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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 I have
00:00:23the
00:00:23tingly wingly you will finally have a chance to fall in love based solely on who you are
00:00:29on the inside I love you Ash I love you and I would love to know if you do the
00:00:33honor of being
00:00:34my wife I would love to will you marry me you'll get engaged and then you'll finally see your
00:00:44fiance for the very first time oh my god you look so handsome you're gorgeous seeing you it literally
00:00:51makes it like a thousand times better but this is just a chubby on top to be honest
00:00:57up until now your attraction's been based entirely in an emotional connection feels
00:01:02like we've known each other for such a long time definitely can get used to this amber
00:01:06hopefully you turn that emotional connection into a physical one I feel like you've been a
00:01:11little distant sometimes I feel like I need to be in my nothing box we haven't been into it and
00:01:16you know physical touch is like very important to me are you not attracted to me will looks race
00:01:23lifestyle or insecurities tear them apart in the real world do you think we have a good physical
00:01:28connection I do I just don't know if it's like there for me I don't like that you don't ever
00:01:33really
00:01:33tell me that I'm pretty because I don't know if you're attracted to me you're forcing me now I don't
00:01:38feel like it's genuine if I say anything you both want children right for me I am on the fence
00:01:44if we get married and then we have a kid and you resent that I could never live with that
00:01:50you still have a relationship with any of your ex yes saw her in Austin for a week what was
00:01:55that
00:01:56dynamic when you visited her then I mean we hooked up I thought you were looking for a place in
00:02:01Austin
00:02:01I was looking for a place in Austin but I thought you said you moved there uh for a little
00:02:05bit yeah
00:02:05you never told me you lived in Austin have you got to meet Emma no I'm a little nervous if
00:02:12she
00:02:12doesn't like me because that's a scary thought am I ready to walk down the aisle no I know I've
00:02:22never felt like this in my life I love you deeply baby deeply I 100% think you are the
00:02:29right partner
00:02:29I think we're in a good place right now I love you then you will be at your wedding and
00:02:37there you
00:02:37will make the most important decision of your life now is the time to decide love is blind I can't
00:02:45see
00:02:46a future without you that was yes Mike do you take Emma to be your lawfully wedded wife if so
00:02:56say I do
00:03:23Emma I do I do love you
00:03:33right now I'm not ready to say I do I want kids and I want to know that you definitely
00:03:46100% want to
00:03:47have a family with me I don't want to say yes and jump into something and then it changed down
00:03:52the road
00:03:53and it's hard because I you know I'm sorry
00:04:12I do love you
00:04:13I just wanna be loved I just wanna be loved can you tell me I'm worthy or important am I
00:04:31working hard enough oh I just wanna be loved
00:04:42I just wanna be loved I'm gonna go check on her I'm not ready to get married we're not ready
00:04:50to get married we have a big thing with kids okay he's 50 50 I want someone that's gonna have
00:04:55a family all right I 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 all right
00:05:22hey
00:05:24oh my god my heart is beating so fast there's a lot of emotions yeah I know my son cares
00:05:30about your daughter
00:05:31they are are the same I mean he did say that then the the children were the issues they were
00:05:38trying
00:05:38to work out but I was like okay as long as you're happy it's bigger for Mike that's a big
00:05:45thing I get
00:05:46that and I want him to have kids and I'm not sure she's there and she might get there okay
00:05:51you know she's
00:05:52not a no but they still have to work better and she knows that I want to get married to
00:05:59you I know we have a lot to
00:06:00work through yeah but I I see glimpses of a future I see glimpses of a family like I know
00:06:09you're going to be an amazing father I
00:06:12wouldn't be here today if I didn't start seeing that sure I understand that yeah if we're gonna be married
00:06:24I
00:06:25I want you to know that you want a family with me yeah for sure yeah I don't want it
00:06:31to be half-ass I don't want to be 50-50 I
00:06:33don't want to be 90-10 whatever it may be 99-1 yeah I want it to be a hundred
00:06:38percent yeah and I want to be with someone that's a hundred 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
00:06:52yeah without knowing yeah I'm so 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
00:07:14but I 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 but for me
00:07:25to
00:07:26say 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 but I cannot say I
00:07:41do
00:07:41if I know the other person is not 100% with kids if she would have said definitively I will
00:07:49have kids
00:07:49with you would that have changed your answer yeah I think it would have
00:08:18so today is my wedding day today is starting to feel
00:08:22like a fairy tale I definitely was losing hope in finding somebody like Jordan today's the day it's
00:08:30crazy like with the kid who wants to just walk into that the right person like to actually find
00:08:37somebody that you fall in love with that's pretty amazing it's wild was I'm excited yesterday it was
00:08:43like really cute she did a magic show for Jordan that's adorable I think you had fun when your life
00:08:53is working especially doing what you do like basically running a practice and then having your
00:08:59daughter you don't really have the opportunity to meet I'm usually just like meeting a guy on a Saturday
00:09:04and like not getting to know them and like you just don't have the time and it was so like
00:09:09bad for
