Farmer Wants A Wife‘s Andrew Coleman has shared his perspective on the break up of his engagement with Claire Saunders, and his comments have turned a whole lot of heads.
Andrew of FWAW shares his perspective on his split from Claire
Speaking with Woman’s Day, Andrew shared that after Claire had “an extended stay in Tasmania” she wanted to speak with him about the wedding.
“She asked me how I was feeling about it all,” he said.
“During that conversation, I expressed some doubts about getting married, and I remember saying I felt like something had changed, but I didn’t know what.”
According to Andrew, things seemed fine after that initial chat, “But the next day I was at a field day, and Claire texted me saying she’d cancelled the wedding – and she’d already informed her family and friends and that I probably should come home.”
“When I got back, Claire was quite upset, as was I. She told me she had work to go to in Darwin and I was quite shocked and confused – when I left that morning, I thought things were OK!”
In the end, however, he shared with the outlet that “despite the pain, I feel like we both made the right decision and in moving forward, we can both take some learnings from our time together.”
Earlier this month, Claire opened up about her reason behind the split with Andrew.
Claire and Andrew were supposed to get married in July 2024 but called off the wedding at the last minute. At the time, Claire took to Instagram to reveal that her wedding to the 2023 FWAW lead was off.
“My dogs and I have headed north to Darwin to work for the dry season. Andrew and I have had to cancel our wedding due to reasons out of our control, but we are both okay,” she began in an Instagram post.
“I’m not sure what else to say other than, sometimes life is hard and we all just need a little breathing space. There will be no farming content from me for the foreseeable future,” she cryptically added.
Now, she’s opened up about why they decided to cancel their wedding, and where their relationship stands now.
Why did FWAW’s Claire cancel her wedding to Andrew?
Claire told So Dramatic that she and Andrew had spent time planning their nuptials before she decided to pull the plug.
“Andrew was quite stressed due to the wedding planning and his father being unwell… so we started arguing about silly things,” she told the podcast.
“I asked him why we got engaged, and he said it was because that’s the natural progression of things.”
Claire explained that his non-committal reply led her to call the wedding off.
“I saw red. Then I said, ‘I’m not going to drag you to the altar.’ And the next day I told him I was cancelling the wedding. It was supposed to be a joyous time… I felt like he took that away from me.”
Reflecting on her life since breaking up with Andrew, she told Yahoo Lifestyle that they no longer talk.
“I cancelled the wedding in July. You can’t make someone marry you,” she said.
“He wanted some space so I went to Darwin for the dry season and the wheels really fell off after that.”
Are Claire and Andrew still together?
Following Claire’s announcement that she and Andrew had cancelled their nuptials, she posted her wedding dress for sale on Facebook.
While the wedding is clearly not going ahead, are FWAW’s Claire and Andrew still together?
“We’re over, we’re finished,” she told the So Dramatic.
“I’m seeing out the dry season here in Darwin, and when that finishes up, I’ll pick up the rest of my stuff [from Andrew’s farm] and head to Tasmania.”
She added that she doesn’t think she and Andrew will get back together.
“The ship has sailed for me because of the amount of damage that he has caused in all relationships, not just ours,” she said.
“My family’s relationship with him, his family’s relationship with me. It’s not harmonious now. It’s not as pure as it was.”
Claire reiterated the sentiment to Yahoo Lifestyle.
“We’re not in contact now at all. It’s been a terrible time.”
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