Annemarie and Wayne Carpendale will soon be celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. That’s what makes their marriage.
“Always on the move and mostly happy,” Annemarie Carpendale (45) describes her marriage to Wayne Carpendale (46) in an interview with the news agency spot on news. The couple will celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary at the end of September. There are no precise plans for the day of honor: “We both took time off and let ourselves drift. The main thing is a little time out together,” reveals the mother of a five-year-old son. From August 10th, the presenter will be on duty as a TV matchmaker on the new dating show “Der Heiratsmarkt”, where parents take matters into their own hands when choosing a partner for their children.
Could you have imagined putting your choice of partner in the hands of your parents earlier?
Annemarie Carpendale: Yes, on the one hand, because we always had a great relationship and my parents encouraged me to go on all sorts of adventures (traveling around the world with Bellini, etc.) during my studies. On the other hand, no, because I never actually felt the need – in contrast to the candidates in “Der Eheratsmarkt”, some of whom have been single for four, five, six years – I was really surprised, well, the young people nowadays. (laughs)
What do you think, according to what criteria would your parents have chosen your potential partner?
Carpendale: I think the most important thing for parents is that the guy is reliable, doesn’t mess around and makes the daughter happy. I hope my parents wouldn’t have picked me a bore, but also one that can be used to steal horses.
How did your parents finally react to Wayne, were they both skeptical at first?
Carpendale: Who gets skeptical about Wayne!? No, when you met him on my 30th birthday, we weren’t even together, so getting to know each other was totally uncomplicated. But as moms are like that, she already suspected that something was about to happen, even we didn’t really know that at the time.
You are celebrating your tenth wedding anniversary this year. Do you have anything special planned?
Carpendale: We don’t plan like that. We both took the day off and let ourselves drift. The main thing is a little time out together.
How would you describe your marriage?
Carpendale: Always on the move and mostly happy.
What do you think is the secret of a long and happy partnership?
Carpendale: Of course there is no secret. But important ingredients are: Respect for the other and what he likes to do. Always talking, also and especially about what doesn’t suit you. Enjoy life as often as possible and be spontaneous if that’s possible. And if you still manage to somehow maintain the attraction, then you’re pretty good at it.
Wayne also moderated a dating show with “Herz on Board” this year. Did you get tips from him?
Carpendale: Haha, then he would probably have copied something from me beforehand from “Kiss Bang Love” or “How Fake is Your Love”. Each of these shows has something to do with dating, but is actually very special in itself and has its own twist, the only rule is: get into the candidates and situations and then love what you do, then it works best.
What distinguishes “The Marriage Market” from the many other dating shows on TV?
Carpendale: Well, the special thing is of course the clash of generations. Not only that the parents take over the choice of partner. When the singles get to know each other while the in-laws move into the house with them, you can imagine how wild one or the other mix is and how many exciting conflicts arise.
If you could choose a partner for your son, what would be important to you?
Carpendale: Definitely someone who not only wants a house, kids and cones, but someone with whom he can also be spontaneous and enjoy life.
With “The Marriage Market” a new challenge awaits you. Her long-running show “red.” will be set against it. How badly did the end hit you?
Carpendale: “red.” is my baby, which I created together with the editors, if you can put it that way. It breaks my heart especially for these great creative people behind the camera. The brand “red.” is at least preserved, in any case a small consolation.
How worried are you that your new show might flop?
Carpendale: I’m not anxious about something like that, I’m happy that we have the chance to do something new, great, creative in these times – and in this case, new also means new worldwide.