, just give us time. And if everyone really watches it, it's a beautiful love story, how we met and how we persevered through a very difficult season on a national television show. So, you know, and honestly, I am so humbled and so happy that I got to meet both of you and got to know you on a personal level because it completely changed my world too. So, you know, obviously not only you guys had to, I mean, display all your true feelings in front of everybody and stay true to yourselves. And, you know, like, it's incredibly inspiring. It gives me so much hope. And like, I have

enormous respect for both of you. Thank you. Because a lot of people, like, sometimes just give up funded this type of pressure and you just kept who you are, you know, like you felt those true feelings and I don't know, you guys are my complete role models. Like I'm looking after you. I'm like, I'm super grateful. And you guys giving me a hope that there is something that, you know, maybe in the future in store for me. Well, so are you dating? I am still recovering, to be I mean, for anybody who did not see season one and season two of Macbidaincy, and don't know my entire previous background, I'm like, I am, right now I'm just observing, and that's why I have so many questions for you, and, you know, you've been such a role model,

and you literally give me hope because, you know, obviously my entire disaster of the relationship was also on the national TV, you know, available to public. I got an enormous amount of support and I got a lot of hate as well, but it's new to me. So your advice, your guidance, everything that you guys experienced, been everything that kind of kept me going and, you know, giving me hope. So I'm so grateful for you. Well, you did do, not do you did go through something similar on the opposite. that, like, I had a public relationship that began that was hated so much, and you had a public breakup that was very difficult. So we kind of, I mean, I think that is a lot of how we, you and I became

fast friends, too, not only because, I mean, you are a Missouri girl now, so we have that common. But, I mean, if you think about it, we both did have a lot of, of the same scrutiny and hate for two different reasons. One's a breakup and one's a relationship. But John really is what helped get me through it because he, I've never known a man like him. Like, he is just so, he is, he knows his moral compass. He knows his integrity. He is just like, he saw what he wanted and he came after it. And he was like, I don't care about the public. I don't care what anyone else says. And he was just a rock and such a force, you know? And this is so freaking, and this is why I love you guys so much.

I mean, the moment when we had the bridal shower on Newport, and the first time, you know, we kind of like hang out on a very casual, in, you know, format, and I saw him supporting you and, like, genuinely, absolutely adoring you. And I'm like, wow, I mean, I don't even know what that feels like. But I saw how authentic your guys' relationship is. And it just, I don't know, it just put me in such a good mood. It made me so happy for both of you. And who cares what everybody thinks?

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Because, I mean, that's, John and I would have to wake up and tell ourselves that all the time. But then when, you know, it starts bleeding into our children are getting affected by the negative comments. I have to turn all my comments off for three months because there's so much hate. It's like, it's not so easy to just go, oh, you know, who cares what America thinks? in the public eye as you know galena you have to kind of say that no matter what that kind of has to be your motto every day when you wake up who cares the more haters we have that means we're doing something right because if everybody just loves you you're obviously wishy-washy you don't have you don't have the things you stand for like you have to tell yourself all of that but um you know

I often get asked like do I regret or have any insecurities or anything about the relationship And it's like, I think at the very beginning, I think at the very beginning, when it, how big it exploded with the hate and how fast the hate came without anyone even giving us one chance, I went through, you know, probably a week or two of really like questioning, am I ready to do this? Is, is John really the one and worth it? And is, is it something I think I can handle? And, you know, and then all I had to do, Galena really was like I sat back. I think one of the nights we didn't stay together because we still keep kept both of our homes. He lives in like 20 minutes from me.

So it was one of the nights we weren't staying together. And I thought, okay, this is what my life will be. I will be like this. I will not have him tomorrow come stay the night with me. I won't be at his house tomorrow. I mean, that's what your future is going to look like. So are you going to grow the balls, let me just say, to make it through this? Or is it time to close the door and keep him as a friend?

and then America will like me again. And I just thought, I can't, I can't picture a day without him, you know. So I think I probably even then just picked up the phone and called him and talked to him until 2 o'clock again in the morning again. I love it. And this is why I love you so much. I mean, I know, like, this is probably one of those things that I wake up every morning. I'm like, oh, my God.

