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They found lasting love on season 13 of Farmer Wants A Wife. So Farmer David and Emily McMahon are uniquely placed to offer relationship advice for the latest crop of hopefuls on a new season of the reality TV show.
The pair moved in together straight after filming wrapped. Not long after that, they became engaged. Then came a gorgeous wedding on the farm. And now they are brand new parents with the recent arrival of their daughter, Willa.
I sat down with the duo for a new episode of The Australian Women’s Weekly Love Stories podcast. And I asked them for their personal words of wisdom. What they offered up applies not just to Farmer Wants A Wife, but to anyone looking for a lasting romantic connection.
“I think you’ve just got to have a lot of fun with the experience,” David advised the new farmers. “If you need to take some time to take a breath, talk to your producers. Or talk to the people around you.
“You have got to have fun with it and don’t take it too seriously early on. Let things develop naturally and don’t try to force anything. The outcomes are so important.”
“My piece of advice is a generic one,” Emily added as to what she’d say to the ladies currently hoping to find love. “Even though it can be a very overwhelming environment, or a bit bizarre or different, just try to remember to react the way you (normally would). Just be yourself is what I’m trying to say. Because after this experience is over, you’re the one that’s going to walk away with however you are feeling afterwards.”
Being genuine and not trying to shape yourself into someone you’re not is a piece of advice they both gave. And that stands true whether it’s for the cameras or for someone else.
“If you’re being yourself and it’s not working, then it just means it wasn’t going to work, and that’s okay,” Emily explained. “Yes, you’ve entered into this unique experience. But it doesn’t have to be forced or have to end up with an outcome if it’s not right.”
It was also important to her during taping the show, Emily revealed, that she didn’t look at it as a “competition”. And that’s advice she shared on the podcast with the current season’s ladies.
“You can’t compare everything you’re doing or saying to someone else,” she advised. “Because at the end of the day, if there’s potential, you’re going to meet your future partner or husband, and that’s because of who you are as a person and how they are as the person – and not necessarily because of the show.”
“People often say, ‘Oh, you won Farmer Wants A Wife,” David added. “It’s really not that. It’s just a way to meet someone. And we’re in a world where it is hard to meet people, or people go through periods for a long time when they don’t have a partner. (Farmer Wants A Wife) is just a really focused way of getting an opportunity to meet someone.”
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