00:09:10so long and all these like toxic relationships that you've been in I'm gonna cry but like you've just
00:09:16come like so far yeah there's been a lot I'm like really proud of you I know this wasn't easy
00:09:24no it was not I feel like we worked so hard to get here he had to meet my daughter's
00:09:29dad he had to meet
00:09:30my daughter there's a lot of stress with work traveling back and forth from Mount Vernon you
00:09:35know we had a few stress moments but to get through everything it's just been such a wild crazy and
00:09:40amazing ride do you feel confident in your decision that you're gonna make today yeah you do mm-hmm I'm
00:09:48ready to marry Jordan I am you know he's like a best friend to me and you know that we
00:09:52love you so
00:09:53much no matter what happens we're here for you we love you that's why I get out of you so
00:10:01my biggest
00:10:02fear is how Jordan feels like if he's feeling a lot of pressure or anything like I know it's like
00:10:07changing his life and maybe he does kind of want to like run if that's his decision as well so
00:10:12that's
00:10:13been kind of link lingering on the back of my mind but I just care about him a lot so
00:10:16I don't want him
00:10:17to have those like feelings I want this to be a good day for him as well oh my gosh
00:10:33I don't think I've ever loved somebody as much as I love Amber and get the wedding today
00:10:38everything's better with you I did not sleep great last night at all hey it's been a lot of emotions
00:10:49Jordan you look wonderful nice you guys came in you wouldn't miss it for the world appreciate it
00:11:01how was the bachelor party that was super fun we did the monster truck thing didn't get to drive them
00:11:07though 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 brewski of choice today is this your ring her wedding band you got to
00:11:21meet
00:11:21Emma yesterday yeah finally got to meet her good we had fun took her a little bit to warm up
00:11:26to me
00:11:26but then that's to be expected yeah yeah but she's like super sweet and like everybody always warms up
00:11:31to you yeah try I'm gonna try to smother me with a pillow yesterday Emma did yeah oh well you
00:11:53did hit
00:11:53the same version of Amber definitely had some sass for sure yeah what do you guys think about all
00:11:58this it's crazy wild yeah it sure is did you say you have got to talk to her today uh
00:12:05we texted for
00:12:06like two seconds this morning no 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
00:12:20Amber wants to relocate to Columbus like I was just gonna have to look for any schools for
00:12:25for Emma 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
00:12:43about that from day one of the pods that I'm not trying to move out there you like the city
00:12:49life
00:12:49I mean yeah I want to go to like concerts and bars and restaurants and sporting events is there
00:12:54somewhere in like the outskirts that you could be like in between well I had brought up well her
00:12:59brother lives in German village that's that's an awesome neighborhood if we could find something
00:13:03that'd be that'd be cool that's where she would like to go compromise man it's the way the way it
00:13:08goes just have a little nerves is all you'll be fine tell I'm nervous no you look very calm
00:13:16yeah nerve-wracking for sure yeah yeah I just feel bad he's so nervous yeah that's the way you are
00:13:25when you get married that's nerve-wracking oh you can sit there now sit over here or proud of you
00:13:38thanks yeah you're going on an adventure none of us have done and yeah you really put yourself out
00:13:43there yeah yeah hard to believe honestly I don't think I've ever put so much into a relationship
00:13:51before so yeah that's the way it's supposed to be if it's meant to be it'll be
00:13:58we're excited for you thanks you 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 too
00:14:20love you
00:14:24see you over there
00:14:30oh boy
00:14:31oh my god don't cry
00:14:46oh my god amber you look beautiful oh my god she's so pretty oh my god
00:14:55oh my god thank you amazing you're a princess
00:15:00I guess I like this a lot
00:15:02all that I can do is take another step still got a little left never thought to be
00:15:10you look so amazing
00:15:16so beautiful
00:15:20oh my gosh I love it Jordan's gonna lose his shit he better
00:15:26oh my gosh it's good to see you
00:15:39oh my gosh so exciting I know
00:15:44oh 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 I want to see in the mirror let's look at us you look pretty too you look like the
00:16:01perfect flower princess gorgeous 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 I was okay so be honest I always felt like
00:16:19you
00:16:20were very like independent like you were just like I didn't think you would I thought I felt
00:16:24like if you were gonna get tied down it would be something that would happen maybe like way later
00:16:28like something when you were like 50 yeah like 40s or 50s yeah I figured you'd get tied down
00:16:33around then so well you have to put it on the other hand Emma
00:16:37well that's too bad
00:16:41let me put some chapstick on you real quick
00:16:44too 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
00:17:02I love you you're my best friend and I love you and thank you for going for your life with
00:17:09me
00:17:13oh my goodness I love you I love you so much you are so beautiful I'm so glad you guys
00:17:21came out
00:17:21oh my god I wouldn't have missed this wouldn't have missed it it is a lot to ask somebody to
00:17:27bring another human into a relationship it's a beautiful dress I'll see you here in a little bit
00:17:33but I would love for Jordan's heart to say yes
00:17:36yeah this is our life this is our life
00:17:40we're living a good life
00:17:42oh man I'm freaking out right now
00:17:57okay
00:18:00okay
00:18:01okay
00:18:08okay
00:18:24Everybody's here for you.