And, you know, I'm like, okay, I'm just going to be me. And, you know, I'm just going to make it through the day. I'm not going to read any negative comments. And that's when you text me. And then when I text you, you know, I'm like, No, but then you also, I want you to keep remembering when it gets tough like that, text me and say, I'm having a bad day. This is one of the days that it doesn't feel good, because you know, I've been there and I'm going to either send you a Bible scripture

or just give you a little oomph of like, okay, you can make it through it, you know? It really is, this two shall pass. This two shall pass is such a good saying for just everything. But, okay, I have a question for you. So what, okay, if you had any friend that was going through like an ugly like the worst part of the divorce like they just found out or they just are just going through all the attorneys and doing the grunt work of the divorce yeah what would your what would your advice be since you have been divorced after a 10 year marriage that's not just a quick little flame you were married 10 years and have a child yes my only child right yes so what would your advice be what would your one tip just just focus on the future just focus on the

future. Don't, don't try to nag on the little thing that you can get from, you know, the past. I honestly, when I was going through that, I let everything go. I mean, I knew it was, you know, it was over. He was a great father to, to my daughter, you know, we had a great marriage, you know, but at the end did not work out. And what got me through it is just like focusing on the future. and yeah, it's, it definitely was a difficult time of my life. I did not even know how to deal with it, but focusing on the future, that got me through. And you two are amicable. You and your ex are just so that the audience knows,

because I don't think everyone knows our love stories. So you are amicable and co-parented good. We are now, yes. It took a minute to get to it for sure, yeah, but we are now and able to, you know, come to my daughter's events together. and you know he texts me to check in and all that stuff yeah it did take a minute and that was like this is my biggest advice to everybody you know we we're growing at the different pace and patterns in our life we're coming from different cultures and sometimes you know we think we are in love we you know

we have kids together you know sometimes it does not work out and it's it's okay you know in some cases but you know what is not okay is not to be a co-parent and not to support the kids. If we had children together, let's be co-parent. Let's be grown up and, you know, work through things together and be supportive of our children. You know, that's my biggest advice. Like, just be bigger than that. That's good.

And I think that I say this in any podcast I talk about love because I am getting asked. I feel like I'm repeating myself because I am still obviously in the media and doing interviews and people ask about they're so intrigued by the wedding and just everything. about it. So I feel like I'm repeating myself, but I haven't said this to you, I don't think. But I felt like when nobody goes down the aisle in a marriage thinking they're going to get divorce, nobody. Nobody says, I can't wait to marry, pop out a couple kids, and then get a divorce. So the hardest part is wrapping your brain around it and finally figuring out, okay, it's not going to work out, which is what I had to do with mine, because mine was, you know, 14 years.

and we were in therapy almost the whole time. Oh, wow. And, you know, I finally had to come to terms with, you know, it's just not going to work. It's not going to work. And I wanted to, I kept trying to hang in there a couple more years. You know, you tell yourself, a couple more years, just get the kids a little older. Exactly. My advice would be what I said a few minutes ago.

My advice to anyone going through this is just know that this two shall pass. Like, you think, I remember, I was a stay-at-home mom. You know, I know people don't agree with that. But Jim and I went into that marriage knowing, I, I mean, like, he had me quit my job within a year because we were married fast, and then he wanted, we both wanted to get pregnant right away because I was already 27. So it was a very sped up relationship, but I didn't, you know, I, I obviously thought I was going to stay married to this guy forever.

And I, I went through with the whole stay-at-home mom because I did want to be the mom that takes care of my kids. I didn't, like, I didn't want to have a nanny, and I don't think either way is wrong. I mean, if you're a dedicated worker and you're the breadwinner of the family and you're a female, great, good for you. If you're not and you want to be a stay-at-home mom, great, good for you. So, Jim and I went into that together thinking that. But then I remember the first day that we had split and I had to be alone without my kids for the first night. And it was the first 50-50 kind of thing.

