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00:00:12Welcome to love is blind when I think about the future you're in it you were made for me
00:00:17you could say that oh you have me smiling ear to ear yeah you got the tingly wingly
00:00:23I have the tingly wingly you will finally have a chance to fall in love based solely
00:00:27on who you are on the inside I love you Ash I love you and I would love to know
00:00:33if you
00:00:33do the honor of being my wife I would love to will you marry me yes you'll get engaged
00:00:41and then you'll finally see your fiance for the very first time oh my god you're so handsome
00:00:48you're gorgeous seeing you it literally makes it like a thousand times better but this is
00:00:54just a cherry on top to be honest up until now your attraction's been based entirely in an
00:01:00emotional connection feels like we've known each other such a long time definitely can get used to
00:01:05this Amber hopefully you turn that emotional connection into a physical one I feel like
00:01:10you've been a little distant sometimes I feel like I need to be in my nothing box we haven't
00:01:16been into it and you know physical dodge is like very important to me are you not attracted to me
00:01:22will looks race lifestyle or insecurities tear them apart in the real world do you think we have
00:01:27a good physical connection I do I just don't know if it's like there for me I don't like that
00:01:32you
00:01:32don't ever really tell me that I'm pretty because I don't know if you're attracted to me you're forcing
00:01:37me now I don't feel like it's genuine if I say anything you both want children right for me I
00:01:43am on the
00:01:43side of the fence if we get married and then we have a kid and you resent that I could
00:01:48never live
00:01:49with that do you still have a relationship with any of your ex yes saw her in Austin for a
00:01:54week
00:01:55what was that dynamic when you visited her then I mean we hooked up I thought you were looking for
00:02:00a place in Austin I was looking for a place in Austin but I thought you said you'd like moved
00:02:04there uh for a little bit yeah you never told me you lived in Austin
00:02:08have you got to meet Emma no I'm a little nervous what if she doesn't like me because that's a
00:02:14scary
00:02:14thought am I ready to walk down the aisle no I know I've never felt like this in my life
00:02:23I love you
00:02:24deeply baby deeply I a hundred percent think you are the right partner I feel like we're in a good
00:02:31place
00:02:31right now I love you then you will be at your wedding and there you will make the most important
00:02:38decision of your life now is the time to decide love is blind I can't see a future without you
00:02:48that was yes Mike do you take Emma to be your lawfully wedded wife if so say I do
00:03:22Emma I do I do love you
00:03:33right now I'm not ready to say I do
00:03:40I want kids and I want to know that you
00:03:46definitely 100% want to have a family with me I don't want to say yes and jump into something
00:03:51and then it changed down the road and it's hard because I you know
00:03:58I'm sorry
00:04:11I do love you
00:04:13I just wanna be loved
00:04:25can you tell me I'm worthy or important am I working hard enough
00:04:33oh I just wanna be loved
00:04:44I'm gonna go check on her
00:04:48I'm not ready to get married we're not ready to get married we have a big thing with kids
00:04:53okay he's 50 50 I want someone that's gonna have a family all right
00:04:56I just couldn't say no like I still I love him
00:05:04I'll be back
00:05:13we love you okay love you
00:05:21hey
00:05:24oh my god
00:05:25my heart is beating so fast there's a lot of emotions
00:05:28yeah
00:05:29I know my son cares about your daughter
00:05:32they are all the same
00:05:34I mean he did say that then the
00:05:35yeah the children were the issues they were trying to work out
00:05:39but I was like okay as long as you're happy
00:05:42it's bigger for Mike that's a big thing I get that and I want him to have kids and I'm
00:05:49not sure
00:05:49she's there and she might get there okay you know she's not a no but they still have to work
00:05:55level and she knows that I want to get married to you I know we have a lot to work
00:06:00through yeah um
00:06:02but I I see glimpses of a future I see glimpses of a family like I know you're going to
00:06:10be an amazing
00:06:11father I wouldn't be here today if I didn't start seeing that sure I understand that yeah
00:06:23if we're gonna be married I want you to know that you want a family with me yeah for sure
00:06:29yeah I don't
00:06:31want it to be half ass I don't want it to be 50 50 I don't want to be 90
00:06:3410 whatever it may be 99
00:06:36one yeah I want it to be a hundred percent yeah and I want to be with someone that's a
00:06:41hundred percent
00:06:41yeah and you have your your points and you have your reasons and I respect them I respect you no
00:06:49matter what but I just can't say yes yeah without knowing yeah I'm sorry I'm sorry
00:06:59love is a choice and you choose to be with someone you choose to make those decisions together and for
00:07:06me like I can see a future with him and I know I can get there so I thought that
00:07:13would be enough but
00:07:16I don't think that was enough for him
00:07:19yeah so she did say yes she is open to possibly having children right we knew that
00:07:25but for me to say yes I just wanted a little more assurance from her god damn yeah
00:07:35obviously we want to let our feelings make the decision for us at the altar
00:07:39but I cannot say I do if I know the other person is not 100 with kids
00:07:46yes if she would have said independently I will have kids with you would that have changed your
00:07:52yeah I think it would have
00:07:57yeah
00:08:08drop my defenses
00:08:10baby I'm helpless
00:08:18so today is my wedding day today is starting to feel like a fairy tale i definitely was losing
00:08:25hope in finding somebody like jordan today's the day it's crazy like with the kid who wants to just
00:08:34walk into that the right person like to actually find somebody that you fall in love with that's
00:08:39pretty amazing it's wild was i'm excited yesterday it was like really cute she did a magic show for
00:08:47jordan that's adorable i think you had fun when your life is working especially doing what you do
00:08:56like basically running a practice and then having your daughter you don't really have the opportunity
00:09:01to meet i'm usually just like meeting a guy on a saturday and like not getting to know them and
00:09:06like you just don't have the time and it was so like bad for so long and all these like
00:09:11toxic relationships that you've been in i'm gonna cry but like you've just come like so far
00:09:17yeah there's been a lot i'm like really proud of you i know this wasn't easy no it was not
00:09:25i feel
00:09:26like we've worked so hard to get here he had to meet my daughter's dad he had to meet my
00:09:30daughter
00:09:31there's a lot of stress with work traveling back and forth from mount vernon you know we had a few
00:09:35stress moments but to get through everything it's just been such a wild crazy and amazing ride
00:09:41do you feel confident in your decision that you're gonna make today yeah you do mm-hmm i'm ready to
00:09:49marry jordan i am you know he's like a best friend to me and you know that we love you
00:09:53so much no matter
00:09:55what happens we're here for you we love you that's why you're here out of you so my biggest fear
00:10:02is how
00:10:02jordan feels like if he's feeling a lot of pressure or anything like i know it's like changing his
00:10:08life and maybe he does kind of want to like run if that's his decision as well so that's been
00:10:13kind
00:10:13of lingering on the back of my mind but i just care about him a lot so i don't want
00:10:17him to have
00:10:17those like feelings i want this to be a good day for him as well oh my gosh
00:10:34i don't think i've ever loved somebody as much as i love amber and get the wedding today everything's
00:10:39better with you i did not sleep great last night at all it's been a lot of emotions jordan what's
00:10:48up
00:10:48guys hi oh you look so nice nice wow this is cool you look good thank you you guys look
00:10:56wonderful
00:10:57nice you guys came in you wouldn't miss it for the world appreciate it how was the bachelor party
00:11:02me that was super fun we did the macho truck thing you didn't get to drive them though no
00:11:09dude your hair looks good man thanks were you guys sipping on here uh pbr was that your request