00:18:26Good.
00:18:30She's a wonderful person.
00:18:32I just met Emma.
00:18:34She's a wonderful girl.
00:18:36Look at this.
00:18:37It's okay.
00:18:40You good?
00:18:42Yeah.
00:18:44It's okay.
00:18:47Just breathe and go with your heart.
00:18:53We love you.
00:18:54No matter what you decide, we're all with you.
00:18:57We love you so much.
00:18:58You make us so proud.
00:19:03I love you.
00:19:12I love you.
00:19:15I love you.
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.
00:19:43Is that me and better?
00:19:45Yeah, honestly.
00:19:47Like...
00:19:47You know, it's a big decision, of course, getting married.
00:19:49Whether you guys go through with it or not, I'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, it will genuinely be a huge shock to me.
00:20:06In a good way, you know, I would 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.
00:20:21I will say this.
00:20:24Till the day I died, I think that you deserve the best.
00:20:29And...
00:20:56It's pretty, girl.
00:20:58Good job, baby girl.
00:20:59Ladies and gentlemen, I think that she's so cute.
00:21:34I'm so pretty.
00:21:36Mm-hmm.
00:21:43Missy mommy.
00:21:46Oh, sorry.
00:21:50I love you.
00:21:58It looks so good.
00:22:00Sweet.
00:22:01I love this side.
00:22:04Thanks.
00:22:04This is the second one they brought today.
00:22:07Please be seated.
00:22:13We are gathered here today to celebrate the marriage of Amber and Jordan.
00:22:19Love is the foundation upon which we build our lives.
00:22:23Love brings people together, strengthens them in times of hardship, and fills life with meaning and joy.
00:22:31Amber and Jordan stand before us, ready to take the next step in 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 the situation.
00:22:52He is always looking to say hi to the stranger.
00:22:55He made, like, seven airport friends over CPAP.
00:22:58Like, he's starting a CPAP club, actually, if he was interested in joining.
00:23:05Um, he is just, like, that positive of a person.
00:23:10I can sometimes be such, like, a go-getter.
00:23:13I'm, like, always trying to do everything, and he makes me step back and realize, like, what truly matters in
00:23:19life.
00:23:27Amber, we 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, you chose to get engaged and spend the rest of your lives together based on a deep
00:23:52emotional 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 as husband and wife, or will you walk away forever?
00:24:22Amber, do you take Jordan to be your lawfully wedded husband?
00:24:26Do you solemnly vow to be his faithful partner in sickness and in health, in 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 as 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 in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad?
00:25:24Do you promise to love her unconditionally, to honor and respect her, and to cherish her as long as you
00:25:30both shall live?
00:25:32If so, say, I do.
00:25:56I want to follow my heart and say that I do.
00:26:00So your answer is?
00:26:02I do.
00:26:27I feel very soon.
00:26:34Jordan, you may kiss your bride.
00:26:47Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan and Amber Faye.
00:27:01That's crazy.
00:27:02My sister told me, you know, just follow your heart, you know.
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.
00:27:24At least you're a fine person.
00:27:27You're mine too.
00:27:29Alright, let's have some fun.
00:27:35Are you excited?
00:27:37Mm-hmm.
00:27:38Yeah.
00:27:38You're done.
