May 6, 2025 • 12 mins
It's Producer Pedro here, and allow me to introduce you to Josh's new husband, his dream man who I've matched him with, Stefano. Our own social experiment has now begun as we see if that concept of two strangers being blindly matched and moving in together can fall in love without anyone there to bring in drama or twists.
Everything will be unfolding live (give or take a day or two at the start for editing of the wedding) and subscribe to this podcast for every full length episode as their relationship progresses, with shortform clips and visuals on the MAFS Funny Instagram.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey guys, and welcome back to the Maths twenty podcast
and a very quick update for me because you're all
about to be introduced to my new husband before me,
which is so weird to think because by the time
this podcast goes out and you're listening to it, I
will have had my phone taken off me with no
idea who this dude is, and you will have listened
to his intro on this and you'll already know, and
(00:23):
you will have clicked on I think the math twenty
page or wherever Pedro my producer is going to post it,
you will have seen what this guy looks like and
if you confuse them, miss the last episode of this podcast. Basically, Pedro,
my producer, has decided we're going to do like a
gay series inspired by Maths where he's foundly a man
to marry and move in with, and we're going to
document it all in real time, like you'll be listening
(00:46):
and watching basically as it happens, give or take like
a day or two for editing, which is so weird
to think about. We want to see if just matching
me with someone I'm apparently compatible with on paper, whether
like a genuine relationship can blossom if we fast tracked
to the point of being serious and married and living together.
(01:07):
And I'm laughing it because I'm so nervous, but I'm excited,
but also like I've got no idea how this is
going to go, and the fact it's happening pretty much
live is terrified. Anyway, Yeah, I recorded my backstory intro
a couple of days ago, and I know that Pedro,
my producer, went to record my husband's today and they're
(01:28):
both about to play after I wrap this quick intro,
and this will be the last direct update you hear
from me, because from this point on, I'm going to
be in the experiment and with my new husband, and
Pedro is going to be editing and posting everything. Also,
one last thing remember as well, as you know, following
this marriage on this podcast, where you'll hear the full
(01:48):
audio from the wedding and my vows and our first
day and our first you know, when we wake up
after our first night together, will record you know, our
thoughts there. You'll hear the full thing in episode on
this podcast, and then there will be little clips on
the Math twenty, Instagram and TikTok, so you know, you
get the visuals. You can see us in these moments. Also,
if you know I'm fighting with my husband or we
(02:09):
have a disagreement, you guys can comment and give me
advice and get involved to an extent because you know
I'm gonna need it. And that's where we're different to
the show, because you know that there's six months between
them filming and that air and on TV, and everything's
done and usually we know the outcome. But this, now,
this is, as I keep saying, unfolding in real time.
(02:32):
So yeah, I will see you on the other side.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Welcome to a new kind of experiment. After years documenting
the many failed relationships of those who have dared to
turn to reality television in an attempt to find love,
it's now time for Josh to focus on finding his
own happily ever after.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Hi, I'm Josh.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
I'm thirty three, I'm gay, and I've been single for
I don't even know how long now it feels like forever.
My issue is that whenever someone good does come along,
I kind of have this habit of pushing them away.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Apparently that's because I'm anxiously attached.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Which is basically a buzzword for needy and insecure, and
I honestly don't mean to be like that.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I'm just not cut out for modern.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Dating and all the casually seeing multiple people at once
and keeping your options open. Like I am an old
romantic at heart, and I just want to meet someone
and know in a split second that they're my person
and from that point on it's just me and them,
which is apparently a lot to ask for in the
gay world. My ideal guy, though, would just be someone
who's kind, compassionate, and content with the small things.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
Is that a reference to your digsaws?
