The ultimate commitment! Married At First Sight’s Bryce Ruthven and Melissa Rawson get matching tattoos just days after their final vows
Married At First Sight’s Bryce Ruthven and Melissa Rawson have taken a major step forward in their relationship by getting matching tattoos.
The controversial couple, both 32, got identical forearm tattoos on the Gold Coast just days after filming their final vows in Sydney in early December.
‘They got the tatts after the final vows when they went home to visit Bryce’s parents for Christmas,’ a close friend told Daily Mail Australia.
The ultimate commitment! Married At First Sight couple Bryce Ruthven and Melissa Rawson show off their matching tattoos during Wednesday night’s reunion episode
Forever! Daily Mail Australia can reveal that just days after filming their final vows, Bryce and Melissa, both 32, decided to mark the celebrate the occasion with matching ink
The tattoos feature a cross enclosed in a diamond shape, with two lengths of string coming from the bottom to form a kite.
Bryce also has a tattoo of headphones to represent his radio career, but he’s had that for almost a decade.
The couple showed off their new ink during Wednesday night’s dinner party reunion, which was filmed in Sydney in February.
‘They got matching tatts a few days after the final vows on the Gold Coast when they went home to visit Bryce’s parents for Christmas,’ a friend told Daily Mail Australia on Thursday
The newlyweds declared their love for one another in gushing Instagram tributes earlier this week.
Melissa shared a gallery of photos of the couple looking smitten, and wrote: ‘Our love may be controversial, but it is epic and it is real.
‘We love each other and there is no better feeling.’
Tribute: Bryce Ruthven and Melissa Rawson pledged to stay together after Married At First Sight’s final commitment ceremony on Monday night. And after the show aired, the couple, both 31, declared their love for one another in gushing Instagram tributes. Both pictured
She added in a second post: ‘My heart is full. I love this man so much and we truly make each other happy every single day.
‘While it might be hard for some to believe, it is my decision, my life and my choice. And I choose him. He is my partner, my lover and the man that I have fallen head over heels for.
‘Our love story is what I asked for; an all consuming and unconditional love. And I have found that with Bryce.’
Alongside a series of photos of the pair looking smitten after the ceremony, Melissa wrote: ‘Our love may be controversial, but it is epic and it is real. We love each other and there is no better feeling’
Bryce echoed Melissa’s feelings in his own Instagram post, writing: ‘I came into the MAFS experiment for one sole purpose, knowing there was a chance it may not work out the way I wanted.
‘Wanting to find love and someone to share my life with, I leave MAFS with a full heart and the most genuine, loving, and supportive woman I’ve ever met. Words can’t describe how much I have fallen in love with Melissa’.
The pair decided stay together at their final vows, despite the many ups and downs their relationship had experienced throughout the experiment.
Married At First Sight continues Sunday at 7pm on Channel Nine
In his own Instagram post, Bryce echoed Melissa’s feelings, writing: ‘I leave MAFS with a full heart and the most genuine, loving, and supportive woman I’ve ever met. Words can’t describe how much I have fallen in love with Melissa’