And the paperwork wasn't done yet. Our divorce wasn't finalized because that takes, you know, months as everyone knows. but it was where we stopped living under one roof and we started calling nesting, right? We didn't want to disrupt the children. I hadn't found a house yet. I knew I didn't want to stay in that house because I never liked the other house we were living in. It was way too big and I felt an eerie spirit there.

I just didn't like that house. Anyway, so I went and stayed at the Ritz Carlton at the time. It was, you know, and I was like, I am just going to put myself in a nice hotel and just you know, pamper myself. And I curled up in a ball and cried the whole night. I mean, that's all I did. I, you know, paid for that in gorgeous room, didn't use the pool, didn't you didn't do a thing and just cried the whole night,

but at least I was in a nice resort, you know? That's exactly right. I mean, it's the hardest thing. So I want parents to know, and even if you're not parents, that this two shall pass and you do get over the hump of it, you know, the brutality and just not, it's the brutality of the heartache, I guess is what I was trying to say, but it's just, it's so painful.

It really is, it really is. But it will pass. And then, you know, I'm a true believer into, you know, everything happens for a reason and, you know, all of our journeys and experiences are, you know, at the end, you know, it will work out and it shall pass and then we are on better adventures in life, right? Speaking of the better adventures in life, let's focus on those amazing festivities that we had about your beautiful future ahead of you. I'm done with all the hate and all this nonsense. Let's talk about celebrating you and John and everything that happened this year.

Thank you so much for making me a part of it. Let's start with the retreat in Scottsdale. How fun was that? Well, I didn't realize we were going to have so many like shindigs before the wedding. You know what I mean? Like it was just like one thing and then the next thing. And and, you know, I loved the nearly weds because we didn't really have the energy or the time really because it was coming up so fast to do, you know, a Bachelor Bachelorette party. So that was kind of our way of Bachelorette. Nearly Weds is

was our version of what a Bachelor Bachelorette party would be is what I was trying to say. And so that's when we only took the six of us, Galena. It was a very small group of us and we just went off to Vegas. Yes. But that was after the bridal retreat.

But the only reason the bridal retreat happened is because this amazing designer was making a couture gown for me like from scratch like we designed it together and so I was so excited to take you guys to Scott Still with me I can't believe y'all jumped on board I'm like Are you kidding me? I would not miss that for him

and then I send it to my five closest friends and everyone was like we're in and I'm like okay this is fabulous jump on board let's go thanks for all your critiques too I needed all your advice on the gown even though I changed it a lot you don't even know what it looks like now. I think it's so much. I'm excited to be surprised. I'm not going to lie.

No, thank you. I mean, all of that was so fresh and new to me. Because, you know, obviously I had quite a roller coaster of life. So I wasn't spoiled with having amazing girlfriends that are getting married and having this, you know, second chance in life. And, you know, again, like I said before, you gave me so much hope. And then including me in all of those awesome festivities. You know, obviously, Scottsdale was amazing.

And the shower in Newport absolutely loved it. I was, I think... Oh, my gosh, and then there was that one. Okay, you guys are so done celebrating me. That's why I'm so glad. I'm not done celebrating you ever. This wedding is all about spoiling you guys. So I think that's why John and I are the most excited

is because it's just a big party. And we've got a lot of surprises for you. So thank you for celebrating everything for me. me, I feel, I've got like, I feel like I'm like, it's almost like people are going to think I paid you guys to come do it with me. Because how does someone have three festivities like that, that all the girls come, you know, like, here, hey girls, come, I'll give you a thousand bucks. Just come join me, you know, like.

