David and Emily: Farmer Wants a Wife, a Wedding and a Baby

Some love stories just make you believe in the whole thing - and David and Emily's is one of them. David and Emily join Tiffany Dunk on The Australian Women’s Weekly Love Stories, with newborn Willa, to share their story: from post-COVID loneliness to a Farmer Wants a Wife speed date where Emily was deliberately saved for last, the blind date that changed everything, a Mudgee proposal hidden inside a fake photo shoot, and a 220-person tipi wedding with a dance floor that guests still talk about. In this moving conversation, they talk about what it really feels like to fall in love when cameras are rolling. Why moving to a farm two weeks after the show ended felt like “coming home,” and how a tough pregnancy brought them even closer together. Plus, the emergency C-section that brought Willa safely into the world, and the exciting new project that means their farm will soon be a place for others to celebrate love, too. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to Love Stories 01:23 Tiffany on reality TV romance and the questions she's always wanted to ask 03:27 Meet David, Emily and baby Willa (her first podcast!) 04:08 Love languages: acts of service, touch and words of affirmation 05:36 Why they each applied for Farmer Wants a Wife 08:05 The speed date: saved for last "to bring it home" 10:09 What it really felt like with cameras rolling and 403 hours of footage 12:27 Having big conversations early and the flirting that didn't make the cut 14:00 Other women in the house - the unspoken rules and the real friendships 17:38 What made each of them sure their lives could blend 19:49 Life after cameras: moving to the farm two weeks later 21:23 Early challenges: laying low, finding work, the community that rallied around them 23:50 Watching it air 24:38 The proposal: Mudgee, champagne, a fake photo shoot — and the ring size handed over at breakfast 27:43 The 220-person farm wedding and the dance floor people still talk about 29:00 How becoming Mr. and Mrs. changed things 30:19 Planning a family 31:19 The pregnancy announcement in the middle of a chaotic family dinner 36:03 How David showed up and why Emily couldn't have got through it without him 36:55 Finding out it's a girl and the name Emily had loved for a year already 38:17 The birth: 18 hours of labour, an emergency C-section and "she's here" 41:09 The first weeks: no sleep, first smiles, and it takes a village 43:05 How parenthood has shifted their future 44:05 What Willa's childhood on the farm will look like 45:19 What they'll tell Willa about how they met 46:25 Advice for this season's Farmer Wants a Wife participants 48:49 What they hope Willa knows about love 50:06 Lagnicourt: their new wedding venue, opening this spring 51:33 Tiffany's wrap-up Check out David and Emily’s new wedding venue, Lagnicourt Weddings and Events, here: https://www.lagnicourt.com.au/ Love Farmer Wants a Wife? Read our coverage here: https://www.womensweekly.com.au/news/... Before you leave... Thank you for listening ❤️ 🗣️ Get in touch What did you think? We are a brand-new podcast and would love to hear from you as we build this together. Join our friendly Love Stories community and visit us at womensweekly.com.au/love-stories-podcast/ Email us your love stories (and any feedback) at awwlovestories@aremedia.com.au If you share your love story on social media, please tag us, we're @womensweeklymag, and use the hashtag #AWWLoveStories Learn more and subscribe to The Australian Women's Weekly at womensweekly.com.au 👈🏽 If you loved hearing David & Emily’s story Share this episode with someone who loves a good 'how did you two meet' story. Leave a rating or review so more listeners can find Love Stories. Send us your own love story at awwlovestories@aremedia.com.au. Our special thanks to our partners at Vixin Vixin real results, simple skincare that's a little bit fancy: https://www.vixin.com.au/ Use the code LOVESTORIES for 30% off your order at Vixin now! Credits: Host Tiffany Dunk Edited by Phoebe Zukowski-Wallace Production by Leah Porges Our wonderful The Australian Women's Weekly team Our Head of Vodcasting is Rachel Fountain