Years into weeks

They may have married at first sight but there are other relationship hurdles the couples have also hit far sooner than normal.

Expert John Aiken said, “By no means [is] this experiment easy. You get thrown all sorts of challenges in a very short period of time that frankly, couples normally wouldn’t experience over several years.”

1. Lack of intimacy in a relationship

This is generally not an issue at the beginning of a pairing, but Carly, Justin, Gab, Nasser and even Pat and Charlene have all expressed intimacy issues. Carly and Justin even had a special intimacy therapy session to try and address the problem.

As Telv pointed out, the couples have been spending close to all their time together. But for Sarah, this wasn’t enough. She was hugely upset with Telv not communicating with her when he wanted to go to the gym and for looking at his phone too much. “He’s distracted - usually by his phone. When I want to talk about something he’s not there, he’s off to the gym. … I want him to want to be with me. … I feel very much like a part time lover. … I want a full-time husband,” she explained.