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Every day is a festive occasion forGabrielle UnionandDwyane Wade!
During an appearance onLive with Kelly and Markon Tuesday,Mark Consuelosasked the actress, 41, if she and her husband had to plans to celebrate their upcoming ninth wedding anniversary.
“Oh, do we celebrate. We’ll celebrate a Wednesday just because! So our anniversary, we usually go big on a big trip with a few other couple friends who are married around the same time,” she explained. “And we have ourselves a very good time in and around the globe.”
Kelly Ripathen chimed in to ask what the itinerary looked like for the big trip, but Union said it was Wade who had most of the answers.
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“You should absolutely ask Dwyane because I’m also the spouse who doesn’t read full emails,” she explained. “I’m like, ‘When did we sign up for this?’ He’s like, ‘It’s in the email!’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I didn’t read it.’ But yes, we have an amazing trip planned. It’s a little cloak and dagger, and I just stopped asking questions because I know it’s going to be amazing.”
While Union added that their anniversary is usually celebrated with a few other couple friends who share similar anniversary dates, she said that her husband oftens chooses travel destinations with warm weather for one reason.
“As a family, D keeps the shirt off,” she said. “So I think he chooses places he can feel the most comfortable.”
Aftermore than a decade together, the couple has much to celebrate as they prepare to mark nine years of marriageon Aug. 30.
Their union made the actress stepmother toWade’s three children:Zaire Blessing Dwyane, 21,Xavier Zechariah, 9, andZaya, 16. Wade is also the guardian of his nephew,Dahveon Morris,21. The couple welcomed their first child together, daughterKaavia, in 2018.
Both Wade and Union have been open about what it has been like raising a blended family. In 2017, Union revealed that Wade and his kids changed herentire perspective on what she wanted for her future.
“I never wanted kids,” she told PEOPLE at the time. “Then I became a stepmom, and there was no place I’d rather be than with them.”
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Speaking aboutwhat makes their relationship work, the couple shared in a joint interview with PEOPLE in 2021 that it all comes down to transparency.
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“This is both of our second marriages, and we’re super transparent about that,” said Union. “We didn’t do it right the first time around. There’s another way — to be more collaborative and equitable. We humble ourselves, listen, and we meet in the middle.”
source: people.com
