Married at First Sight star Stacia Karcher has revealed that she felt pure "bliss" after marrying Nate Barnes on the show's fifteenth season.
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Married at First Sight experts Dr. Pepper Schwartz and Pastor Calvin Roberson matched Stacia, a 37-year-old accountant, and Nate, a 34-year-old day trader, who are both from San Diego, CA, to wed on the Lifetime reality series.
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When looking back on her wedding day and exchanging vows with a total stranger, Stacia was asked to rate her marriage to Nate during the July 13 episode of Married at First Sight: Afterparty.
"I was at a 10," Stacia gushed to Afterparty host Keshia Knight Pulliam.
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"I'm just in bliss at this point," she added. "I was just going in with no true expectation, but I'm very picky. And he was just checking off all these boxes. I'm just in bliss."
Stacia confirmed that she felt drawn to Nate right off the bat.
"I'm physically attracted to him. He's tall, he's handsome," Stacia shared.
But Stacia wasn't so sure things were going to work out for her that well.
"Actually, when I was walking down the aisle, I would not pull my head up at all," Stacia confessed.
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"I think I was 60 percent down the aisle before I even put my head up. I was terrified."
She reiterated, "I was terrified! I was like, 'What am I doing?' When I finally look up and I see him, I'm like, 'Oh, okay! I'm going to hurry up getting down the aisle now!'"
Stacia admitted on Married at First Sight that, when dating, she'd immediately ask men about their credit scores. She also previously said on Afterparty how she'd end her marriage to Nate if he didn't agree to sign a postnuptial agreement.
Stacia had grinded for years to build wealth, and so at age 37, she determined how she finally wanted to be married and welcome kids soon, hopefully two of them.
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As for Nate, a "Hustler with a Heart," he's always had an entrepreneurial spirit and strong drive to be successful. He said he's ready to take care of a woman and would love to be a power couple.
Fellow Married at First Sight bride Krysten worried Stacia, who is so well put together and articulate, would intimate her groom, but the other grooms worried Nate, who admittedly has a past, would be a little too flirtatious for his wife following the men's wild bachelor party.
While Nate was partying hard with an exotic dancer, Stacia was shown telling her friends how she'd like a man with edge who receives attention from women but also respects boundaries and doesn't invite the ladies to come to him.
When the pair first met at the altar on their wedding day, Nate told Stacia that she's "beautiful," and Stacia reassured her husband that he's "very handsome."
Stacia learned from Nate's friends and family that Nate is a caring and attentive "deep thinker" who also enjoys hiking, biking and adventure. But they also called him "a freak in the sheets" as well as a "diva."
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Stacia's loved ones told Nate that she's an independent and hardworking woman with two school degrees and multiple sources of income. Nate was also informed that Stacia sleeps with her eyes open, which disturbed him a little.
In her vows, Stacia promised to be his dance partner through life and to honor, respect and cherish him. Nate vowed to be Stacia's rock and her calm in any storm. He said he would be her vision when things get hazy and he would protect her always and be her best friend until the end.
During their first conversation, the couple discovered that they both work from home, and Nate said he got exactly what he had asked for -- an attractive boss. He said she "embodies everything" he's ever wanted in a wife and so he needed to give this relationship all of his effort.
"I feel like I haven't felt this happy in a really, really long time. I've waited my whole life to be married... I've been single for years and I think it was because I was afraid of getting hurt again," Stacia said in a confessional.
"But I am hopeful. I think it's going to be an amazing story to tell our great grandchildren."
Stacia gushed about how she had all the "romantic feels" for Nate, which was something she hadn't experienced in a long time.
Married at First Sight's fifteenth season currently airs on Wednesday nights at 8PM ET/PT on Lifetime. The show also stars Alexis and Justin, Krysten and Mitch, Lindy and Miguel, and Morgan and Binh.
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