The whole Las Vegas trip. Oh, my God. I'm still like revisiting it all the things. Like, and I really love the idea instead of like Bachelor or Bachelor or Bachelor. Cholorette party having that newly wet experience when we all kind of got together had you know so much fun the whole mini golf was a lot of fun actually I loved it I loved it so much I'm like when we were planning that I'm like I don't I don't want to go to a nightclub I'm 48 John 62 I mean I don't we can do that on another time but I just wanted to do something fun

and put putt put is like for anyone that doesn't go do that when they're in Vegas I think they're out in the darts. I really do believe that that was just such a fun, competitive. I lost big time to John. And I was, John doesn't golf. And I grew up on a golf, like, golfing with my and I'm sitting there bragging to him for like three days. I'm like, I'm going to kick your butt at golf, you know, put putt golf. And my first one, Galena, we were on two different teams. You were behind us. Or no, you were on, you were with us. No, you were with. Yeah, I was with you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, because I videoed you. Anyways, the first hole, I think you guys were on Hole two, you and Spencer.

And first hole, I did amazing. I got like hole in one. I was like, wow, you are good. And then I lost by like 10 or eight at the end of it. At the end of the day, it was all about having fun. You know what I got addicted to? It's that freaking teddy bear. I really wanted to get that claw machine and get the teddy bear.

Like, it literally was obsessed. And I did get one. Not the biggest one. It's not the one you wanted. It's okay. And how much did this bear cost? I settled this one time. How much does that bear cost you, Galena?

You got like a $400, a little bitty plush toy? I was really determined to have that bear, you know. And I got it, so that's what that, you know. At the end of the day, that's what matters, right? That's right. I got what I wanted. That's right. I'm Jorge Ramos.

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want to know when was the last time you went on a date? Wow, you're going straight to a serious question that everybody's wondering. It's not fair that I get to give everybody all my information. When was your last date? Month ago or not at all? Well, you know, I'm definitely not going on the dates with Steve. I can assure everybody of that. I would fly right to your farm if that was happening. No, I mean, that one is in the past, but definitely moving on and open and looking forward to. That's why, you know, I was asking all of those questions of you, because you guys, you're such an inspiration, you know, like you're giving me a hope. Obviously, I've always, you know, I also had quite a relationship on TV and in front of everybody and the breakup and just, everything. So I'm just taking my time right now and healing from all of that and meeting a lot

of new friends. I've been blessed with so many friends here in Kansas City and everybody who been really understanding and just taking one day at a time and, you know, a lot more to come. I promise you I have a lot more surprises. You and I will talk about it next. Okay. We'll talk about it when I see you in a few days when um okay so who what are what are you looking for like what is your type is it are you like physical and like uh like morals and and all the whole package like what is do you okay wait this is the best question i have two questions but let's do part one do you have a type or if you look back at your past they're all different i definitely have a type that's for sure so they all kind of look alike not necessarily look alike um well kind of yes i guess so

Give us, what is the type? Tall, dark, handsome, or shorter, more athletic build? Like, what's your type? The ranch kind of guy. Okay. So we have to have on cowboy boots, a big buckle, and a cowboy hat? You have to be, yes. Yeah.

And, yeah, I'm finding that out. That is so fascinating. Because look at you on a farm. So you wouldn't be attracted to, like, the Wall Street, like the business suit. You want the rancher kind. Yeah, most likely not the Wall Street guys. But, you know, if he's a ranger with the Wall Street skills, yeah, for sure. Okay, so then the next, so I have three parts now. I thought of another question. What's the, so that's the physical part. Okay, so you want to ranch your type. Okay. Oh, facial hair or no? Definitely, yes. Okay. Fascinating. Part two is what are, well, I guess part two kind of goes together, but like four, what are your negotiables or your non-negotiables? Like, what would you, and, and that kind of ties into, like, what kind of a, what kind of attribute, like, emotional, moral compass kind of thing. Like, what, what, what, what. would be, like for me, it's like John has to be God-fearing. My husband, whoever I would marry,

has to read the Bible, believe in, you know, the Christian values I do. That's a non-negotiable for me because it's really hard to date someone who doesn't. But what would be something for you? It definitely has to be a strong moral standards and respectful women. I grow up very different. You know, I grew up in the former Soviet Union. So initially we grew up in a atheist country. However, our, you know, my moral standards were pretty strong, you know, even going through, I went through quite a, you know, a few changes, but yeah, it has to be a very strong basic moral standards, somebody who respects women and, you know, see, you know, as a women, we go through a lot different experiences in life. so those are absolutely like must have and um and this what i did not unfortunately had in the past you know uh i felt like i i had you know just very few relationships in my life and the guys that i've been with they did not have exact respect for women that you know i was