00:27:43Cheers.
00:27:43Cheers.
00:27:44Cheers.
00:27:53Cheers.
00:27:56Cheers.
00:28:01Cheers.
00:28:02Cheers.
00:28:03Cheers.
00:28:10Take 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.
00:28:17The nails.
00:28:18The lashes.
00:28:18All the things.
00:28:19Like, ready to be married.
00:28:21I 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.
00:28:33Today was supposed to be our wedding day, 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, but I was just like, I can't walk into a marriage with, like,
00:29:05self-doubt of, can I love you how you need to be loved?
00:29:08I 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, like, say we would
00:29:43have gotten married today, I was willing to make adjustments to what I believe.
00:29:51Yeah.
00:29:52Right.
00:29:52Yeah.
00:29:53We're still going to be together.
00:29:54We'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, it was like, okay, I'm
00:30:19not getting married, but now what does our life look like?
00:30:22Like, where do we go from here?
00:30:24I'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.
00:30:33And 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.
00:30:39But my doubts moving forward in the relationship, what does it look like?
00:30:44Like, you're not going to just date someone to date.
00:30:46Like, I'm not going to date someone just to date.
00:30:48Like, 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 to,
00:30:57like, 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, having the dress pre-bought was
00:31:15something that really threw me.
00:31:16I 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.
00:31:35Yeah, I got out.
00:31:37Oh, fuck.
00:31:39Well, 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.
00:31:48We 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?
00:31:55The more I'm, like, clinged onto or the more I'm, like, pressured to do something, the, like, harder that I
00:32:01push back.
00:32:01She is sometimes like a shadow to me and I'm just, like, sometimes I'm, like, just 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.
00:32:20We 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.
00:32:30I 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?
00:33:02I 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.
00:33:18Because it was really hard to do it in this instance, but it paid off.
00:33:24Because now I have the love of my life, my person, my best friend, that I hope to be my
00:33:31best 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. We're just saying not right now.
00:33:46It would have been hard for me to go through today knowing that we aren't getting married.
00:33:54Like, if it wasn't 100% yes, then I didn't want to have, like, a wedding.
00:33:59Never forget you
00:34:01And you'll always be by my side
00:34:05So pray that I'm not you
00:34:07Do the day I dare
00:34:11It starts right here
00:34:22It's my wedding day. It's the biggest day that I've had in my life so far. I've been second best
00:34:27a lot of times.
00:34:29You know, I've been cheated on, I've been lied to, and fell in love with Alex because he was so
00:34:34confident 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
00:34:49wife, to be their husband.
00:34:51I just remember being all in and telling my dad, like, I met the man of my dreams.
00:34:55You know, I've been crying so much, too. Like, I get so emotional. I don't know why. I'm, like, not
00:34:59the emotional type.
00:35:00It's almost like it's your wedding day.
00:35:00It's almost like it's my wedding day. It's a crazy time in my life.
00:35:03Did you talk to Alex last night?
00:35:06We 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.
00:35:29Hi!
00:35:30Hi, girls!
00:35:32Hi, Mom!
00:35:33Hi, Mom!
00:35:33I have lived a very stable life with a great family.
00:35:38And he has 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.
00:36:02I am the bride.
00:36:04The bride.
00:36:05The bride.
00:36:05I'm the bride.
00:36:07Brine.
00:36:08I can't believe it.
00:36:11I 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 can want checked in a box or whatever, emotionally, without a doubt.
00:36:30And 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.
00:36:36It's so mad, it's so mad, it's so mad.
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.
00:36:47You're used to that.
00:36:48You're used to that.
00:36:49I am ready to marry, actually.
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,
00:36:55it'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.
00:37:04You 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 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, she's a phenomenal person.
00:37:35Great partner.
00:37:36Mm-hmm.
00:37:36What kind of family she come from?
00:37:37Older brother.
00:37:38And then her father was definitely extroverted, for sure.
00:37:42You said he's a divorce attorney?
00:37:43Yeah, dude, that was nuts.
00:37:44That's why the family to marry.
00:37:46Yeah, it was insane, dude.
00:37:47That's where you would be.
00:37:48Yeah, you got grilled, I'm sure.
00:37:49I did.
00:37:50I did.
00:37:50So, 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.
00:37:56And then, like, he'll start talking about something else.
00:37:59And then, randomly, he'll just be like, all right, so what's the price of crypto right
00:38:01now?
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?
00:38:06You know, I don't really think I have any fears at the moment.
00:38:09I 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?
