It may not be the most traditional of love stories, but Sam Wood and Snezana Markoski’s relationship is definitely a fairytale.
However, if it wasn’t for one handy piece of paper, it may have all been a totally different story for the pair.
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Back in 2015, the two met on the third season of The Bachelor and now, five years after giving wife Snezana Markoski his final rose, Sam Wood has shared how he managed to remember who was who on the show.
Taking to Instagram, the 39-year-old personal trainer shared a never-before-seen ‘cheat sheet’ producers gave him to help him remember the names of all 21 contestants who were competing to win his heart.
‘Having a big clean up and found this gem,’ he wrote in the caption. ‘It was always you Snez and it always will be.’
We imagine he studied it between takes, in transit and possibly slept with it under his pillow.
However, although his caption was no doubt intended to be a romantic gesture toward his wife and the mother of his two daughters, Willow and Charlie and stepdaughter Eve, some of his followers took exception.
“Not sure this sits well with me. I love you guys and I love that you chose Snez. I love that you’ve found love and family but… the others?” one wrote.
They added that sharing the other women’s photos alongside a caption about Snezana made them look like “losers” in a competition.
“I know your intention is to honour the incredible woman you got to choose and love, but this sits a little uneasy with me,” they explained.
Sam’s photo also caught the attention of ex-Bachelorette Georgia Love, who it seems had less of a helping hand when it came to learning the names of her love interests.
No stranger to a comments section, she wrote “Oh my god, is this a cheat sheet?! I never got one of those!”
Earlier this month Sam told New Idea that he and Snezana were ‘meant to be’ and that ‘meeting [her] was weirdly fate’.
‘We’re so well-suited, and when we met, we desperately wanted to grow a family. We balance each other, and now our life is all about our girls, and that brings us closer together still.’ he added.
The Woods share two children together, Willow, two, and Charlie, six months. Snezana also has a 14-year-old daughter, Eve, from a previous relationship.
The couple tied the knot in Byron Bay in December 2018, and recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary.
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