Speaker 3 (03:47):
No, I don't worry. My future husband has nothing to
worry about that.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
I just mean someone who's like happy with the most
laid back, chilled lifestyle and can just find fun in
the everyday stuff.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Surprisingly, despite my career, actually quite introverted and I can
get in my head quite a bit, and I am
known to isolate myself.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
On my friends when I am struggling.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
So maybe having someone who's a little bit more outgoing
would be quite good for me, someone who in those
moments where I am stressing and spiraling with my mental health,
so just give me a hug and be like, Josh,
you're good you've got this. The world isn't ending. I'm
here for you, and now let's just go and have
fun and someone that I can be there for too,
Because when I am with someone like I'm backing them
(04:30):
in everything and I've got their back no matter what,
I don't even care what they do for work or
how much money they make or any of that stuff.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Like to me, the materialistic stuff is so irrelevant. Like
I work hard and I've.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Built a nice life for myself in Australia. I just
wish I had someone to share it with. I do
get lonely, yeah, like I'm not going to pretend I don't,
and especially like having the family here either, Like that
gets to me as well. Just things like you know,
every morning waking up and strolling down to the beach together,
or falling asleep next to someone watching a movie on
the sofa, just having someone to do like those simple
(05:05):
things with that that is what I want so.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Badly, Like that is the number one thing I'm looking for.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
But growing up gay where I'm from, the world around
me told me that that wasn't ever possible for people
like me, that I'd never be able to be myself
and I'd never be able to have this happy ending.
I was taught that gay was a bad thing before
I even understood what gay was or what I was,
hearing things like ooh, that's gay, that's disgusting, puff fagot
(05:33):
as this every day accepted language, like only then to
slowly realize what gay is and that you may be
this thing that everyone around you seems to despise so passionately,
and then having to carry that secret and the shame
attached to it, and constantly paranoid that if someone finds out,
like your life would not be worth living anymore, it'd be.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Over like that, like that that fucks you up.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
And it is hard thinking back now because for the
first half of my life I always felt so like
worthless as a person and unwanted and unlovable and a
burden to my family and just in theory, to everyone
else around me, like yeah, I was a boy, but
I wasn't one of the boys, and I wouldn't ever
be and couldn't ever be, because they would never accept
(06:19):
me if they knew who I actually was. Even as
I eventually came out and moved away, like those feelings
never fully left, and even now, every time I have
a couple of dates with someone and I think, oh,
you know, this is it, this guy, He's the one,
only for them to then ghost me or fuck me around,
or just you know, wait until I sleep with them,
to then never speak to me again. Like all those
(06:40):
feelings just fled back, and it's like my mind starts going, See, Josh,
you know everyone was right. No one wants you, no
one will ever love you. You'll never be able to have
these things that you want. Josh, Josh, Josh, I know
that's very sad, and I'm sorry you went through it,
But do you reckon? Maybe we can end it on
a positive so I can do one of those big
key changes with the.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
View Pedro, shut up, I am getting there.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Give me a second.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Over time, I have learned how to silence that voice
and that self doubt and those insecurities to an extent,
and I do know that my person is out there,
and I kind of the house and the dog and
the weekends doing nothing with someone, and just that dream
that I never thought was possible.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Bro, it's not even your first marriage, you know that.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, yeah, this won't be my first marriage, no, but
hopefully it won't lead to my second divorce. It's been
four years now since my ex husband left me, and
he was incredible and I still think he is.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
But we were not right for each other.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
We never were, and I definitely wasn't ready for that
level of commitment and I still didn't even know who
I was as a person. But I will always be
thankful for him for all he helped me learn about
myself and for just giving me a taste of that
life that I now know is possible, because I am
ready to have it again, and this time I know
who I am as a person, the type of partner
(07:57):
I can be, and the relationship that.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
I did up.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
So I am praying to you, Pedro, please find me
my dream man, because I am so ready now and
I have so much love to give. But me trying
to find that guy on my own is not working,
and no one wants me.
Speaker 5 (08:14):
Leave it with me.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Bro, I got you, I got the perfect guy. I
promise you I'll work it out. You trust me. Yeah, No,
I've never let you down. Cars you have Oh Okay.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
As Josh now stresses out, hoping Pedro hasn't stitched him up,
little does he know that just a few suburbs over
in Bondi. His future husband has now entered the experiment.
Speaker 5 (08:38):
Ei there, I'm Stefan Or. I'm thirty one years old.
