Real Housewives Of New Jersey star Dolores Catania, 55, is engaged at the same time as her son and daughter

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dolores Catania couldn't have dreamed up this very real scenario even on her show.

Catania, 55, told People that being engaged and planning a wedding at the same as her son Frankie, 27, and daughter Gabrielle, 30, is 'like out of movie.'

'Who would have thought, when they are little, and they're running around, and, you know, you're playing mom, who would think?' Catania told the outlet.

'It's not the natural order to be engaged at the same time as your kids, however, it's a very happy household.'

The reality star, who shares her kids with ex-husband Frank Catania, got engaged to her boyfriend Paul 'Paulie' Connell on November 10 of last year.

She was 'ecstatic' when Paulie proposed with a 15-carat diamond ring and an 11-carat center stone at the Apple Store in Woodcliff, New Jersey, where they met nearly five years ago while waiting in line to get their phones fixed.

Catania's happy moment came nearly nine months after her son Frankie popped the question to Nicole Perricho, 30, with a custom-made diamond engagement ring at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on February 22, 2025.

As if that were not enough for the mom-of-two to digest, daughter Gabrielle accepted her 31-year-old partner Mike Tallia's proposal on a snow-capped mountain in Aspen, Colorado on March 19 of this year.

Gabrielle's engagement ring is a 5.03-carat, oval-cut diamond ring from John Anthony Jewelers, the same luxury jeweler where Paulie got Catania's ring from.

Now there's triple reason to celebrate as the three plan their separate trips down the aisle – and with the same wedding planner, JoAnn Gregoli.

Frankie and Nicole's wedding is set for August 1 in Portugal with a vow renewal  ceremony and big party planned at the Indian Trail Club in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, on October 30 for family that couldn't travel overseas.

Gabrielle hasn't dived into her wedding planning yet since it’s only been days since the proposal, but will go wedding dress shopping at White House Bride in Edgewater, New Jersey, when she's ready, per People.

'[Gabrielle] goes, "Mom, I just got engaged, don't talk to me about the marriage yet,"' Catania revealed.

'I will have to remember when it's my daughter that it's her wedding and not mine, and that I'm going to have to be okay with whatever it is she likes because it's her day, and I'm sure the wedding planner will remind me of that.'

Catania would love her 'dream wedding' to be a 'big party' with 'all' of her Real Housewives co-stars.

'Paul and I would envision a big New Year's Eve party - informal, a bunch of people having a good time all night celebrating with us,' she shared.

Meanwhile, Catania is preparing her children for the good times and the hard times that walk hand-in-hand with marriage.

'The biggest advice I told them was, "In the hardest of times, can you picture this person standing by you?"' she recalled. 'I also told them both, "I’ll never let you fall on your face. Just because you're getting married, doesn't mean I'm not your mother. Now I have four kids.'

She added, 'I told them, "You also marry the family," and both of their families are everything I could have prayed for. They are wonderful.'