Farmer Wants a Wife (FWAW)‘s Ally and Dylan looked completely smitten at the finale and the Reunion, but it turns out their happy ending didn’t last. In an exclusive interview with Chattr, Farmer Dylan revealed the couple split soon after the Reunion was filmed and lifted the lid on what really happened.
Dylan explained that after he and Ally left the Reunion, he couldn’t shake the guilt that she was sacrificing everything in her life to build a future with him.
“We went back to [my farm] in Adelaide and just yeah went about normal life for a bit, and then it kind of all got a bit much, I felt like I was stringing her along a dream that wasn’t hers,” he said.
Dylan said that he initially ignored the niggling doubt, but after about two weeks he broke up with Ally and told her that she deserved someone who was more compatible with her lifestyle.
“I didn’t handle it too well,” he admitted. “I suppose, I didn’t really communicate the best I should have. But yeah, I essentially just called it. She wanted to try and make it work, but I felt cruel [staying in the relationship] because I wasn’t willing to compromise.”
“I just felt like Ally is a really cool chick, and I think she’s got her future planned out, and she knows what she wants, and I think she deserves the bloke that’s gonna give that to her, not some fella that’s not really willing to compromise on his dream for someone else. I don’t think someone should have to do that for me.”
“I don’t think it’s fair on her to jeopardise her future to chase my dream, and my dream is working with horses and becoming a successful saddle bronc rider, and I don’t know how long that’ll take. I know she wanted kids in five years, like that was kind of a deadline. And I’ve been riding for two years, and I’m only just starting to get somewhere with it. I don’t know how long it’s going to take.”
Dylan added that Ally didn’t want to break up, and begged him to give the relationship another try.
“It wasn’t what she wanted. But, I didn’t want to string her along for the outcome to be the same,” he said.
“She was willing to [sacrifice things] to make it work, but, I don’t know the right words, but you know when you know what someone wants, and you can tell that they’re putting it aside for you?”
Farmer Dylan was ‘gutted’ by his breakup with Ally
Farmer Dylan said that although the split was his call, there was a point where he was in love with Ally, and said it hurt him to hurt her.
“I felt gutted, but it was self-inflicted,” he said. “It’s one of those things like you feel sad and you’re like why do I do this? But then you gotta remind yourself there’s a reason for it.”
Now, with about five months having passed since their breakup, Farmer Dylan stands by his decision.
“I don’t regret it. I think it was the right thing to do, although it hurt her. I think it was only fair to her, even though she might not have seen it that way,” he said.
Why did Farmer Dylan pick Ally knowing their passions didn’t align?
Farmer Dylan told Chattr that, in hindsight, he would have done a lot differently. He admitted he got swept up in the Farmer Wants a Wife experience which stopped him from taking a hard look at whether he and Ally could realistically build a future together before choosing her.
“I didn’t really think about it, if I’m dead honest. As the whole experience goes on, you’re kind of like, this will all makes sense, and it’s, I suppose, one long honeymoon period, and then it kind of all fizzled. Well, not fizzled, but I’d probably say just like the reality of life kicked in,” he explained.
“I just think we were in two different places, and it was only once we got to the reality of life that it kind of all sunk in.”
Where do Ally and Farmer Dylan stand now?
Farmer Dylan revealed that he and Ally cut off contact completely after their split, but an unexpected group chat with his runner-up eventually brought them back together to clear the air.
“We didn’t talk for a while, and then our group chat with Scarlett kind of popped off, and that kind of made us become pretty good mates over that. [All three of us have] become pretty good mates, and been good mates since.
Dylan added that his and Ally’s relationship shifted course after they started talking again in the group chat.
“We’re mates. I yarn with her a couple times a week on the phone or whatnot. Like, just to catch up, or if she gets worried about something, she’ll give me a call and talk through it or something.”
So, is there still hope for a romance between Dylan and Ally in the future?
“Nah, I think it’s completely done,” Dylan said. “I think in the long run we won’t align, and that’s something that’s important to me. And I know it’s important to Ally.”
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