00:11:15yeah it's yeah it was my my brewski of choice today is this your ring her wedding band you got
00:11:21to meet
00:11:21emma yesterday yeah i finally got to meet her good we had fun took her a little bit to warm
00:11:26up to me
00:11:26but then that's to be expected yeah yeah but she's like super sweet and like everybody always warms up to
00:11:32you yeah try i'm gonna try to smother me with a pillow yesterday emma did yeah oh well you did
00:11:38hit
00:11:38it off yeah yeah that's a sign of love that you know she's super pumped about the bar girl position
00:11:46that's a huge deal she's got a cute little dress probably yeah she's pretty adorable oh was she like
00:11:52a little mini version of amber definitely has some sass for sure and what do you guys think about all
00:11:58this
00:11:59it's crazy wild yeah it sure is did you say you have got to talk to her today uh we
00:12:05texted for
00:12:06like two seconds this morning no she's probably having some jitters yeah it's a big day yeah i mean
00:12:14we were just talking through like you know some some some like things are still out there like if amber
00:12:20wants to relocate to columbus like i was just gonna have to look for any schools for
00:12:24um grandma her and matt both live in mount vernon oh yeah but it's not that far away yeah but
00:12:31for him
00:12:31to have to like commute you know an hour to take her to school in the morning it's an hour
00:12:37yeah have
00:12:39you guys talked about relocating there i do not want to move to mount vernon we were pretty clear about
00:12:43that from day one of the pods that i'm not trying to move out there you like the city life
00:12:49i mean i want
00:12:50to go to like concerts and bars and restaurants and sporting events is there somewhere in like the
00:12:55outskirts that you could be like in between well i brought up well her brother lives in german village
00:13:00that's that's an awesome neighborhood if we could find something that'd be that'd be cool that's where
00:13:04she would like to go compromise man it's the way the way it goes just have a little nerves is
00:13:10all
00:13:12you'll be fine you tell i'm nervous no you look very calm yeah it's nerve-wracking for sure oh yeah
00:13:22yeah i just feel bad he's so nervous yeah well that's the way you are when you get married
00:13:27it's nerve-wracking i'm a little worried
00:13:30you do oh you can stay there now sit over here we're proud of you thanks yeah you're going on
00:13:40an adventure none of us have done and yeah you really put yourself out there yeah yeah hard to
00:13:47believe honestly i don't think i've ever put so much into a relationship before so
00:13:52yeah that's the way it's supposed to be it's meant to be it'll be
00:13:55i'll never be we're excited for you thanks you're ready
00:14:05definitely you know got some nerves but this helped to happiness whatever happens today jordan
00:14:10today and forever appreciate you guys love you love you
00:14:15love you
00:14:26see you over there oh boy
00:14:45oh my god don't cry oh my god amber you look beautiful oh my gosh she's so pretty
00:14:55so beautiful thank you amazing you're a princess yes i like this a lot
00:15:16oh my gosh oh my gosh i love it jordan's gonna lose his
00:15:37it's good to see you oh my god what do you think what do you think emma you love it
00:15:50yeah have you been having fun you need to turn around oh my emma come here and look in the
00:15:56mirror
00:15:56i want to see in the mirror let's look at us you look pretty too you look like the perfect
00:16:01flower princess
00:16:04gorgeous what do you think are you nervous
00:16:10i will say for the longest time i have always wanted to see you get married so this is you
00:16:15didn't
00:16:15think i was i didn't think so you didn't think so okay so be honest i always felt like you
00:16:20were
00:16:20very like independent like you were just like i didn't think you would i thought i felt like if
00:16:24you were gonna get tied down it would be something that would happen maybe like way later like something
00:16:29when you were like 50 yeah like 40s or 50s yeah i figured you'd get tied down around then so
00:16:33well you have to put it on the other hand emma well that's too bad
00:16:41let me put some chapstick on you real quick too bad oh are you gonna help fix my dress
00:16:51wow bye my little baby i love you so much i can't even believe this here come here
00:17:04you're my best friend and i love you and thank you for going for your life with me
00:17:13oh my goodness i love you love you so much you are so beautiful i'm so glad you guys came
00:17:21out oh my
00:17:22god i wouldn't have missed this wouldn't have missed it it is a lot to ask somebody to bring another
00:17:28human
00:17:29into a relationship it's a beautiful dress i'll see you here in a little bit but i would love for
00:17:35jordan's heart to say yes yeah this is our life this is our life we're living the good life
00:17:52oh man i'm freaking out right now
00:17:58okay
00:18:24oh
00:18:25everybody's here for you
00:18:25oh yeah good good she's a wonderful person i just met emma she's a wonderful girl
00:18:36about this it's okay you good yeah
00:18:47okay just breathing with your heart
00:18:53we love you no matter what you decide we're all with you we love you so much you make us
00:18:59so proud
00:19:01thank you
00:19:03okay
00:19:03okay
00:19:04okay
00:19:06okay
00:19:09okay
00:19:20okay
00:19:24okay
00:19:26okay
00:19:33I just want you to know that, of course, I support you.
00:19:35I think that Jordan is a good guy.
00:19:39Sounds to me like he really likes you.
00:19:41I fucking hope.
00:19:42Yeah.
00:19:43Is that me and better?
00:19:45Yeah, honestly.
00:19:46Like.
00:19:47You know, it's a big decision, of course, getting married,
00:19:49whether you guys go through with it or not.
00:19:51I'm personally expecting this not to go through
00:19:54just because I think that, you know, maybe he wants more time.
00:20:03So I will say, if you guys both say yes,
00:20:05it will genuinely be a huge shock to me in a good way.
00:20:08You know, I'll say in a good way.
00:20:12For me, it's a yes, but that's, like, a lot to ask for him.
00:20:18I'm understanding either way, though.
00:20:22I will say this.
00:20:24Till the day I died, I think that you deserve the best.
00:20:30Aww.
00:20:31Woo-hoo.
00:20:32Woo-hoo-hoo.
00:20:33Woo-hoo-hoo.
00:20:34Woo-hoo-hoo.
00:20:37Woo-hoo-hoo.
00:20:47Woo-hoo-hoo.
00:20:56Hello.
00:20:56It's a pretty girl.
00:20:58Good job, baby girl.
00:20:59She's so cute.
00:21:34I'm so ready.
00:21:36Mm-hmm.
00:21:43I see mommy.
00:21:46Oh, sorry.
00:21:49I love you.
00:21:59Oh, it looks so good.
00:22:00Yeah, it's sweet.
00:22:01I love this side.
00:22:04Thanks.
00:22:04This is the second one we brought today.
00:22:07Please be seated.
00:22:14We are gathered here today to celebrate
00:22:16the marriage of Amber and Jordan.
00:22:19Love is the foundation upon which we build our lives.
00:22:23Love brings people together,
00:22:26strengthens them in times of hardship,
00:22:28and fills life with meaning and joy.
00:22:31Amber and Jordan stand before us,
00:22:34ready to take the next step
00:22:35in this extraordinary journey of love.
00:22:44Jordan made me a better person, honestly.
00:22:47He always has a positive attitude.
00:22:49He's always looking to make the best out of his situation.
00:22:52He is always looking to say hi to the stranger.
00:22:55He made, like, seven airport friends over CPAP.
00:22:59Like...
00:23:01He's starting a CPAP club, actually.
00:23:03He said he was interested in joining.
00:23:06Um...
00:23:07Stupid.
00:23:08He is just, like, that positive of a person.
00:23:11I can sometimes be such, like, a go-getter.
00:23:13I'm, like, always trying to do everything,
00:23:14and he makes me step back
00:23:17and realize, like, what truly matters in life.
00:23:27Amber, we've both put so much effort and love into this.
00:23:34I'm glad that it's you up here.
00:23:45Amber and Jordan,
00:23:46you chose to get engaged
00:23:48and spend the rest of your lives together
00:23:50based on a deep, emotional connection.
00:23:57Now is the time to decide if love is blind.
00:24:09Will you get married and commit to face life together
00:24:12as husband and wife,
00:24:14or will you walk away forever?
00:24:21Amber,
00:24:23do you take Jordan to be your lawfully wedded husband?
00:24:26Do you solemnly vow to be his faithful partner
00:24:29in sickness and in health,
00:24:31in good times and in bad,
00:24:33and in joy as well as in sorrow?
