90 Day Fiance: The Other Way couple Ariela Weinberg and Biniyam Shibre have admitted they can't seem to agree on wedding plans and so a wedding may not even happen.
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"It remains to be seen," Ariela, 30, said. "I'll leave that one on a cliffhanger."
Ariela was a 28-year-old from Princeton, New Jersey and Biniyam was a 29-year-old from Ethiopia when they met in 2019.
Ariela stumbled across Biniyam while traveling the world and staying in Ethiopia for two months, and then the couple got pregnant. Ariela therefore decided to stay in Biniyam's native country so they would be together for the birth of their child, Aviel or "Avi," now 19 months.
Ariela and Biniyam found themselves fighting often, but Ariela still accepted a marriage proposal from Biniyam after giving birth to Avi.
Ariela shared how she and Biniyam have "taken time" with their engagement.
"A lot of people get engaged and they get married right away. I think... one of my concerns is and points [of contention] is that Bini is a party person. He likes a big wedding, a big party and, you know, he likes to go all out," Ariela explained.
Biniyam, however, said "it's not about partying" for him when it comes to saying, "I do."
"In my culture, if you have to do a wedding, you have a big wedding. Like, your father's side, your mother's. That's the culture I'm used to, that's how I grew up," Biniyam said.
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Ariela, on the other hand, told Us that she envisions a small wedding, maybe at the beach.
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"I don't know. I don't want a big wedding, and so I don't know how we're going to work that one out," Ariela acknowledged.
Ariela and Biniyam also haven't even decided on which country their wedding will take place in.
"It would be great if my family could attend the wedding," Ariela said. "I think it would be hard to get the whole family shipped out to Ethiopia."
But Biniyam said he would "definitely" like to get married in Ethiopia.
"I'd like a big wedding in my country. I'd like to show her what a typical Ethiopian wedding looks like," Biniyam told the magazine.
"My father's side is very funny. My mother says it's a different culture [with] a wedding ceremony. I want to show her -- for Avi, for Avi's family... what a traditional Ethiopian wedding looks like."
Biniyam also reasoned how it would be hard to fly his whole family to the United States for their wedding.
"We have kind of a situation," noted Biniyam, who appears to struggle financially in Ethiopia.
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Ariela and Biniyam will be starring on Season 3 of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, which premieres Sunday, August 29 at 8PM ET/PT on TLC.
In a preview TLC released of the new season, it appears Ariela decides to move back to the United States with Avi after Biniyam apparently made a huge mistake.
"I will never go back to Ethiopia after what you have done to me and Avi," Ariela tells Biniyam over videochat.
As shown on Season 2 of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, Ariela, a freelance writer, found out she was pregnant only three months into dating Biniyam while they were in Ethiopia together.
"When I found out I was pregnant, I was really scared, so I came back to the United States for prenatal care," Ariela shared on the series.
Ariela didn't think Biniyam would receive a K-1 visa in time to deliver their baby in the United States, so she eventually moved back to Ethiopia with the idea of living there permanently in order for her son to grow up with his father around.
Ariela had her concerns about their language barrier, finances, different cultures, opposing religions, and Biniyam's job working in the nightlife industry around attractive women all the time.
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But the pair was shown working out their trust issues and reaching compromises on the show's second season.
Ariela, for instance, chose to circumcise her son Aviel after he was born under the pressure of Biniyam and her family, and she also gave in to baptizing the baby in Biniyam's faith as an Ethiopian-Orthodox Christian.
"I'm not sure Ariela even realizes how much she's sacrificing to be here in Ethiopia. I really feel there's a lot of family pressure from his side and she has no support for her own opinions," Ariela's mother Janice told the cameras in one of the Season 2 episodes.
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"Am I making the right decision about where to live? I don't know, but I definitely want Avi to be with his father. That's no question," Ariela said in a confessional.
"Things are not going to be easy, but when you love someone, you try to work through the hard stuff. This is the decision I have made, and I'm sticking to it."
Ariela and Biniyam then got engaged while attending a celebration for the baptism of Jesus Christ, which is a holiday in Ethiopia.
Ariela realized in that moment how much she loved Biniyam even though they fought pretty frequently.
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