'We Don't Like the Dramatics' (Exclusive): Snooki Reveals How She and Jionni LaValle Keep Their Marriage Strong

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is loving the life she and her husband have built.

In a conversation with PEOPLE about her partnership with Green Gobbler, the Jersey Shore star, 36, says it's hard for her and husband Jionni LaValle to get alone time. The busy business people and parents of three still make the most of every moment.

"It's definitely rare, and it's hard," Polizzi tells PEOPLE of alone time with her husband.

"We were just talking about him and me going to AC for the weekend, just me and him for a night," she says of planning a trip to Atlantic City, New Jersey. "Just gambling and then going to dinner and then just like having me and him time because it's just so hard, especially in the summer."

"We never have time to go on dates because of the kids' sport schedules," she admits. "So, when the kids go to sleep, we'll go in our spare room, we'll have wine. I'll make like a little charcuterie board and we'll watch a scary movie."

She continues, "It's the best and I feel like that's real to us because we like to chill. We don't like the dramatics of everything. So those are like our favorite moments."

The two met while she was shooting season 3 of the hit MTV show in the summer of 2010. The couple tied the knot in 2014.

"To my kids, I'm an actress. They don't know that was me going crazy on Jersey Shore," Polizzi says of her wilder days. "For me, Snooki and JWoww is some of my proudest moments on reality TV. Me and Jenni had all our kids on there. I really am proud of -

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getting married and having our kids."

"As for my proudest Jersey Shore moment, I would say it's finding Jionni at Karma," she said, referring to the iconic nightclub that was practically a character of the early show in and of itself.

"My proudest moment is meeting my husband because that was the beginning of the beautiful life that we have today."

As she spends time with her family this fall, Snooki looks forward to cuddling up in her Green Gobbler clogs and knowing her household drains are taken care of.

"It's always so crazy in my house. I'm careful with what I use in the house, especially with cleaning stuff. I love Green Gobbler because of the bleach and odor-free products. It's perfect to use around my kids. I've always used them though, and they have the clogs, which I wore in my TikTok," she shares.

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"I got the clogs and I was like, 'Oh my God, because they remind me of my slippers back in the day, like old school Jersey Shore, me on the beach being crazy. So I was like, 'Oh my God, we should do the video of me like, ‘Where's the clogs?’ in my clogs. I loved the concept and that nostalgic Jersey Shore feel and playing off that time."

Laughing, she adds, "Now, my older son... he's probably gonna wear these clogs to school. He's definitely gonna steal them."

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