00:24:36Do you promise to love him unconditionally,
00:24:38to honor and respect him,
00:24:41to laugh with him and cry with him,
00:24:43and to cherish him,
00:24:44as long as you both shall live?
00:24:47If so, say, I do.
00:24:58I do.
00:25:00But I understand if there's any doubts.
00:25:05I have a lot going on.
00:25:13Jordan, do you take Amber to be your lawfully wedded wife?
00:25:17Do you solemnly vow to be her faithful partner
00:25:20in sickness and in health,
00:25:22in good times and in bad?
00:25:24Do you promise to love her unconditionally,
00:25:26to honor and respect her,
00:25:28and to cherish her as long as you both shall live?
00:25:32If so, say, I do.
00:25:56I want to follow my heart and say that I do.
00:26:00I do.
00:26:00So your answer is?
00:26:02I do.
00:26:05Oh
00:26:26I feel very certain.
00:26:34Jordan, you may kiss your bride.
00:26:47Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan and Amber Faith.
00:27:02My sister told me, you know, just follow your heart, you know, uh, so I did.
00:27:11I was fully expecting him to not be ready for this.
00:27:14Like, I was not expecting that at all.
00:27:18One of the best moments of my life as well.
00:27:21That's crazy.
00:27:25You're my person.
00:27:27You're my deal.
00:27:29All right.
00:27:30Let's have some fun.
00:27:35Are you excited?
00:27:38Yeah.
00:27:42Cheers.
00:27:44Cheers.
00:27:45Cheers.
00:27:48Cheers.
00:28:11Take your time.
00:28:13I love you.
00:28:14I see a life with you.
00:28:16You know, I have the dress.
00:28:17Yeah.
00:28:17Nails, the lashes, all the things.
00:28:19Like, ready to be married.
00:28:21I want to be married.
00:28:23I want to be your wife.
00:28:23I'm shocked that I'm not actually getting married, even though I'm supposed to get married.
00:28:27Yeah.
00:28:28Like, both of my parents, they were so excited that everything that I've always wanted was happening.
00:28:34Today was supposed to be our wedding day.
00:28:37Um, but it's not.
00:28:41It was kind of shocking.
00:28:44My parents, they know how much I want to be married.
00:28:47I have family coming in town, and they were all here to celebrate us.
00:28:53But right now, I feel like everything that I want isn't happening right now.
00:28:59Everything is, like, great, like, between us.
00:29:02But I was just like, I can't walk into a marriage with, like, self-doubt of, can I love you
00:29:07how you need to be loved?
00:29:09I think that's why I couldn't get to the altar.
00:29:11I just can't do it.
00:29:13I can see my life being with you, 100%.
00:29:17I can't get married right now.
00:29:20Even though it's not right now, it doesn't mean that it's not going to be eventually.
00:29:25I feel like we're still together, and we're just taking a slight pause on when we actually get married.
00:29:34I think when it comes to, like, you feeling more comfortable with a prenup, for me,
00:29:41like, say we would have gotten married today, I was willing to make adjustments to what I believe.
00:29:51Yeah. Right. Yeah.
00:29:53We're still going to be together. We're still engaged.
00:29:56I do see 100%, like, marrying each other.
00:30:00Our story's not over, whether that's marriage now or marriage later.
00:30:05We are going to be husband and wife one day.
00:30:09Then hopefully have babies right after we get married.
00:30:13After the initial, like, shock of it all, of, like, okay, I'm not getting married,
00:30:18it was like, okay, I'm not getting married, but now what does our life look like?
00:30:23Like, where do we go from here?
00:30:25I'm not a fortune teller, so I don't know.
00:30:27There's still doubts that I have, but it's like, I don't know the answer.
00:30:31I don't know.
00:30:31Only time will tell.
00:30:32Yeah, and I'm like, I don't know what the future holds.
00:30:35I don't.
00:30:36Like, if I did, like, life would be different, but my doubts moving forward in the relationship,
00:30:43what does it look like?
00:30:44You're not going to just date someone to date.
00:30:46Like, I'm not going to date someone just to date.
00:30:49Like, I'm dating to get married.
00:30:50Like, I'm engaged to get married.
00:30:52So it's like, these are the doubts that, like, for me, need to, like, kind of clear my head
00:30:57to, like, be able to move forward.
00:30:59Yeah.
00:30:59Today was supposed to be our wedding day.
00:31:02She was ready for marriage, but there was always doubt in my head.
00:31:06There were certain things that kind of struck me.
00:31:09Like, you know, when she mentioned that she had pre-bought a wedding dress,
00:31:13having the dress pre-bought was something that really threw me.
00:31:17I was like, were you going to get married regardless if it was me?
00:31:19Of course I want to be his bride, especially, like, when we went and did the wedding dress shopping.
00:31:24And, like, I put my dress on that I picked out before we came here.
00:31:28I think that he would love this dress because I think this dress would make him see my natural beauty.
00:31:36Yeah, I got to go, but, well, it's not our wedding day.
00:31:41We can pick our wedding day.
00:31:43Yeah.
00:31:44I'm 99% sure I'm going to get married to Devante.
00:31:47We are supposed to be married.
00:31:50I do see myself marrying him.
00:31:52I feel like he is my person.
00:31:54Is she my forever person?
00:31:56The more I'm, like, clinged on to or the more I'm, like, pressured to do something,
00:32:00the, like, harder that I push back.
00:32:02She is sometimes like a shadow to me, and I'm just, like, sometimes I'm, like,
00:32:06just wait out there.
00:32:07I'll be right back.
00:32:08I'm just going to change my shirt.
00:32:10That's something I don't want to keep dragging down the road if it's, like, it's not going to work out.
00:32:15Oh, I need to go.
00:32:19We will be in touch.
00:32:23We will be in touch.
00:32:25I can't stand you.
00:32:27Two years ago, I would have been so nervous to have that conversation with her.
00:32:31I would have just got married and figured, like, I probably would have, like, swept it all over the rug,
00:32:36had resentment, and, like, you know, probably figured out how to get a divorce, like, the easiest way possible.
00:32:41I've had moments where I've felt naive of feeling like my feelings are stronger than his and wondering, like, if
00:32:48he's just going through the motions.
00:32:50Like, is this why I have not met your mom in person?
00:32:53Is, do you still feel the same exact way that you felt about me in the pods?
00:32:58Like, am I the person that you fell in love with?
00:33:00I'll never forget you.
00:33:03I think what I'm most fearful of is having to start all over.
00:33:07If, for some reason, we don't work, I'm fearful to have to be vulnerable with somebody else all over again.
00:33:16Um, because it was really hard to do it in this instance, but it paid off, because now I have
00:33:26the love of my life, my person, my best friend,
00:33:30that I hope to be my best friend again one day.
00:33:32But we just need to get back to all of those feelings of why we fell in love and why
00:33:38we chose each other.
00:33:40I do think Devontae will end up being my husband.
00:33:43We're not saying no to each other.
00:33:45We're just saying, not right now.
00:33:47It would have been hard for me to go through today knowing that we aren't getting married.
00:33:54I think if it wasn't 100% yes, then I didn't want to have, like, a wedding.
00:33:59I'll never forget you.
00:34:02You've always been on my side.
00:34:05From the day that I met you.
00:34:08To the day I dare.
00:34:12It starts right here.
00:34:21It's my wedding day.
00:34:23It's the biggest day that I've had in my life so far.
00:34:26I've been second best a lot of times.
00:34:30You know, I've been cheated on, I've been lied to, and I fell in love with Alex because he was
00:34:34so confident in his decision to choose me.
00:34:36Take a deep breath in, won't change my mind.
00:34:41Love is choosing someone every single day.
00:34:44Waking up and just being 100% confident in your decision to be with that person, to make them your
00:34:50wife, to be their husband.
00:34:51I just remember being all in and telling my dad, like, I met the man of my dreams.
