90 Day Fiance: The Other Way couple Kenny Niedermeier and Armando Rubio have revealed their biggest source of conflict and points of contention, although they claim to be "more in love" than ever after quarantining together in Mexico.
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Kenny moved from St. Petersburg, FL, to Mexico to be with his great love, Armando, and the pair tied the knot in May 2021 at the Mansarda winery in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
"You can see from our smiles things are going great," Armando, added. "We are living life and learning from each other, things are great."
Kenny admitted, however, Armando was the bridezilla out of the two of them.
"But I always say this: if we can make it through quarantine, a pandemic and planning a wedding, we are meant to be," Kenny said.
And Armando conceded to being a little bit of a bridezilla, sharing, "I guess so... I guess I am."
"We had a long-distance relationship. For so many years we wanted to be together and to come together, so when finally Kenny came the other way and came to Mexico, it allowed us to get to know each other much more than just being on a phone call for years," Armando said.
He continued, "We had been long distance for about three or four years, so quarantine kind of made our friendship, our relationship, much stronger. We got to know each other even more and we came out more in love, I'd say."
Kenny confirmed the coronavirus pandemic hit only four months after he moved from Florida to Mexico.
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"It does show, I think, that we were meant to be because we had our struggles and things we didn't quite know about each other, but it all worked out well for us," Kenny told People, further explaining that being "locked up" helped him get to know his community and neighbors a lot better.
RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWWhen asked to reveal their biggest struggle thus far as a couple, Armando joked that Kenny's driving is stressful -- and Kenny accused Armando of being a passenger-seat driver.
Kenny also said Armando is "a big-time overthinker" in that he "over-analyzes everything to a fault."
"He'll make the smallest thing into the biggest thing or he'll worry, worry, worry. And I'm more chill-axed, so that's something we're getting used to with each other," Kenny revealed. "And he's trying to chill out a little more and be more relaxed."
Kenny said Armando's worry-wart nature led to "conflict" that 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way viewers are about to see on the show.
On Armando's parents -- who weren't exactly accepting of their gay son marrying another man -- Armando shared, "They are still learning and trying to embrace us and accept us and see what we're all about and obviously, through our life and just daily living I've tried to slowly show them how we're just in love and that's all it is.
Many of Armando's immediate family members, however, attended the wedding.
"Again, it's still a work in progress but I do have faith for the future," Armando noted.
Kenny, however, admitted he's not as patient when it comes to winning over Armando's parents and receiving their support.
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"I want to move things along, I don't like to sit idle on things," Kenny explained. "And a lot of times I look at things like, 'Why can't they understand this? Or why can't they get this? Or why can't they see it the way we see it?'"
"So that's a little bit of a struggle, but a lot of it does play out on this season, how it's going," Kenny noted.
"Everything isn't straightforward, everything isn't smooth for sure but we're really trying to work together on it and come together on it."
As for their future together, Kenny and Armando said they are looking forward to a "big" honeymoon in Switzerland once the pandemic ends.
And the newlyweds are definitely considering having more children together. (Armando has an eight-year-old daughter Hannah from a previous relationship and Kenny has five adult children whom he welcomed with a female friend many years ago).
"That is something that we're in discussion about and working on what we want and that is another thing that we're going through on this current season," Kenny teased.
"We are working that out and seeing where that is, and a lot of that has to do with my family and with Armando's family. We have a lot to consider."
Season 3 of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way is set to premiere Sunday, August 29 at 8PM ET/PT on TLC.
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