I come from Cordora, Argentina, and I have been here
in Australia for about five months. Before I was troubling
the world, but now I feel like I am more
into settling down. Like in Argentina. I'm a lawyer, but
(09:02):
I started a tourism company ten years ago with a
friend and well that allow allowed me to travel around
the world while I'm working, and I also make content.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
So what type of person are you looking for?
Speaker 5 (09:19):
Good question? Well, I'm looking for somebody very resilient, funny,
easy going, somebody very versatile that could be like one
day in a five star hotel and the other day
camping with me in the mountains, like a partner. Somebody
with a big heart, somebody that loved laughing with me,
(09:43):
an easy to go in person. I don't care about
the physics and I live in Bonde, which is a lot.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
So how do you feel about marrying a complete stranger,
somebody you haven't ever met before.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
Well, it's a bit challenging, to be honest, I don't know,
Like I have tried with social media, you know, like
many apps to find the right person, but it didn't work,
so I'm gonna try to do something new. Yeah, I'm
very optimistic, so I hope that we can find the
(10:19):
right person. I miss Argentina a lot. I mean, I
have a lot of Argentina friends here, but I'm far
away from my family, most of my friends. It has
been like almost one year since I left Argentina. I
think a partner will be something very good, so I
don't feel alone. I feel that I have a different
(10:40):
concept of love than the traditional concept. I'm not looking
for my my half orange, because I feel that I'm
the whole orange. I'm looking for an apple, you know,
to make like a food salad. I don't know if
that makes sense. But somebody a partner, as I said before,
like somebody that can grow with me day by day,
learning new things, doing new things, exploring the world. And
(11:05):
I hope that we can find it here.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
So what do you think of, like, say, British people,
for example.
Speaker 5 (11:12):
I mean, like if I had to answer as an Argentinian,
I'll tell you that we have like a lot of
things in the past with British, which is which are
not very good. We cannot judge people for what happened
like thirty forty.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Fifty years ago.
Speaker 5 (11:30):
I know that we are like very different cultures, but
sometimes you can find the right person.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
So would you find them attractive?
Speaker 5 (11:40):
There are many hot guys from the UK for sure,
and very different personalities to be honest, but I found
them hot.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Will it be a match made in heaven for Josh
and Stefano. Make sure you're subscribe to the Maths Funny
podcast and following the Maths Funny Instagram part of their
big day and the journey that follows
Hey guys, and welcome back to the Maths twenty podcast
and a very quick update for me because you're all
about to be introduced to my new husband before me,
which is so weird to think because by the time
this podcast goes out and you're listening to it, I
will have had my phone taken off me with no
idea who this dude is, and you will have listened
to his intro on this and you'll already know, and
(00:23):
you will have clicked on I think the math twenty
page or wherever Pedro my producer is going to post it,
you will have seen what this guy looks like and
if you confuse them, miss the last episode of this podcast. Basically, Pedro,
my producer, has decided we're going to do like a
gay series inspired by Maths where he's foundly a man
to marry and move in with, and we're going to
document it all in real time, like you'll be listening
(00:46):
and watching basically as it happens, give or take like
a day or two for editing, which is so weird
to think about. We want to see if just matching
me with someone I'm apparently compatible with on paper, whether
like a genuine relationship can blossom if we fast tracked
to the point of being serious and married and living together.
(01:07):
And I'm laughing it because I'm so nervous, but I'm excited,
but also like I've got no idea how this is
going to go, and the fact it's happening pretty much
live is terrified. Anyway, Yeah, I recorded my backstory intro
a couple of days ago, and I know that Pedro,
my producer, went to record my husband's today and they're
(01:28):
both about to play after I wrap this quick intro,
and this will be the last direct update you hear
from me, because from this point on, I'm going to
be in the experiment and with my new husband, and
Pedro is going to be editing and posting everything. Also,
one last thing remember as well, as you know, following
this marriage on this podcast, where you'll hear the full
(01:48):
audio from the wedding and my vows and our first
day and our first you know, when we wake up
after our first night together, will record you know, our
thoughts there. You'll hear the full thing in episode on
this podcast, and then there will be little clips on
the Math twenty, Instagram and TikTok, so you know, you
get the visuals. You can see us in these moments. Also,
if you know I'm fighting with my husband or we
(02:09):
have a disagreement, you guys can comment and give me
advice and get involved to an extent because you know
I'm gonna need it. And that's where we're different to
the show, because you know that there's six months between
them filming and that air and on TV, and everything's
done and usually we know the outcome. But this, now,
this is, as I keep saying, unfolding in real time.