00:34:55I've been crying so much, too.
00:34:57Like, I get so emotional, I don't know why.
00:34:58I'm, like, not the emotional type.
00:35:00It's almost like it's your wedding day.
00:35:01It's almost like it's my wedding day.
00:35:02It's a crazy time in my life.
00:35:04Did you talk to Alex last night?
00:35:06He talked a little bit.
00:35:07Yeah?
00:35:07We're supposed to be separated.
00:35:09I don't think he realizes, like, how strong it probably does really make him to live the childhood he lived,
00:35:17to have the adult life that he had.
00:35:21You know, his dreams were taken away from him.
00:35:23He had trouble in his childhood with, you know, stepfathers, fathers, whatever it was.
00:35:28I had such a different life.
00:35:30Hi!
00:35:30Hi, girls!
00:35:32Hi, mommy.
00:35:33I have lived a very stable life with a great family.
00:35:39And he is not.
00:35:40But I think that will make him not only a great husband, but a great father.
00:35:46So, yeah.
00:35:48That's what makes Alex so special.
00:35:50It's insane that one person, after such a short period of time, can make you feel all these emotions all
00:35:57at once.
00:35:58Ash, did you ever think you would get to this moment?
00:36:01No.
00:36:03I am the bride.
00:36:04The bride.
00:36:05I'm the bride.
00:36:07I can't believe it.
00:36:18I think Ashley makes a phenomenal life in a number of ways.
00:36:22Just the confidence that she has.
00:36:24She meets every single thing that I could want checked in a box or whatever, emotionally, without a doubt.
00:36:29And the physical is fantastic.
00:36:31She's a beautiful woman as well.
00:36:32So, I think she's a top-tier partner when it comes to, you know, choosing a wife.
00:36:37So bad, so bad, so bad.
00:36:40Are you nervous to walk down the wedding aisle?
00:36:42No.
00:36:43I mean, you play Division I soccer, you know what I'm talking about.
00:36:46You walk out, like, the crowd's there.
00:36:47In front of 5,000 people.
00:36:48You're used to that.
00:36:48You're used to that.
00:36:49I am ready to marry Ashley.
00:36:50And the fact that I'm able to stay cool, calm, and collected on a day like this with high kind
00:36:54of stakes involved, it's like a penalty shootout.
00:36:56With everything on the line, there's no pressure on the goalkeeper ever because they're supposed to score.
00:37:00I, as a goalkeeper, felt very, very confident in, you know, making saves at that point.
00:37:05You kind of walk around with your shoulders out, ready to, you know, make the save that you need to.
00:37:09And at the moment, that's kind of what this feels like today.
00:37:11Big stakes.
00:37:11You decide the game today.
00:37:13It's not that I'm emotionally numb or anything like that.
00:37:15It's more I've been here before.
00:37:17I do feel confident in what I bring to the table, and I'm happy to show it.
00:37:20Tell me about Ashley.
00:37:21I don't know Ashley at all.
00:37:22Oh, yeah, you've got to meet her at some point.
00:37:24You think I'll meet her today?
00:37:25I think so.
00:37:26I think so.
00:37:27No, she's a great girl.
00:37:28Great girl.
00:37:29We align on everything from politics to sense of humor.
00:37:33I don't know.
00:37:34She's a phenomenal person.
00:37:35Great partner.
00:37:36What kind of family does she come from?
00:37:37Older brother, and then her father was definitely extroverted for sure.
00:37:42You said he's a divorce attorney?
00:37:43Yeah, dude, that was nuts.
00:37:45That's why the family to marry.
00:37:46Yeah, it was insane, dude.
00:37:47That's where you want to be.
00:37:48Yeah, you got grilled, I'm sure.
00:37:49I did.
00:37:50I did.
00:37:51So, like, I day trade, obviously, and, like, I know the Australian dollar.
00:37:55We were talking about crypto for a little bit.
00:37:56Yeah.
00:37:57Like, he'll start talking about something else, and then randomly he'll just be like,
00:38:00all right, so what's the price of crypto right now?
00:38:02I'm like, I don't trade that, first off.
00:38:04Off the top of my head?
00:38:05Yeah.
00:38:05Like, what?
00:38:07You know, I don't really think I have any fears at the moment.
00:38:10I mean, outside of maybe sharks in the water, but that's, you know, I think pretty normal.
00:38:14What's up, boys?
00:38:15Who's sexy?
00:38:17Rip one sleeve off and show off the arm.
00:38:19Oh, I would love to.
00:38:21Oh, dude.
00:38:23My guys, gracias, chico.
00:38:32Hi.
00:38:34I'm so excited.
00:38:36Wow.
00:38:37Sparkly, you sparkly?
00:38:38You gonna get me?
00:38:39Yeah, I don't want to get my lipstick on you.
00:38:41How you doing?
00:38:42Good, how are you?
00:38:42Good.
00:38:43Wow, you clean up okay?
00:38:46Thank you, thank you.
00:38:47How are you doing, kiddo?
00:38:49Good.
00:38:49I'm comfortable, confident, sleeping well, clear head.
00:38:53Good.
00:38:54Where I should be.
00:38:55Well, I'm proud of you.
00:38:57Sad Nana and Bopper aren't here to see you.
00:38:59I kind of felt them here a little bit.
00:39:01I mean, they're around, for sure.
00:39:02Yeah, of course they are.
00:39:03For sure.
00:39:03And I'm just certain they are very proud of you.
00:39:06I hope so.
00:39:07I hope so.
00:39:08A lot of this day has been the pregame warm-up,
00:39:10and now you've started to put the gloves on
00:39:12and the cleats on
00:39:13and you're in the locker room with the boys beforehand
00:39:15and you're really figuring out,
00:39:16okay, like, the moment's here.
00:39:18I think we're basically walking out to the field right now.
00:39:20It's game time now.
00:39:22Mm-hmm.
00:39:23I'll talk to you soon.
00:39:24Yep.
00:39:24Thank you for all the support.
00:39:25Love you, baby.
00:39:26Appreciate it.
00:39:34Ah!
00:39:35Oh, my God.
00:39:36That's crazy.
00:39:37Okay, everybody, don't cry.
00:39:40Don't cry.
00:39:40You're definitely like a walking Barbie.
00:39:42Yeah, you do.
00:39:43Yeah, Barbie.
00:39:45Oh, the button.
00:39:47It's not in there.
00:39:48So pretty.
00:39:48Nice.
00:39:48Perfect.
00:39:49Honey.
00:39:50Baby.
00:39:51I love you.
00:39:52I love you.
00:40:02I love you, too.
00:40:03I love you.
00:40:04Yes, I love you.
00:40:05I love you.
00:40:06I love you.
00:40:08I love you.
00:40:08I love you.
00:40:16Do you see how big my boobs look?
00:40:22Hello, little sweetie.
00:40:23What are you crying about?
00:40:26Oh, hi, sweetie.
00:40:31Don't cry too much.
00:40:33Keeping it together.
00:40:35Coming into the pods, I did have some self-doubt.
00:40:38I clearly wasn't having any luck in the dating pool in Cleveland, and I didn't know if I'd be everybody's
00:40:43cup of tea.
00:40:43I'm just this boring girl from a small town in Ohio.
00:40:47You look fantastic.
00:40:49Boy, that is a pretty dress.
00:40:50I've been crying all day.
00:40:52But the people I've met, the men that I've dated, the man that I'm about to marry, everything that I've
00:40:57had here has made me so much more confident.
00:41:00Do you think I've changed throughout this process?
00:41:02I do.
00:41:03It feels amazing to put on my dress.
00:41:05There have been many conversations that I'm not Alex's type.
00:41:13So, I hope when he sees me today, he realizes how wrong he is.
00:41:18If I'm being completely honest, I would be shocked if Alex said yes.
00:41:23I'd be happy.
00:41:24Obviously, nobody wants to be rejected, but I am more so expecting a no from Alex.
