MAFS Mel Schilling says hubby Gareth insists 'I'm not your client' when they argue
ok.co.ukIf anyone’s qualified to speak about finding love after being matched on a blind date, it’s Married At First Sight’s relationship expert Mel Schilling.
While she may not have married a stranger in front of TV cameras like the contestants, Mel, 50, fell for her husband, Gareth Brisbane, after turning to dating site eHarmony. “We were nearly 40 when we met,” Mel tells us. “I was single for my whole thirties, not interested at all in dating.
In fact, my friends used to say I had ‘F off’ written across my forehead whenever boys came near me. “But I was 39, getting older and I thought I would really like to have someone to spend my life with and have that companionship with.
So I went on to eHarmony and there he was. He was from Northern Ireland but was in Australia at the time.” She continues: “What really clinched the deal is that he lived in a different state to me so we couldn’t physically meet for six weeks.
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