(02:32):
So yeah, I will see you on the other side.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Welcome to a new kind of experiment. After years documenting
the many failed relationships of those who have dared to
turn to reality television in an attempt to find love,
it's now time for Josh to focus on finding his
own happily ever after.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Hi, I'm Josh.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
I'm thirty three, I'm gay, and I've been single for
I don't even know how long now it feels like forever.
My issue is that whenever someone good does come along,
I kind of have this habit of pushing them away.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Apparently that's because I'm anxiously attached.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Which is basically a buzzword for needy and insecure, and
I honestly don't mean to be like that.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I'm just not cut out for modern.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Dating and all the casually seeing multiple people at once
and keeping your options open. Like I am an old
romantic at heart, and I just want to meet someone
and know in a split second that they're my person
and from that point on it's just me and them,
which is apparently a lot to ask for in the
gay world. My ideal guy, though, would just be someone
who's kind, compassionate, and content with the small things.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
Is that a reference to your digsaws?
Speaker 3 (03:47):
No, I don't worry. My future husband has nothing to
worry about that.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
I just mean someone who's like happy with the most
laid back, chilled lifestyle and can just find fun in
the everyday stuff.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Surprisingly, despite my career, actually quite introverted and I can
get in my head quite a bit, and I am
known to isolate myself.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
On my friends when I am struggling.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
So maybe having someone who's a little bit more outgoing
would be quite good for me, someone who in those
moments where I am stressing and spiraling with my mental health,
so just give me a hug and be like, Josh,
you're good you've got this. The world isn't ending. I'm
here for you, and now let's just go and have
fun and someone that I can be there for too,
Because when I am with someone like I'm backing them
(04:30):
in everything and I've got their back no matter what,
I don't even care what they do for work or
how much money they make or any of that stuff.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Like to me, the materialistic stuff is so irrelevant. Like
I work hard and I've.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Built a nice life for myself in Australia. I just
wish I had someone to share it with. I do
get lonely, yeah, like I'm not going to pretend I don't,
and especially like having the family here either, Like that
gets to me as well. Just things like you know,
every morning waking up and strolling down to the beach together,
or falling asleep next to someone watching a movie on
the sofa, just having someone to do like those simple
(05:05):
things with that that is what I want so.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Badly, Like that is the number one thing I'm looking for.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
But growing up gay where I'm from, the world around
me told me that that wasn't ever possible for people
like me, that I'd never be able to be myself
and I'd never be able to have this happy ending.
I was taught that gay was a bad thing before
I even understood what gay was or what I was,
hearing things like ooh, that's gay, that's disgusting, puff fagot
(05:33):
as this every day accepted language, like only then to
slowly realize what gay is and that you may be
this thing that everyone around you seems to despise so passionately,
and then having to carry that secret and the shame
attached to it, and constantly paranoid that if someone finds out,
like your life would not be worth living anymore, it'd be.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Over like that, like that that fucks you up.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
And it is hard thinking back now because for the
first half of my life I always felt so like
worthless as a person and unwanted and unlovable and a
burden to my family and just in theory, to everyone
else around me, like yeah, I was a boy, but
I wasn't one of the boys, and I wouldn't ever
be and couldn't ever be, because they would never accept
(06:19):
me if they knew who I actually was. Even as
I eventually came out and moved away, like those feelings
never fully left, and even now, every time I have
a couple of dates with someone and I think, oh,
you know, this is it, this guy, He's the one,
only for them to then ghost me or fuck me around,
or just you know, wait until I sleep with them,
to then never speak to me again. Like all those
(06:40):
feelings just fled back, and it's like my mind starts going, See, Josh,
you know everyone was right. No one wants you, no
one will ever love you. You'll never be able to have
these things that you want. Josh, Josh, Josh, I know
that's very sad, and I'm sorry you went through it,
But do you reckon? Maybe we can end it on