00:41:31Love you.
00:41:31Love you, sweetie.
00:41:34You all excited?
00:41:35Yes.
00:41:36You all ready?
00:41:37Yeah.
00:41:38I know I'm not everybody's cup of tea.
00:41:40I'm not for every boy.
00:41:41It's like, who cares?
00:41:43Like, who cares if they like me?
00:41:45Who cares if they want to be with me?
00:41:46It's more, do I want to be with them?
00:41:48And I think that's my biggest thing today is, it's my wedding day.
00:41:53And the answer could be no.
00:41:54The answer could be yes.
00:41:55But someone out there is going to be the love of my life.
00:41:59And if it's Alex, it is Alex.
00:42:01If we choose each other today, then he will be the person that changes my life for the better.
00:42:06I know that I am choosing someone today because of happiness.
00:42:11Yes.
00:42:12Confident.
00:42:13And ready.
00:42:14Okay.
00:42:15To your big day.
00:42:16To the big day.
00:42:17Alex and Ashley's big day.
00:42:20Oh, goodness.
00:42:40Oh, goodness.
00:42:48Here.
00:42:50Oh, my God.
00:42:52Oh, my God.
00:42:53Oh, my God.
00:42:53Oh, my God.
00:42:53I'm so nervous.
00:42:54Your future is right in front of you.
00:42:55I can feel it.
00:42:57I got this.
00:42:58You got this.
00:43:00You're Ashley Carpenter.
00:43:03Black belt.
00:43:06You more nervous now
00:43:07or when you did that first tournament?
00:43:10Probably now.
00:43:16Ladies and gentlemen,
00:43:18will you please rise for the entrance of our bride?
00:43:22Oh, no.
00:43:24Here we go.
00:43:25Oh, my God.
00:43:30Oh, my God.
00:43:32Why.
00:43:36Why.
00:43:46Why.
00:43:50How.
00:43:56Why.
00:43:57I'm sorry.
00:44:10Thank you, sir.
00:44:16You may be seated, everyone.
00:44:18You may be seated, everyone.
00:44:23Good?
00:44:24Okay.
00:44:27Our beloved were gathered here today to celebrate Ashley and Alex,
00:44:33a unique love born from truly unique circumstances.
00:44:38While there are many dimensions to love,
00:44:41arguably the most beautiful is that love has no requirements,
00:44:45and it knows no limitations based on who you are or how you look.
00:44:50So it is with love in mind that we celebrate these two wonderful people today.
00:44:55They have come so far together, from sitting in the pods,
00:44:59excited for the chance to learn about each other,
00:45:02to standing on this platform today,
00:45:05ready for the chance to share their feelings for each other.
00:45:18Ashley, from the moment we stepped into the pods together,
00:45:21obviously I knew that you were very, very special,
00:45:23whether it's riding horseback in Mexico
00:45:26or competing on the golf course together.
00:45:29It's incredible to get to know you.
00:45:31I fell for your voice.
00:45:33I fell for your sense of humor.
00:45:36And I've enjoyed every second of this.
00:45:46Alex, this has been a crazy roller coaster.
00:45:50I'm sure everyone here is going to think I'm completely insane
00:45:53when I say that I fell for you.
00:45:55When I was stepping into a pod,
00:45:57you became my best friend,
00:45:59and I fell in love with you.
00:46:00You're back. Not bad.
00:46:07Ashley and Alex, you chose to get engaged
00:46:11and spend the rest of your lives together
00:46:13based on a deep emotional connection.
00:46:16Now is the time to decide if love is blind.
00:46:25Will you get married and commit to face life together
00:46:28as husband and wife,
00:46:30or will you walk away forever?
00:46:35Alex, we're going to begin with you.
00:46:39Alex, do you take Ashley to be your lawfully wedded wife,
00:46:42to have and to hold from this day forward,
00:46:45for better or for worse,
00:46:46for richer or for poorer,
00:46:48in sickness and in health,
00:46:50to love, honor, and cherish,
00:46:52forsaking all others,
00:46:54so long as you both shall live?
00:46:57If so, say I do.
00:47:06I know your answer,
00:47:07and it doesn't matter to me.
00:47:10I know you don't choose me,
00:47:11and I'm not choosing you either.
00:47:18When we were in the pods,
00:47:19all of our stories,
00:47:21all of our future plans,
00:47:22they aligned perfectly.
00:47:23However, once we left the pods,
00:47:26there was no effort.
00:47:27There was no intimacy.
00:47:28There were no questions that you had for me.
00:47:30And I felt like as soon as we moved into the apartment,
00:47:33we were roommates.
00:47:40Something always kind of felt off.
00:47:43Your stories were so vivid.
00:47:45They were so detailed.
00:47:46You would say a lot of words,
00:47:48but somehow I just found myself more confused
00:47:50at the end of our conversations.
00:47:52Okay.
00:47:54Lying is a non-negotiable for me,
00:47:56and I'm sure it is for you as well.
00:47:59Mm-hmm.
00:48:00I lead my life with integrity,
00:48:01which is one of the reasons you've told me
00:48:03that you fall in love with me,
00:48:05and I expect my husband to do the same thing.
00:48:07That's good.
00:48:07Unfortunately,
00:48:08I do feel like you have missed that mark.
00:48:10Okay.
00:48:13Yeah.
00:48:14Wow.
00:48:16I used to ignore red flags.
00:48:19I accepted dishonesty,
00:48:21and I spent far too much time
00:48:24waiting for a man to love me
00:48:27that was not my person.
00:48:29I think this process has really made us grow,
00:48:32and I'm very proud of the woman I am today,
00:48:34and I hope you're proud of the man that you are
00:48:36through all of this.
00:48:37Absolutely.
00:48:39If I was standing here a year ago,
00:48:42I would have ignored all of the red flags,
00:48:44all of the lies.
00:48:45I would have probably thought,
00:48:47I can change him or just give it some more time,
00:48:49and I would have spent far too much time
00:48:51waiting for you to become the man that I deserve.
00:48:55Because I know I deserve something extraordinary.
00:48:58I deserve so much better.
00:49:07So I am so sorry, but it is a no for me today.
00:49:14Okay.
00:49:16I would like to say I completely respect that from you.
00:49:20I do disagree to an extent about the integrity.
00:49:23I felt as though the questions about my past
00:49:26were more to try and catch me in something
00:49:28that didn't really understand me.
00:49:29I do live a very different lifestyle.
00:49:31I do my best to explain it as much as possible.
00:49:34I personally don't think that I've missed
00:49:36the mark on integrity,
00:49:37but I do understand the rest of your feelings,
00:49:39and I respect your feelings without a doubt.
00:49:41From my end, it's mutual.
00:49:46Saying no to you today is a win.
00:49:52give me.
00:49:54give me.
00:49:55Phil,
00:49:57come on…
00:49:59Rain slips between my fingers
00:50:03And it's washing you away
00:50:06Rain so my tears don't linger
00:50:10Rain down like a hurricane
00:50:13Got you hotline and sinker
00:50:17And it's washing you away
00:50:20She's not out of Cosmo, liar.
00:50:22No.
00:50:23That just is not right.
00:50:25And it's washing you away
00:50:34All right.
00:50:35Clocked that guy.
00:50:39Appreciate you, boys.
00:50:41We got you.
00:50:41We got you.
00:50:42We got you.
00:50:43Come here.
00:50:44We're good.
00:50:44I know, but I'm just not happy with her calling you a liar
00:50:48Because you're not.
00:50:50I know that and everyone here knows that
00:50:52So I'm exactly where I should be
00:50:53And where I needed to be
00:50:55Very confident.
00:50:56And you're a great person and a great man.
00:50:57Appreciate you, bro.
00:50:58You're going to be a great husband one day.
00:50:59Appreciate you.
00:50:59I know it.
00:51:00You all know who I am.
00:51:01I know who I am.