hoping for or imagined or you know i grew up with so I think that's definitely super important to me. And that's why you have a daughter. Right. But luckily you're not with those guys anymore. So now you can now you've learned, you've learned, and now you can move forward. And if you see any of those characteristics, that's when you say this is our last date, right? That's exactly right.

And this is what I've learned, you know, like a lot of time. I'm such a people pleaser. You know, I grew up in Central Asia, you know, in completely different society. So I've never knew how to draw a boundaries between men and women. I was always a man pleaser. And through these experiences, I'm like, okay, you know, I know it's kind of late, not too late, but now I'm learning how to draw the boundary, is how to recognize some of the behaviors and how to speak up for myself.

Good. That's good. And I think that that's why sometimes the relationships that don't work are a blessing in disguise because they teach you exactly what you don't want in the future. And it also matures you. It teaches you how, you know, you are a people pleaser. That is something that's true. So I think it's good for you to recognize that and to also be like, I need to not just please the person I'm with. It needs to be an equal, you know, two-way street kind of thing.

He needs to please me too. So good. Exactly. And the thing is like, yeah, you know, maybe my life was kind of wild and turbulent and the relationships were not the greatest. And I've never maybe drew the boundaries that I should have to begin with. But my biggest takeaway is that I've passed it on to my daughter. And now she is, yes, I put her through some, you know, difficulties. But now she is so much better with her. relationship she knows how to draw the boundaries she she's her own person she you know getting her own education she is completely independent and i'm so proud of her and in a way you know all of the things that i went through she learned from it and she's going to have such a better life and you know so that's how i look at things that's beautiful so then if you get married again do you think like um for john and i like we didn't do marriage counseling before um this marriage, but that's because we both have been through so much. I was in 14 years of marriage

counseling with Jim. And then I had, you know, a therapist. I still have this therapist through my mom's death and through the post-divoris. I got a new therapist. And so John and I discussed it and we're like, well, should we? And we would have and we will. We'll go to therapy if we need to, but we did not because of the fact that we've had, and you know, he has his own therapist too. But we've been through so much therapy that I felt like we're okay at the time. time. So would you, do you think you would if you find Mr. Wright again? I think so. I think I really would love to. Yes, I would love that. I think it just, if you haven't had a ton of the therapy, like I can tell John has, because when we get into a little hiccup or anything, it's, you have

the tools in your tool belt that the therapists have taught you about communication and, and, you know, validate their feelings, like make sure it's not just a one-way street. So, so, yeah, like, so those are the tools it's like it's like uh don't raise your voice don't go to bed mad it's not only even about that it's about like for me it was an ability to just even voice myself you know we uh grew up so much not being able to talk about anything so you know like you agree like i wasn't even able to vocabular it my own feelings so that was a skill on its own and it's it's very hard to learn that kind of later in your life to be able to speak your feelings openly in front of everybody. You did have to learn that then. You had to, you had to learn that because you were

squelped back in New York, in the past. And obviously, when you're in America, you can see that we aren't squelched. We do speak our minds. We do. Yes, that's what I love about it. Yeah. Well, that's good. But I think one of the biggest tools that my therapist has always taught me, this was my past therapist. She passed away. I'd probably still have her, actually. But she was our therapist the whole time John or Jim and I were married. But she would always say, you don't have to fix every argument right now. Take, put it up on your bookshelf and, and don't go to bed mad. Don't go just say, hey, babe, we're budding heads. We're not going to see eye to eye right now. We're going to shelve it. It's still there. We're going to pull it off