a positive so I can do one of those big
key changes with the.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
View Pedro, shut up, I am getting there.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Give me a second.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Over time, I have learned how to silence that voice
and that self doubt and those insecurities to an extent,
and I do know that my person is out there,
and I kind of the house and the dog and
the weekends doing nothing with someone, and just that dream
that I never thought was possible.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Bro, it's not even your first marriage, you know that.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, yeah, this won't be my first marriage, no, but
hopefully it won't lead to my second divorce. It's been
four years now since my ex husband left me, and
he was incredible and I still think he is.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
But we were not right for each other.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
We never were, and I definitely wasn't ready for that
level of commitment and I still didn't even know who
I was as a person. But I will always be
thankful for him for all he helped me learn about
myself and for just giving me a taste of that
life that I now know is possible, because I am
ready to have it again, and this time I know
who I am as a person, the type of partner
(07:57):
I can be, and the relationship that.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
I did up.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
So I am praying to you, Pedro, please find me
my dream man, because I am so ready now and
I have so much love to give. But me trying
to find that guy on my own is not working,
and no one wants me.
Speaker 5 (08:14):
Leave it with me.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Bro, I got you, I got the perfect guy. I
promise you I'll work it out. You trust me. Yeah, No,
I've never let you down. Cars you have Oh Okay.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
As Josh now stresses out, hoping Pedro hasn't stitched him up,
little does he know that just a few suburbs over
in Bondi. His future husband has now entered the experiment.
Speaker 5 (08:38):
Ei there, I'm Stefan Or. I'm thirty one years old.
I come from Cordora, Argentina, and I have been here
in Australia for about five months. Before I was troubling
the world, but now I feel like I am more
into settling down. Like in Argentina. I'm a lawyer, but
(09:02):
I started a tourism company ten years ago with a
friend and well that allow allowed me to travel around
the world while I'm working, and I also make content.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
So what type of person are you looking for?
Speaker 5 (09:19):
Good question? Well, I'm looking for somebody very resilient, funny,
easy going, somebody very versatile that could be like one
day in a five star hotel and the other day
camping with me in the mountains, like a partner. Somebody
with a big heart, somebody that loved laughing with me,
(09:43):
an easy to go in person. I don't care about
the physics and I live in Bonde, which is a lot.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
So how do you feel about marrying a complete stranger,
somebody you haven't ever met before.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
Well, it's a bit challenging, to be honest, I don't know,
Like I have tried with social media, you know, like
many apps to find the right person, but it didn't work,
so I'm gonna try to do something new. Yeah, I'm
very optimistic, so I hope that we can find the
(10:19):
right person. I miss Argentina a lot. I mean, I
have a lot of Argentina friends here, but I'm far
away from my family, most of my friends. It has
been like almost one year since I left Argentina. I
think a partner will be something very good, so I
don't feel alone. I feel that I have a different
(10:40):
concept of love than the traditional concept. I'm not looking
for my my half orange, because I feel that I'm
the whole orange. I'm looking for an apple, you know,
to make like a food salad. I don't know if
that makes sense. But somebody a partner, as I said before,
like somebody that can grow with me day by day,
learning new things, doing new things, exploring the world. And
(11:05):
I hope that we can find it here.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
So what do you think of, like, say, British people,
for example.
Speaker 5 (11:12):
I mean, like if I had to answer as an Argentinian,
I'll tell you that we have like a lot of
things in the past with British, which is which are
not very good. We cannot judge people for what happened
like thirty forty.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Fifty years ago.
Speaker 5 (11:30):
I know that we are like very different cultures, but
sometimes you can find the right person.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
So would you find them attractive?
Speaker 5 (11:40):
There are many hot guys from the UK for sure,
and very different personalities to be honest, but I found
them hot.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Will it be a match made in heaven for Josh
and Stefano. Make sure you're subscribe to the Maths Funny
podcast and following the Maths Funny Instagram part of their
big day and the journey that follows
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