00:51:03That's all that really matters.
00:51:04I don't really care about the rest of it.
00:51:05She's a great girl.
00:51:06There's no ill will, no hard feelings towards her.
00:51:08She feels a certain way.
00:51:10I respect that.
00:51:11You want to go see if she's okay?
00:51:13No.
00:51:14What do you mean?
00:51:16I will say I didn't expect integrity to be called into question.
00:51:20I didn't expect the I'm going to go first type thing.
00:51:22And that's a power move.
00:51:23Do your thing.
00:51:23But it was a consistent theme throughout this process here
00:51:26Where I was always asked, where were you at this time?
00:51:28When did this happen?
00:51:29What were you doing?
00:51:30And I think she was looking for a potential way out
00:51:33To really kind of find that
00:51:35And was really targeting my past.
00:51:37But if you're going to heavily weight, you know, my past
00:51:39There are some things in hers as well.
00:51:41To my integrity.
00:51:48I'm sure he's a little annoyed that I called out his integrity
00:51:53In front of all of his friends and his mom.
00:51:55But I don't care.
00:51:58I just don't care.
00:51:59Today was all about me.
00:52:01I could tell when I walked in.
00:52:02He didn't say much.
00:52:03Like why did he only like...
00:52:04Because he has nothing to say.
00:52:05He knows I'm right.
00:52:07That was, I don't know, weird.
00:52:10He's a loser.
00:52:11I was like, that's all I can say is.
00:52:12He didn't love me.
00:52:13He didn't even like me.
00:52:14I don't think so.
00:52:15Really?
00:52:16Yeah, he kept talking about how I'm like not his type
00:52:18And I was like, you're not my type.
00:52:20For him to sit there and lie
00:52:22I don't think he's here for the right reasons.
00:52:24I think he wanted something else out of this
00:52:28Rather than a wife.
00:52:29Just not the right guy.
00:52:30Perfect dress, perfect venue.
00:52:32Not the perfect guy.
00:52:57I've been drifting away for so long
00:53:02Spilling out words till I'm empty
00:53:06Healing waters
00:53:09Move without sound
00:53:11Asleep through the years
00:53:13Without feeling
00:53:15Today is wedding day
00:53:16And I am beyond excited
00:53:18I don't even know what word to use
00:53:19I'm not running away
00:53:22It's so pretty
00:53:24I knew he was my person
00:53:27And I didn't care what he looked like
00:53:30I knew that I was so crazy in love with him
00:53:33Like the rest didn't matter
00:53:35Like I love him
00:53:36I love his qualities
00:53:37I love his heart
00:53:38I love his mind
00:53:39I love his soul
00:53:40I love how much he loves other people
00:53:43I love how passionate he is
00:53:45I love how smart he is
00:53:47I love how silly he can be
00:53:49I know he's not perfect for everybody
00:53:51But for me
00:53:52He like could not be
00:53:53More perfect for my personality
00:53:55And what I envisioned in my life
00:53:57And what I want in a husband
00:53:58And what I want in the father of my kids
00:53:59Heart on my sleep
00:54:01Till he kills me
00:54:06I've just been calm and confident
00:54:09With him
00:54:11You know
00:54:12You know
00:54:15My biggest fear
00:54:17Is just like not feeling good enough
00:54:25Whether it's family stuff
00:54:27Or education stuff
00:54:29Or upbringing stuff
00:54:30A lot of my fear in dating in the past
00:54:32Was that when someone really gets to know me
00:54:34And see my flaws
00:54:35Or my family's flaws
00:54:37That I wouldn't feel good enough
00:54:39And that's why this experiment was so beautiful
00:54:41Because it gave him everything
00:54:43And he said like you are good enough
00:54:52And I'm going to cry saying it
00:54:54But he wrote me something in the pods
00:54:57And like the very first line
00:55:00Was I can't see you
00:55:02But I see you
00:55:04And I felt seen
00:55:05It didn't feel like some BS wording
00:55:09And so I felt like really loved and accepted
00:55:12And so that fear kind of dissipated
00:55:14Like right there in that moment
00:55:15And it hasn't even crept up not once since
00:55:21Like now I can't imagine a future without him
00:55:24And I don't want to even try
00:55:26There's still time if you want to run
00:55:28Christy
00:55:31I'm just kidding
00:55:32I'd punch you
00:55:34I already told Vic I'd punch him
00:55:38Shandell, Vic's sister
00:55:39She's marrying us
00:55:40Did you know that?
00:55:41Yes
00:55:42I can't wait to meet his mom for the first time
00:55:44I don't know like what I'm going to say
00:55:46I don't know what she's going to say
00:55:47I just want to see her
00:55:49And I want to hug her
00:55:49You know Vic's so incredible
00:55:51Like I know his mom's going to be too
00:55:52And I'm really excited for her to be here
00:55:57Oh my gosh
00:55:59Finally
00:56:01That's so sad
00:56:19I'm so glad you could both make it
00:56:30I know this is strange
00:56:32Like meeting on the day of
00:56:33I know
00:56:34I'm just happy when he told me
00:56:35Follow someone
00:56:36He's happy
00:56:37All right
00:56:38I do know
00:56:39If one thing I know my brother
00:56:40And he's happy
00:56:42Well he makes me beyond happy
00:56:44This is one of my best friends from college
00:56:46Her name's Tori
00:56:47Hey Tori
00:56:48My other best friend from college
00:56:49This is Amani
00:56:50Hey Amani
00:56:51Nice to meet you
00:56:51And then this is
00:56:53She's actually my niece
00:56:54But she's older than me
00:56:55So I call her my sister
00:56:57But this is Karina
00:56:59So happy
00:57:01Yeah
00:57:01So happy
00:57:02I always wanted to find some
00:57:04Aw
00:57:04Well I'm honored that he chose me
00:57:06He's a beautiful beautiful person
00:57:09Thank you
00:57:10I'll let you read it in private
00:57:11You know
00:57:12As you wish
00:57:13But that's uh
00:57:14Thank you
00:57:14Just a little note
00:57:15I was like I'm not going to have the words
00:57:16And the emotions
00:57:17To say it here in person
00:57:18No it's not really
00:57:19Makeup
00:57:19We do not want that
00:57:20Yes
00:57:20Let me see their own ring
00:57:21I was like
00:57:22So I like it
00:57:24He's so private
00:57:25He's an introvert
00:57:26I would not have seen him doing this
00:57:28I was like what
00:57:30You're an introvert
00:57:31Well you know it's funny
00:57:32So am I
00:57:33He thinks that I'm more extroverted than he is
00:57:36And I was like
00:57:36No absolutely not
00:57:37You're way more extroverted than I am
00:57:39Did you guys ever think
00:57:40I would ever do anything like this?
00:57:42Not in a million years
00:57:43I would have never saw this
00:57:44On Christine's bingo card
00:57:45Well when Victor told me
00:57:47I was like well
00:57:48I was like really?
00:57:50But when he makes up his mind
00:57:52To do something
00:57:52I know he's taken the time
00:57:53To research it
00:57:54So I was just like
00:57:56Okay fine
00:57:56Like me I'm from New York
00:57:58So I have a distressful demeanor
00:58:00But I spoke to her
00:58:02And I instantly liked her
00:58:04She's genuine
00:58:05And she came into this process
00:58:07Wanting to find love
00:58:08And she's found it
00:58:10I never happened to you
00:58:11I know he wants to find a wife
00:58:14I'm happy for you
00:58:15Yes
00:58:16I'm excited
00:58:17And I'm happy
00:58:17Me too
00:58:18I'm happy you guys are happy
00:58:20I'm happy
00:58:21And it's nice meeting you
00:58:23Go ahead and get ready
00:58:25And we'll see you
00:58:26Bye
00:58:27I'm not as nervous anymore
00:58:39Hi guys
00:58:40There she is
00:58:43Oh my gosh
00:58:44You look gorgeous
00:58:46You look gorgeous baby
00:58:50Are you feel
00:58:51Are you
00:58:52Good?
