Alex Casey takes a trip to Lincoln to visit the only couple from the first season of Married at First Sight NZ who are still together. Originally published by the Spinoff To cross the threshold into Brett and Angel’s marital abode is to be greeted with a welcome that sums up the MAFS NZ season one golden couple perfectly. “Come on in,” the doormat exclaims, “we’re awesome!” The pair meet me at the door with huge bear hugs, both wearing Crocs studded with matching Lincoln FC Jibbitz.
As we go to sit down at their kitchen table, Brett turns off a noisy plastic hedgehog toy, placing it down on a tiny table near a stack of soft-coloured blocks. Their daughter, Vienna , is with Nana for the morning, but she, too, clearly has awesome vibes. Looking across their sun-soaked 4ha Lincoln lifestyle block, I posit to the pair an eerie Sliding Doors -inspired thought: none of this would be here if they hadn’t both applied for Married at First Sight NZ nearly seven years ago.
“Sometimes I just forget that that’s how we met because it’s been so long now,” Brett says with a laugh. “I never think about meeting Angel on a TV show, it wouldn’t even cross my mind. I can go a whole year and not think about MAFS once.
” Angel admits she thinks about it slightly more often, and gets “goosebumps” if she ponders it too hard. Fans of season one of Married at First Sight NZ will remember the pair’s competing giant grins and relentlessly sunny disposition, even when face.