The Dating App Match That Changed My Life!

We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson

FlightStory

Relationships, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This Valentine’s Day, Perrie Edwards and Nadiya Hussain share two deeply personal and very different journeys to finding their life partners, from a dating app match that felt like fate to an arranged marriage rooted in faith, family and courage. Together, they reflect on heartbreak, healing and what real security in love actually looks like. We’re Talking love stories. (00:00) Intro (00:42) Perrie Tells Paul the Story of How She Met Her Husband Alex (04:28) Perrie Breaks Down Her Negative Behaviors in the Early Days of Her Relationship with Alex (08:45) When Did Perrie and Alex First Talk About Marriage? (12:27) Nadiya Explains Her Experience of Her Arranged Marriage to Her Husband Abdal (23:14) The First Time Nadiya Was Alone With Abdal (27:48) How Did Nadiya and Abdal Make Their Relationship Work After the Marriage? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.5	Talking. This Valentine's Day, we're celebrating love in all its forms. Joining us are Perry Edwards
0:37.4	and Nadia Hussein,
0:38.9	sharing two very different and deeply personal stories of how they met the men they'd build a life with,
0:45.3	from a dating app match that felt like fate. To an arrange marriage rooted in trust and courage,
0:51.7	this episode explores what love really looks like.
0:55.3	This week, we're talking love stories.
1:10.7	Where did you meet Alex?
1:12.3	The girls made me go on a date and I'm.
1:16.9	And I'm not good at being a single gali.
1:20.1	Like I was and it was fun and I went on dates but I just think because I wasn't ready,
1:26.9	everyone just give me the egg and everyone just like I just think, because I wasn't ready, everyone just give me the ick. And everyone just like, I just didn't, I don't think I wanted it. I don't think I was ready. But then I got to the point where I felt so alone. And I was like, I don't think I'm good at being single. I think I'm a relationship person. Like I need that other person. But I felt like, yeah, I loved it. I felt
1:47.1	independent. I had a great time. But then I was like, I want to meet my person now. I think it's
1:51.1	time. So it's dating app.
1:52.8	Date an app. So you're on there. Yeah. And so you see Alex? Okay. And then you, you message him or he
2:00.2	messages you? The girls recognized him because they went to a game years ago and he was at the game. The girls were at the game and then the TV people were like, oh, it would be really cool if we had like a footballer and if you were like a pop group, do you want to do it? And like obviously now I know he was like, is the blonde one there? It's the blonde one there. And they were like, no. and he was like, okay, I to do it? And like, obviously now I know, he was like, is the blonde one there?
2:18.1	It's the blonde one there. And they were like, no. And he was like, okay, I'll do it because he had a bit of a crush on me at the time.
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