00:58:53You're not
00:58:55I'm feeling more like a bride
00:58:56I knew I was going to be a wife
00:58:58You know what I mean
00:59:00But I feel like a bride today
00:59:01Which is fun and exciting
00:59:03I got to meet Vic's mom
00:59:05Did you like her?
00:59:06Was she nice?
00:59:07Yeah and his sister came up too
00:59:09So I got to meet them both
00:59:10And they got to chit-chat with everybody
00:59:12Melody can you believe it?
00:59:14It's so neat
00:59:16I know
00:59:17Tori
00:59:17Are you getting nervous too?
00:59:19I'm not nervous
00:59:20I'm happy
00:59:30Today's wedding day
00:59:32The emotional connection Christine and I have
00:59:34It's enough for a lifetime
00:59:42Fell in love with Christine before I even saw her
00:59:44I know Christine
00:59:45Like I know all the parts of her
00:59:48And she knows all the parts of me
00:59:49She called me her build-a-bear husband
00:59:51I'm like alright
00:59:52You better put some patches on that build-a-bear
00:59:54Because you know I got scars
00:59:55And I'm not perfect in any way shape or form
00:59:58But that's the thing
00:59:59Is that her imperfections
01:00:01My imperfections
01:00:01We see beauty in it
01:00:06I can't say what's in that box
01:00:10I can't
01:00:11It's between a husband and a wife
01:00:16Yeah how about say
01:00:18Where's the man that's up
01:00:19This is nice
01:00:21Yes sir
01:00:22Yes sir
01:00:26Brother brother
01:00:27How's everything bro
01:00:28Yes sir
01:00:29Yes sir
01:00:29What's going on
01:00:32How you feeling man
01:00:33Oh feeling good
01:00:34Feeling really good
01:00:35Feeling good
01:00:35Yeah man
01:00:37Thanks y'all
01:00:38Thanks
01:00:38Game time feeling really good
01:00:40That's good
01:00:40So my question is
01:00:42How you gonna walk out
01:00:45What you mean
01:00:45You're just gonna be like
01:00:48I'm gonna run down the house
01:00:55They call me bullseye out
01:00:57Now let me ask you this
01:01:00How's Christine's rhythm
01:01:01Because we're gonna be partying
01:01:03You know what I mean
01:01:04It's gonna be music playing
01:01:04That's a legit question
01:01:08Man we gonna hit it
01:01:09We gonna hit it
01:01:10She be good
01:01:13She be good
01:01:13I'm gonna have to show her
01:01:15The electric slide
01:01:16Okay
01:01:16In real time
01:01:17In real time
01:01:19You know how to do the electric slide
01:01:21I'm liable to hurt somebody
01:01:23We're gonna show you
01:01:24How to let you slide
01:01:25So stand up next to me
01:01:27Good
01:01:27Now you're doing good
01:01:28Keep it going
01:01:29Got that style
01:01:30Got that look
01:01:31Every trick
01:01:32Do you know what I'm saying
01:01:37One, two, three
01:01:38One, two, three
01:01:40One, two, three
01:01:40Four, four
01:01:41One, two, three
01:01:42Two, two, one
01:01:44Two, three
01:01:45Hey
01:01:45Hey
01:01:46Pick it up
01:01:46Hey
01:01:47Hey
01:01:48I got this
01:01:50Oh yeah
01:01:50The way you make me feel
01:01:53The way you make me feel
01:01:58The way you make me feel
01:02:00The way you feel
01:02:13Oh my, oh my, oh my.
01:02:17How are you doing?
01:02:18Good.
01:02:18Good to see you.
01:02:19Good to see you.
01:02:22Oh my goodness, I met Christina.
01:02:24You did?
01:02:25Yeah.
01:02:25How was that?
01:02:26Oh, it was good.
01:02:27I was nervous at first, but I love her.
01:02:29Yes.
01:02:30I just, you know.
01:02:31Yeah.
01:02:31Super warm.
01:02:32Yeah, yeah.
01:02:33Knowing that I got y'all behind me is very much for sure.
01:02:37I wouldn't miss it for anything.
01:02:39Mm-hmm.
01:02:40Mm-hmm.
01:02:41Yeah.
01:02:42I was nervous this morning because I've never met her in person.
01:02:46Yeah.
01:02:47But once I went up and I met her, it's like, that was it.
01:02:51This happened in the support of close friends and then family.
01:02:54That is, like, very important.
01:02:55Well, as you know, family is important to us.
01:02:58She's heavily family-oriented.
01:03:00Yeah.
01:03:00That's a big piece.
01:03:01I told her about the times I gave you hard times as a kid.
01:03:05I told her all the stress that may have caused the family.
01:03:10I remember when you went away to college.
01:03:13When you came back the first semester and you were, like, following me all around the house,
01:03:18apologizing, and you're like, how come you didn't give up on me?
01:03:21And I said, nope, we don't give up on our children.
01:03:24Yeah.
01:03:24That was part of growing up.
01:03:26Yeah.
01:03:26Yeah.
01:03:26Christine next to me.
01:03:27Did you feel ashamed about it?
01:03:28Those sort of things.
01:03:29And I told her for a while I did, especially after I kind of came to terms with God and
01:03:33what was right and what was wrong.
01:03:35And then she was reassuring.
01:03:36She was like, I accept you for your past, your present.
01:03:38And she was like, God isn't ashamed of you.
01:03:40Right?
01:03:40It's not about religion.
01:03:41Yeah.
01:03:43As long as you're on that path, I have no concern and no doubt.
01:03:47I'm happy, truly happy for you and Christine.
01:03:50Mm-hmm.
01:03:50Really happy for you all.
01:03:52Yeah.
01:03:54I can't believe my baby is getting married.
01:03:56Can you believe that?
01:03:57Yeah.
01:03:58Yeah.
01:03:59There's no cold feet in making a decision about Christine.
01:04:03I love you.
01:04:04I love you, too.
01:04:05All right.
01:04:07Now it's just for her to choose me.
01:04:17Oh, Christine.
01:04:20Oh, beautiful, honey.
01:04:22That is incredible.
01:04:24You look so good.
01:04:25Oh, yeah.
01:04:27Yeah, that was the right dress.
01:04:30Gosh, it means everything if it says yes.
01:04:35Baby, I'm so proud of you, too.
01:04:38I can't wait to be Mrs. St. John.
01:04:46Oh, gosh.
01:05:04I've never felt like this before.
01:05:08You've opened up my eyes when you opened up the door.
01:05:15And I just want to die with you in the deep.
01:05:21You want to run now?
01:05:22We can make a run for it.
01:05:25I'm not running anywhere in these shoes.
01:05:28Oh.
01:05:32Hello.
01:05:33Dallas.
01:05:34How are you?
01:05:35You look incredible.
01:05:37Okay.
01:05:39I wanted to tell you, I really liked Vic.
01:05:43I mean, I know I said that with him there, but I really did.
01:05:46I got no words of advice for you.
01:05:48You're an accomplished, beautiful young woman.
01:05:51My job is to get you safely down there to your wonderful new life.
01:05:55Please stand.
01:05:58Here we go, Carl.
01:06:21Here we go, Carl.
01:06:33Please be seated.
01:06:39Good afternoon.
01:06:41Victor and Christine are pleased that their closest family and friends have come to witness
01:06:48their exchange of wedding vows.
01:06:49Victor, my one and only baby brother, has been a part of my life since the beginning.
01:06:58Though their meeting was unconventional, their commitment to each other and unwavering support
01:07:05of friends and family will help them bloom together like a new plant taking root.
01:07:11Just as Adam and Eve became one, Victor and Christine shall become one today, as well
01:07:17as they become one united in marriage.
01:07:23Um, where do I begin?
01:07:27I'm trying to find my words.
