Theresa Nist’s Handling of Their Prenup Gave Gerry Turner the “Worst Case of Cold Feet”
Though Gerry was no longer looking at their romance through rose-colored glasses (“As it got closer and closer to our wedding date, my doubts about Theresa grew”), they continued the journey to the altar for their televised January 2024 vows.
Having overseen mediation for divorcing couples in the past, a prenuptial agreement was a must for Gerry. He overnighted the paperwork to Theresa, then got nervous as days ticked by without her filling it out. On her Dear Shandy appearance, Theresa said the delay was due to her not understanding which pages of the document to return, with her stressing, “I told him, ‘No, I would never in a million years take your money.'”
Still, as Gerry waited to get the signed paperwork, “I began to worry she was going to run out the clock,” he admitted in his book. While she eventually signed, the anxiety gave Gerry “the worst case of cold feet,” he said, acknowledging he began to think they should have dated longer before agreeing to forever.
“But there was no way to stop this wedding, certainly not while saving face for myself or Theresa,” he wrote. “The only alternative was to suck it up, keep my mouth shut, and go through with it, honoring my earnest commitment to give 100 percent to make our marriage a happy one.”