the shelf tomorrow or in a couple days and we're going to revisit it when we both calm down, when we both processed and thought it through. And then we talk about it in a couple of days. And I'm telling you that is a life changer because you know and there's even times there was one time we don't argue a lot so i can count them on like like three times maybe but the one of them i really did not want to put it on a shelf i wanted to vomit my feelings out i wanted to i wanted to i'm like no no no no no i'm right on this one i don't you know i wanted to keep going and he just kept looking at me he goes you're the one that taught me to put it on a shelf now go put it up there and we'll pull it off tomorrow and i'm just like oh you're right i got to listen to my own advice now i love it i love it but i think that

would help a lot of married people and a lot, even just dating, whoever your special person is, because you do sometimes, and girls are more talkative and communicative most of the time than men, but, you know, it's helpful, super helpful. I completely agree. I think that it made my life so much easier once I start learning how to be able to speak my feelings, like to anybody. Like, you know, I've been so close up and kind of carried everything inside myself for so long and it affected the way I was reacting to new situations. So, you know, this ability, just open communication makes a tremendous difference. And speaking of the open communication and changing a little bit of a course to positive things because we have a huge celebration next week,

which I'm looking forward to, please tell me, all about next weekend like did you um you know how did you and john like weathered all of that i know that wedding preparations can be extremely stressful and like were you planning all of that did he had any kind of contribution to that like come on how did you handle all of that it's so funny because i was just laughing with him about this a couple days ago because now we're you know we are down to the, you know, the wire. It's very close. But up until about a month ago, I have been bragging to everyone about how easy it is the second time around. I call it the second time around because I don't really count my first marriage. So it's third time's a charm for me. But I just count.

I just say, you know, this is I do part two. So to me, this is I do part two still. He's my second wedding basically. But anyway, he, I was bragging to everyone, all my friends. I'm like, it's so easy. We had hired, this is a funny thing, we hired my wedding planner that did my wedding with Jim. So I asked John, I said, I know, I know, and most people would think, okay, this is really bad luck, bad omen. I had been interviewing other wedding planners. Nothing was jelling. I'm like, we're just, you know, you have to have a chemistry with your wedding planner. And I had a lot of the wedding already planned by the time I started, you know, looking for her. I already had the vision in my mind. We already had the place, you know, solidified. So,

she was jumping in as kind of a part-time wedding planner. But so I'm laying in bed one night. I just ask him, I'm like, honey, I'm like, the worst you can say is no, right? It's not going to hurt his feelings, I hope. So I just said, honey, you know, I'm not having any luck. Can I just reach out to my wedding planner that worked with my wedding with Jim? Because she's amazing. We get along so well.

She knows my everything. And, you know, she did an amazing wedding for that one. That one was a different feel and a, you know, different venue, but did amazing with it. And he's like, I don't care. And I'm like, okay, this is fabulous, you know, like, yay. So called her the next day. She's still in the business, even though now she does Christian therapy, and she's a travel agent, and she does one or two weddings a year.

But she's like the crumb de la crum of wedding planners. She had a TV show 20 years ago back when I was marrying Jen. She had actually done a wedding planning TV show at the time. So that was kind of interesting, too, because we weren't even thinking of being on TV at that point. Housewives had not reached out to me. That was 20 years ago. I think we were married for four years before they actually, you know, interviewed me to be on the show.

But anyway, so bragging, okay, about how easy it is. Got that wedding planner, got the resorts wedding planner that they put you with someone. And then I've got all my party planning skills. So I'm like, this is a breeze, John. I'm not kidding you. The past two weeks, I have not slept. I am constantly forgetting something. I call it, I laugh with my kids and I call it pregnancy brain as the same as wedding brain,

because when you're pregnant, you know how you forget things. You don't know when you wake up that day. You're like, did I do that last night or not? Wedding brain is a real thing, everybody. I mean, it is real. I'm going to know for it. I'm like, no, I did that yesterday. And then I go back to my notes and I'm like, oh, I didn't do that.