01:07:29Um, Christine, the first time we met I lost words and then this time you came down the
01:07:37aisle and I can't find my words.
01:07:42I never thought I'd fall in love in such a unique experiment and Christine, the moment
01:07:51we spoke in those pods and we just connected, it felt so easy getting to know you.
01:07:58You make it easy to open up, you make it easy to be vulnerable.
01:08:01You know more about me than anyone else on this planet at this moment.
01:08:05You accept me for me, then I accept you for you.
01:08:08I'm so grateful to be engaged to you and to see what our next step in this chapter looks
01:08:20like.
01:08:21I think just from the beginning, I felt some kind of connection with you just from hearing
01:08:25your voice.
01:08:26Even from our first 10 minute conversation, I think something in me knew.
01:08:30And every day going forward, getting to know you deeper and deeper and you let me fully
01:08:35let my guard down and be myself to open up parts of me that maybe are shameful or embarrassing
01:08:43or whatever I interpreted.
01:08:45And the fact that you still fell in love with me and we had such a connection regardless
01:08:49of anything that either of us shared.
01:08:52It just felt so right, since such a calm love and an easy love, but very fulfilling and passionate
01:09:00love and very, very, very grateful for you and I feel honored that I'm here with you.
01:09:12Victor and Christine, you chose to get engaged and spend the rest of your lives together based
01:09:18on a deep emotional connection.
01:09:21Now is the time to decide if love is blind.
01:09:26Will you get married and commit to face a life together as husband and wife or will you
01:09:31walk away forever?
01:09:36Christine, do you take Victor to be your lawfully wedded husband, promising to love and comfort
01:09:45him, to honor him and keep him in sickness and in health, in prosperity and adversity and
01:09:53forsaken all others as long as you both shall live?
01:09:57If so, please say I do.
01:10:07I do.
01:10:15Victor, do you take Christine to be your lawfully wedded wife, promising to love and comfort her,
01:10:23to honor her and keep her in sickness and in health, in prosperity and adversity and forsaken
01:10:31all others as long as you both shall live?
01:10:34If so, please say I do.
01:10:37You're a special woman and you're more than that.
01:10:40You're my woman.
01:10:42You're my rib.
01:10:43And I do.
01:10:49I now pronounce you husband and wife.
01:10:54Victor, you may now kiss your beautiful bride.
01:10:57Ooh, baton, thank you, mr isled filled with winners in Princess.
01:11:12Oh, Raton, thank you, god.
01:11:14Oh, Raton, thank you.
01:11:14Who the plusquisitu, get upon yourself, allow me to reintroduce myself.
01:11:22Oh, Raton, thank you.
01:11:22For the St. John's?
01:11:23For St. John's, lady.
01:11:24What a beautiful thing.
01:11:26Yeah.
01:11:27Nice little feat.
01:11:27Can you do that?
01:11:28Yes.
01:11:29Good.
01:11:32Best day of my life times 10.
01:11:35Yeah.
01:11:36Never felt love like this.
01:11:37Yeah.
01:11:40My forever.
01:11:42Forever, ever.
01:11:43Ever, ever.
01:11:44We've got to merge into families.
01:11:46We've got a tribe now.
01:11:47Yeah.
01:11:48Yeah.
01:11:48With my wife, that's what I'm looking forward to.
01:11:54Same.
01:11:55I've got to show you the electric slide later.
01:11:58I might have to take my shoes off for that.
01:11:59Yeah.
01:12:00Mm.
01:12:03Yeah, I love you too.
01:12:04Yeah.
01:12:05Next chapter.
01:12:06Mm-hmm.
01:12:06Best chapter.
01:12:07Mm-hmm.
01:12:08I know.
01:12:13Mm.
01:12:14Mm.
01:12:15Mm.
01:12:17Mm.
01:12:19Mm.
01:12:19Bäckle.
01:12:20Yes, yes, yes.
01:12:23Mm.
01:12:24Poins of no return.
01:12:27I won't be held down by the damage done.
01:12:35Emma was feeling that it was an I do.
01:12:38And I was definitely shocked.
01:12:39So light the flame, and walk away.
01:12:45It's not that I don't want to be with her, I do, but at the same time, it was coming
01:12:49off as if almost she didn't want the responsibility of children ever, and that's scary to me.
01:12:56I didn't want to hurt Emma, and I truly do believe, even with this happening today,
01:13:01I do think that love is blind.
01:13:07I still do think that love is blind, but I do think that there are big things
01:13:14in life, like children, that you, I guess, can't be blind on, especially for him.
01:13:27Absolutely no regrets on my end.
01:13:29I'm so pleased and proud of myself as a person.
01:13:31I would say love is blind to an extent.
01:13:33One of the biggest things I've learned from this process is the emotional connection needs
01:13:38to be prioritized over the physical.
01:13:40The physical is still important to me.
01:13:42I'm not saying it needs to be important to everybody else, but to me, I need a physical
01:13:45match that makes me very, very happy.
01:13:48Moving forward from me, seeing what happens next, staying open to everything that comes
01:13:51for me.
01:13:57Ashley, a year ago, would have let him walk all over me.
01:14:00She would have said yes, and she would have been miserable living a life with him.
01:14:05But today, I stood my ground.
01:14:06I walked away from something because it no longer brought me joy.
01:14:10I think this process has definitely helped me figure out what I want, what I don't want,
01:14:15what I'll accept in a relationship.
01:14:16I want a love that lasts a lifetime.
01:14:19I don't want some mediocre love.
01:14:22And he falls very short of what I deserve in this life.
01:14:31Join me in welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Bay!
01:14:41Yeah!
01:14:43Let's go!
01:14:44We're both ecstatic right now.
01:14:46It's so much fun.
01:14:48Oh, yeah!
01:15:00So in love with Jordan, like, I've always...
01:15:02Like a 7 out of 10?
01:15:03A 10!
01:15:04A 10!
01:15:07It's really amazing.
01:15:10I just love you, baby.
01:15:12Yeah.
01:15:13It's what I do.
01:15:153 and 5!
01:15:163 and 5!
01:15:19Yeah!
01:15:21Woo!
01:15:23Mr. and Mrs. St. Charles!
01:15:26I will still stand inside to the end of our days, darling.
01:15:34Being married feels just like it should.
01:15:36It feels perfect.
01:15:37Yeah.
01:15:38And on top of the world.
01:15:39Yeah.
01:15:39Couldn't be happier.
01:15:40I mean, it's been...
01:15:41It's incredible to have his family and his friends and mine.
01:15:44There's so much love and support.
01:15:45It's a really special feeling.
01:15:49Every promise I make
01:15:51Is the promise I'll keep
01:15:53I need to teach you
01:15:55Time for you
01:15:57And believe me
01:15:58And I'm gonna show you
01:16:00Last thing, it's, like, T minus 2 hours until you guys use the box.
01:16:06Yeah, are we on a countdown?
01:16:07That box.
01:16:09That box.
01:16:10Um...
01:16:11Yeah, that...
01:16:11Well, I just found out my sister and her kids are staying in the same hotel as we are.
01:16:15Oh, they are?
01:16:16But they're not staying in the same room.
01:16:17You'll be the proof
01:16:22I'm gonna let you
01:16:27You'll be the proof
01:16:34I'm assuming you're hearing this for the first time.
01:16:36Oh, my God.
01:16:37God!
01:16:38I'm not proud of a lot of those moments.
01:16:40The reality was very, very different than what was being shown.
01:16:43He's really bad.
01:16:44It wasn't anything.
01:16:46Did you not know that I had my engagement ring on?
01:16:48I literally did not.
01:16:49Were you lying?
01:16:50I told you.
01:16:52Don't fucking do that.
01:16:53Oh, my God.
01:16:57Come on and choose me
01:17:01I know you wanna
01:17:03Come on, you gotta gotta
01:17:06Believe me
01:17:10There's no denying
01:17:12Why still deciding
01:17:14Just choose me
01:17:45Choose me
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