The Bachelorette alum Gabby Windey has revealed if she wants to legally marry and start a family with girlfriend Robby Hoffman one day.
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Now that the couple has been together for about five months, the Season 19 The Bachelorette star was asked if she'd like to get legally married during the August 31 episode of the "Just B with Bethenny Frankel" podcast.
"Yes," Gabby said of eventually tying the knot with Robby. "Yeah, for once!"
Gabby shared of her desire to wed a woman, "I think it's just another way that we get to commit to each other. Maybe my views will change; I don't really have political views on it."
The Dancing with the Stars Season 31 runner-up shared how she feels she's able to be "a little more romantic and cheesy" with Robby.
"We're always holding each other and [I] get to be a lot more softer and loving," Gabby gushed.
"She asked me to be her girlfriend with a Ring-Pop two weeks in... We celebrate [our anniversary] every month, but if a dude were to do that to me, disgusting! I'd be like, 'Do not act like that.'"
But when it comes to the idea of potentially starting a family, Gabby confessed, "We don't want kids."
When asked if she and Robby had made that decision together, Gabby shared, "Both of us didn't want them separately."
Gabby admitted she didn't open up much about this topic during her time on The Bachelor franchise, which started with Season 26 of The Bachelor starring Clayton Echard before she became a co-star of The Bachelorette's nineteenth season.
"I was like, 'If I met the right person, then maybe I would have kids,'" Gabby told Bethenny Frankel.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOW"Honestly, with Robby, I would love to see little Robbys, and I would love to see her as a mom because she's so hilarious and she's so present."
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But Gabby is apparently living her best life now -- and she doesn't want to change that dynamic.
"We both had tumultuous childhoods and we both went through so much as kids, so we want to be kids now!" Gabby explained on the podcast.
"We are kids and we play so much. We want to be able to have room for ourselves and really treat our relationship like our child. That is our priority and we want to throw all of our resources into protecting it and growing it and nurturing it."
Gabby, however, did bring a dog into the relationship, and Robby already had a cat.
"They don't [get along] right now, so we're reading lots of material... We're hoping for the best," The Bachelor alum noted.
Gabby said she had "a lot of shame" to work through after her time on The Bachelor franchise but now she loves being in a monogamous relationship with Robby and believes "real love transcends gender."
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"We really treat our relationship like a bubble. We want to protect it -- it's its own being and its own entity. We have to treat it separate. We can't just let one person fend for themselves," Gabby said.
The Bachelorette alum also boasted about how she and her girlfriend are both driven and career-minded.
"We both have our sh-t together... The other day, I was like, 'It's amazing we're both up and afloat in our careers because we spend so much time together,'" Gabby said.
"I respect her work so much. She grinds and she's out doing stand-up every night, and I want her to... and I know she's going to be supportive of my [goals]. We do work trips together."
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In terms of their finances, Gabby shared how they split the cost of things and both contribute.
"She's on strike right now. She's a writer. I don't really want to buy into gender norms. I think it's like that even within the lesbian community. Robby is a little more masculine, but I'm like, 'We don't need to be doing that,'" Gabby said.
"I'm with a woman because I feel more emotionally connected. I feel safer with your soul and I like your being... We know what it's like to be a woman and we think similarly. I'm not with you because I want you to pay for everything."
Gabby concluded that she does "well" financially and so she thinks everything is "fine" and "fair."
Prior to meeting Robby, Gabby was engaged to her The Bachelorette winner Erich Schwer.
The pair got engaged during The Bachelorette's Season 19 finale in September 2022, but they split, in an alleged amicable manner, less than two months later.
News of Gabby and Erich's split surfaced on November 4, and then Gabby confirmed she and Erich were over days later during an episode of Dancing with the Stars' 31st season. Gabby said she and her former fiance weren't "in sync" or "the best match" for each other.
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Erich, meanwhile, announced he was in a new relationship with model and social media influencer Elizabeth Turner in February, but they've apparently called it quits since then.
Gabby said she began questioning her sexuality at age 30 and then her desire to date women became stronger while on tour for Dancing with the Stars earlier this year. She then met Robby outside of a bar.
Gabby said Robby charmed her with her personality and sense of humor.
"She was like, 'I'm not going to lie, Gabby, I want your number'... and then we went on our first date and the rest was history," Gabby said.
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