Aubrey’s Bridal Update! Real Talk on Expectations, Wedding Planning & Preparing for Marriage

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The bride is back! Victoria’s best friend of 20 years, Aubrey Gavello, spills the tea on all things wedding planning and what it’s really been like stepping into her bridal era. They dive into the highs and lows of planning a wedding, the traditions Aubrey’s keeping (and skipping), and how she’s shifting into that marriage mindset. From how she knew her fiancé, Wood, was the one to navigating the whole merging-finances-or-not thing—nothing’s off limits. Aubrey also opens up about the pressure to make the big day perfect, staying grounded in what really matters, and her best tips for current or future brides. Tune in for the real, unfiltered version of wedding planning you definitely won’t find on Pinterest!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.4	Welcome to RealPod. It's your host, Victoria Garrick Brown, and this is the podcast where we hold nothing back.
0:11.4	Oh, so we're getting deep, huh? I really cried for 12 days straight.
0:15.9	Why do I want to be perfect? There's nothing in my life that is perfect.
0:19.1	Every week, I'll bring you honest, unfiltered,
0:22.0	and eye-opening conversations to help uncover the real in all of us. I crave the type of content
0:27.5	that you're talking about. I actually felt insecure. Oh my God, I'm not going to cry. Let me just
0:31.8	unload everything. New episodes every Wednesday. Leave those filters at the door because it's time to get real.
0:44.5	Go into the chapel and we're going to get married. Okay, I won't keep singing even though I really want to because joining us today is
0:56.8	the bride of my life. That's right. Aubrey Gavello, you know her, you love her. She's
1:03.8	practically your best friend if you listen to RealPod because she's Real Pod's best friend.
1:08.2	She's in the intro like soundtrack theme song. You know at the end of the intro to RealPod where best friend. She's in the intro, like, soundtrack theme song, you know, at the end of
1:12.5	the intro to RealPod where it goes like, am I about to just unload everything? And then you just hear
1:17.5	the most infectious, jubilant, bubbly laugh ever. That's Aubrey Gavello. Even though she doesn't really
1:22.7	need an introduction, because she's my best friend of over 20 years. She's been on the podcast more times than I can count.
1:28.7	She was my co-host of so much to say. For anyone who's maybe unfamiliar, I'll give you the quick
1:33.8	overview. Aubrey and I grew up next door neighbors. As I said, we've been besties for over 20 years.
1:39.2	We went to first grade through college together, lived together for most of that time. And she was formerly
1:46.3	a real estate agent and now a full-time content creator because she makes the most adorable and
1:51.3	hilarious couple content on the internet with her fiance, Alex Wood, who also happens to be
1:56.8	my husband's best friend and former college roommate. Yes, the whole thing's kind of crazy.
2:01.5	It's kind of crazy. But it's okay. We love it like that. Aubrey is engaged. I'm so happy for her.
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