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Before Taylor Krause realized that now-husband Garrett Josemans was “H๏τ,” they each struggled with physical attraction.

“To be completely honest, Garrett and I were not attracted to each other at first,” Taylor, 30, said during the Wednesday, November 13, episode of “The Viall Files” podcast, which coincidentally premiered on their first wedding anniversary. “We were really in love with each other. It’s not because I didn’t think he was a good-looking guy and it’s not because he didn’t think I was a good-looking person.”

Taylor and Garrett, 33, met inside the Love Is Blind season 7 pods when the experiment came to Washington, D.C. in fall 2023. After a seamless pod bond, including connecting over mutual scientific pᴀssions, Garrett proposed sight unseen. The couple only met in person after Taylor said yes.

“It’s because your brain just explodes when you do the reveal,” Taylor said of the attraction struggle. “For 10 days of falling in love with someone by just talking about things, and then you don’t really build up an image in your mind. Then, the doors open and there’s, like, 70 cameras on you. You’re excited, your adrenaline’s rushing but you’re still like, ‘What just happened to me?’”

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Once Taylor and Garrett made it to the cast trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, they had time to process their engagement.

“In Cabo, [I] was like, ‘This guy’s really H๏τ,’” Taylor recalled. Garrett said the feeling was mutual, adding, “100 percent.”

Garrett also felt like he was “melting down” on reveal day.

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“My nerves were in a million pieces,” Garrett told podcast host Nick Viall. “The reveal comes and [I] saw Taylor and I was just like, ‘Oh, hi, you’re beautiful and all this and that.’ Then you get out of there and you’re just, like, in a daze. … And this is everybody [on the show].”

Once they arrived in Mexico, Garrett also quickly realized that he was indeed attracted to Taylor.

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“I was like, ‘God, what was I freaking thinking? This is crazy. I’m in love,’” he added. “I’m not gonna lie, I was just trying to kill the awkwardness with kisses.”

Taylor and Garrett’s relationship only grew stronger throughout their whirlwind engagement. They were one of two couples, alongside Ashley Adionser and Tyler Francis, to get married in the season 7 finale.

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Taylor and Garrett now split time between their respective hometowns in Virginia and California. They are also planning a move to D.C. soon.

“We’re very excited about going and just exploring [the city],” Garrett said. “We’re just excited about starting our own chapter, our own lives in D.C. and seeing where that takes us.”

Love Is Blind is streaming on Netflix.