00:38:17I'll rip one sleeve off and show off the arm.
00:38:19Oh, I would love to.
00:38:21Oh, dude.
00:38:23My guy.
00:38:24Gracias, Chico.
00:38:32Hi.
00:38:36Wow.
00:38:37You sparkly?
00:38:38You 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?
00:38:41Good.
00:38:42How are you?
00:38:42Good.
00:38:44Wow.
00:38:44You clean up okay?
00:38:46Thank you, thank you.
00:38:47How are you doing, kiddo?
00:38:49I'm good.
00:38:49How are you doing?
00:38:49I'm comfortable.
00:38:50Confident.
00:38:51Sleeping well.
00:38:52Clear ahead.
00:38:53Good.
00:38:54Where I should be.
00:38:55Well, I'm proud of you.
00:38:57Sad Nana and Bop 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 warmup, and now you've started to put the gloves
00:39:12on and the cleats on, and you're in the locker room with the boys beforehand, and
00:39:15you're really figuring out, okay, like, the moment's here.
00:39:17I think we're basically walking out to the field right now.
00:39:20It's game time now.
00:39:22Mm-hmm.
00:39:23Talk to you soon.
00:39:24Yep.
00:39:24Thank you for all the support.
00:39:25Love you, baby.
00:39:26Appreciate it.
00:39:33Ah!
00:39:35Oh, my God!
00:39:36That's so sweet!
00:39:37Okay, everybody not.
00:39:39Don't cry.
00:39:40Don't cry.
00:39:40You're really like a walking ball to beat.
00:39:42Yeah, I do.
00:39:43Yeah.
00:39:44Sorry, babe.
00:39:44Let's go.
00:39:45Oh!
00:39:46The butt and the butt, and they're so pretty.
00:39:48Nice!
00:39:48Perfect.
00:39:49Honey.
00:39:50Baby.
00:39:51I love you, actually.
00:39:52You're so proud of you.
00:40:01I love you too.
00:40:03I love you.
00:40:04I love you.
00:40:08I love you.
00:40:09I love you too.
00:40:09I love you.
00:40:10I love you too.
00:40:13I love you.
00:40:15You see how big my boobs are?
00:40:22hello little sweetie what are you crying about oh hi sweetie
00:40:31don't cry too much keeping it together coming into the pods i did have some self-doubt
00:40:37i clearly wasn't having any luck in the dating pool in cleveland and i didn't know if i'd be
00:40:43everybody's cup of tea i'm just this boring girl from a small town in ohio you look fantastic
00:40:48boy that is a pretty dress i've been crying all day but the people i've met the men that i've
00:40:54dated
00:40:54the man that i'm about to marry everything that i've had here has made me so much more confident
00:41:00you think i've changed throughout this process i do it feels amazing to put on my dress there have
00:41:06been many conversations that i'm not alex's type so i hope when he sees me today he realizes how
00:41:17wrong he is if i'm being completely honest i would be shocked if alex said yes i'd be happy
00:41:23obviously nobody wants to be rejected but i am more so expecting a no from alex
00:41:30love you love you sweet you all excited you all ready
00:41:38i know i'm not everybody's cup of tea i'm not for every boy like who cares like who cares if
00:41:44they
00:41:44like me who cares if they want to be with me it's more do i want to be with them
00:41:48and i think that's
00:41:49my biggest thing today is it's my wedding day and the answer could be no the answer could be yes
00:41:55but someone out there is going to be the love of my life and if it's alex it is alex
00:42:01if we choose
00:42:02each other today then he will be the person that changes my life for the better i know that
00:42:08i am choosing someone today because of happiness confident and i'm ready your big day to the big
00:42:17alex and ashley's big day oh goodness
00:42:25so
00:42:26so
00:42:33so
00:42:34so
00:42:35so
00:42:41so
00:42:42so
00:42:44so
00:42:45so
00:42:47oh my god
00:42:48here
00:42:50oh my god
00:42:52oh my god
00:42:53oh my god
00:42:53your future is right in front
00:42:55i can feel it
00:42:57i got this
00:42:58you got this
00:43:00i got this
00:43:01you're ashley carpenter
00:43:03black belt
00:43:06you more nervous now or when you did that first tournament
00:43:09probably now
00:43:16ladies and gentlemen will you please rise for the entrance of our bride
00:43:22oh no
00:43:24here we go
00:43:25oh my god
00:43:26my god
00:43:29oh my god
00:43:29oh my god
00:43:31oh my god
00:43:34oh my god
00:43:37oh my god
00:43:37oh my god
00:43:38oh my god
00:43:39oh my god
00:43:39oh my god
00:43:40oh my god
00:43:41oh my god
00:43:41oh my god
00:43:41oh my god
00:43:42oh my god
00:43:42oh my god
00:43:43oh my god
00:43:43oh my god
00:43:43oh my god
00:43:44oh my god
00:43:44oh my god
00:43:45oh my god
00:43:45oh my god
00:43:45oh my god
00:43:55oh my god
00:44:26Dearly beloved, we're gathered here today to celebrate Ashley and Alex, a unique love born from truly unique circumstances.
