Aleks and Marinah both lived and worked at an apartment complex in South Phoenix where they met. Marinah made the first move and asked Aleks to be friends with her. They soon became very close friends after a year, started dating (also because Marinah made the move). Aleks and Rexx moved in with Marinah, Thomas and Teddy about 6 months into their relationship and by January 2023, they moved into a house in Mesa together. In April 2024 they added another dog into the mix, Zeus, and soon found that training a dog together with Thomas is harder than doing it alone. Their relationship became stronger in 2023, after Aleks quit his job and started his own company, Handyman & Window Cleaning LLC. and at the same time Marinah broke her leg and heavily depended on Aleks to do everything for her. All of Marinah’s family was expecting a proposal after she graduated from ASU in May 2024 but Aleks had plans of his own, this was all Aleks and Thomas. Aleks and Marinah and Thomas are planning to buy a house shortly after the wedding and spend forever together.