And then I'll be like, hey, John, I didn't do that. And then I go to my notes. I'm like, oh, I did do that. It's like, I cannot keep it all straight. So I don't know how we're getting through. And if I pull it all off with, like, without any, you know, any hitch or anything on, on when it is i don't want to say when it is but um i will i will wake up the next morning completely just elated but you know what else i know you know what else i know i'm gonna wake

up depressed because you put so much time and energy and effort into this making sure every little detail is so perfect and then it's just like christmas morning and then all the presents are opened and you're looking at the tree and you're like now i got to take the tree down and you don't want christmas to be over but it's over and i'm like i told john i said thank god we're taking another little mini staycation right after. And I said, I'm going to be so glad that we're there and not going home because can you imagine this big high from being at the wedding, all this sudden down to just being back in our boring old home, you know, watching TV. So, yeah. And we're not doing a honeymoon. We did, we've done so much traveling the past six months. And then right after the

wedding, because that's the number one question. People ask me as where is your honeymoon? That was my number one question right after this month. Well, we're doing it. We're going to do a big, probably Bora Bora or Maldives. I don't know, one of those probably in a few months. But here's the deal. Right after the wedding is John's birthday, my twins 18th birthday in November, then Thanksgiving's in November, then there's Christmas, and then we have three or four more other kids' birthdays

because you know we're the Brady Bunch. So we've got three or four more other birthdays, and I'm just like, Johnny, I cannot, I would not relax wherever we went because I will be Christmas shopping on my phone the whole time. I will be planning things for wall in my calendar for everything we've got coming up. So yeah, so they, it's just

not. Somehow I'm not surprised Alexis because this is one of the biggest you know, like I think that I've learned about you and you know I did not ask any questions about it so far, but how particular and detailed you are and how on top

of everything at all times we would be like at the freaking restaurant eating dinner and you're like on your phone taking care of things you know like because you want to make sure that everything is perfect for your children for everybody you know like you're so particular so detailed so organized i was incredibly impressed with it and i promise you i noticed it immediately well let's cross my fingers that you can you can have this same reaction after this big shin dig because i'm i don't know i'm sure there's going to be some little that's the thing though on this wedding it's like on the first one i probably would have freaked out if

anything goes wrong and on this one it's going to be like okay look let's just figure out plan b and move on like it's whatever it is you know but so the kids speaking of the kids i wanted to share this with you too they um you know i told you it's a non-traditional wedding so one of the things that's happening i'll give this this is this is first new hand information um you know john and i do not like cake we're not cake eaters but my son miles this whole time planning this wedding he's like I'm so excited. My first wedding is going to be my mom's wedding. I've never been to a wedding before. Mom, what wedding cake are you getting? It better be fabulous. It better be huge. It better be this. And I'm like, Miles, we're doing like a Sunday bar. We have, John and I had this whole other

vision of what we were going to do for like a big Sunday bar with gourmet and all this stuff. And he's like, but mom, you have to have a cake. And I'm like, I don't want a cake. Not only are they a thousand bucks or more, it's like, I don't want a cake. Okay. So I, John and I then decided we're going to make Miles as a day. So we went cake tasting. We went cake shopping. We found the perfect cake. And Miles and Kenna are going to cut the cake and serve John and I a piece of cake.

We did the cake only for them, only for them. So it's like that. And then my son, well, all three kids are walking me down the aisle. But then my son, James, is, he plays on the worship team at church. He is going to bless the whole ceremony when we first, not the ceremony, the pastor will do the ceremony. but when we get into the reception he'll be so they each have a role and john's kids did not want a roll but so my kids each have a little something um to make it special but yeah i love it i love it i'm so looking forward to all of that there's so many more surprises that you won't know till i

cannot wait i cannot wait it's going to be an epic weekend for sure well this has been amazing to catch up with you girlfriend i know we'll be amazing catching some more and don't forget to keep the date that I texted you on the books for visiting my farm, and I'll have to give you that after us. I promise you. It's like, you know, like all over my computer screens all the time, and you know how many computers screens I have. I know.

It's constantly like popping up as soon as I open up my laptop. I don't know how you don't have a headache because you are constantly looking at screens. I, after writing even my vows, I'm like, my eyes hurt because I'm on the computer for so long, you know. Alexis, I actually have another question for you. How do you feel about pre-ups? Do you guys have a pre-up? Because I think, you know, especially, you know, at this stage of our lives, I think,

it's, you know, becoming quite a big topic of the conversations. You're just going right for the same question Annie Cohen asked, aren't you? He asked that on watch. You probably didn't know this, but he asked that on watch what happens live when John and I. I have important questions. I'm in finance. Yeah, he, we had just come, gotten engaged, I mean, And Andy just went right for it.

He's like, are you going to sign a pre-in-up? So we did not and are not. We kind of both have the same. I never signed one with any of my other marriages either. We have the philosophy, John and I both do, that if you start your marriage like that, you're already looking for a divorce. And it's like you're thinking in your mind,

oh, this probably isn't going to make it. But then why do you want to get married if that's even a thought in your mind that it's not going to make it? I know a lot of people have a lot to say about that and are going to think we're both idiots and, you know, but I, we just, we trust, we trust it. So, no. Actually, I do agree with you on that, Alexis, because, yes, you know, when you are starting thinking pre-ups, you automatically assuming that the marriage will end at some point. And we do not enter marriages thinking that

it has an expiration date. So I do agree with you. I know there are so many kinds of controversy about it. But I feel like if you're entering the marriage, you trust each other. So then you trust each other with the divorce proceeding. It's unfortunate that there's so many situations that it did not happen, but this is not how I feel about it. And I completely agree with you on that. And it immediately creates like this trust between both of you and definitely does not include an expiration date to your relationship. Exactly. It's interesting. because you and I are both probably in more of the minority for that, by the way. I mean, I have a feeling most people would disagree with us.

And I've, trust me, I have had earfuls of people telling me I'm an idiot. What am I thinking? You need to sign a pre-up, like all of that. But I, we're doing it our way. And I agree with you on that. Because, you know, like, I was married only once. And when it did not work out, I feel like I was extremely fair through our divorce proceeding. I did not ask for anything, I did not have any kind of spousal support.

I did not take one, you know, because I felt like I was, you know, one of the reasons why it happened, you know, we kind of grew apart. And I wanted to make sure that it was fair. And I don't need a piece of paperwork or pre-nups or anything like that to have a good moral standards and make it right for both of us when the relationship did not work out. I agree. And I think that's the best way to handle it. And that's what Jim and I did, because we didn't have a pre-up either. So, yeah. But you text me the other day and asked, you know, well, obviously, you know, Tamara and I are close, but you asked, you know, who else is coming from the cast? And so I never texted you back. Obviously, I knew we were going to be chatting today. But so, Heather and Tamara were invited to everything. Heather, as we know, has a very busy life and has three kids in different schools. So on the wedding, weekend. She's actually she's in one of her

one of the towns. It's a parents weekend at one of her kids' schools that weekend, so they'll be at that kid's school. And then, obviously, Tamara and Eddie are coming. I love that. Joe and Taryn, you know, are coming because you were at the nearly wed celebration with them. You're coming.

That's it from the cast. And then my other girlfriend, Brianna, I don't think she's filmed with me, but she's also in the makeup industry and has, you know, does a lot on on social media for that. So that's actually what Spencer is your table. That's your table right there. So that's a good table.

Oh my gosh. I'm going to be at the table was Joe and Tamara and Spencer. Tamara's best friend is coming. So yeah, I'll sit you by Spencer. You'll, yeah. You'll have, he can be your date. I am so looking for it. Well, Galena, this has been

so fun to catch up. A lot of the information we already knew about each other, but it was good to let the listeners learn a little bit more. Because if there's any listeners stepping into their chapter two, our advice is do not give up, you know. And if you don't know where to start, be sure to call us or email us. All the info is in the show notes. Follow us on socials because we definitely want to hear what you have to say. We love your comments and feedback for I-do Part 2, which is an I-Heart radio podcast. We're falling in love is the main objective. Bye, everybody.

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