00:44:37While there are many dimensions to love, arguably the most beautiful is that love has no requirements, and it knows
00:44:46no 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, excited for the chance to learn about each other,
00:45:02to standing on this platform today, ready for the chance to share their feelings for each other.
00:45:18Ashley, from the moment we stepped into the pods together, obviously I knew that you were very, very special.
00:45:23Whether it's riding horseback in Mexico or competing on the golf course together, it'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 rollercoaster.
00:45:50I'm sure everyone here is going to think I'm completely insane when I say that I fell for you.
00:45:55When I was stepping into a pod, you became my best friend, and I fell in love with you.
00:46:01You bet.
00:46:02Not bad.
00:46:07Ashley and Alex, you chose to get engaged and spend the rest of your lives together based on a deep
00:46:14emotional 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 as husband and wife, or will you walk away forever?
00:46:34Alex, we're going to begin with you.
00:46:39Alex, do you take Ashley to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward,
00:46:45for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, honor, and cherish,
00:46:52forsaking all otherness, so long as you both shall live?
00:46:57If so, say I do.
00:47:05I know your answer, and it doesn't matter to me.
00:47:10I know you don't choose me, and I'm not choosing you either.
00:47:17When we were in the pods, all of our stories, all of our future plans, they aligned perfectly.
00:47:23However, once we left the pods, there 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, we were roommates.
00:47:39Something 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, but somehow I just found myself more confused at the end of our
00:47:51conversations.
00:47:52Okay.
00:47:54Lying is a non-negotiable for me, and I'm sure it is for you as well.
00:47:59Mm-hmm.
00:48:00I lead my life with integrity, which is one of the reasons you've told me that you fall in love
00:48:04with me, and I expect my husband to do the same thing.
00:48:07That's fair.
00:48:07Unfortunately, I do feel like you have missed that mark.
00:48:10Okay.
00:48:16I used to ignore red flags.
00:48:19I accepted dishonesty, and I spent far too much time waiting for a man to love me that was not
00:48:28my person.
00:48:29I think this process has really made us grow, and I'm very proud of the woman I am today, and
00:48:34I hope you're proud of the man that you are through all of this.
00:48:37Absolutely.
00:48:38If I was standing here a year ago, I would have ignored all of the red flags, all of the
00:48:45lies.
00:48:45I would have probably thought, I can change him, or just give it some more time, and I would have
00:48:50spent far too much time waiting for you to become the man that I deserve.
00:48:55I know I deserve something extraordinary, and I 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 were more to try and catch me in something that didn't
00:49:28really 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 the mark on integrity, but 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.
00:49:53No, man.
00:49:54No, man.
00:49:56No, man.
00:49:56No, man.
00:49:59Come on, baby.
00:50:00Come on, baby.
00:50:20She thought I would call him a liar.
00:50:22No.
00:50:23No, Jesus, it's not right.
00:50:25Come on, baby.
00:50:34All right.
00:50:35Clocked that guy.
00:50:39Appreciate you, boys.
00:50:41You got you, bro.
00:50:41I got you.
00:50:42I 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 because you're not.
00:50:49I know that, and everyone here knows that, so I'm exactly where I should be, standing where
00:50:54I needed to be, very 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.
00:51:00Y'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.
00:51:19I didn't expect the I'm going to go first type thing.
00:51:22That's a power move.
00:51:23Do your thing.
00:51:23But it was a consistent theme throughout this process here where I was always asked,
00:51:27where 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 to really kind of find that and was
00:51:35really targeting my past.
00:51:37But if you're going to heavily weight, you know, my past, there 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 in front of all of his friends
00:51:54and his mom, but 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, because he has nothing to say.
00:52:05He knows I'm right.
00:52:07That was, I don't know, weird.
00:52:09That was weird.
00:52:10He was a loser.
00:52:11I was like, that's all you can say.
00:52:12He didn't love me.
00:52:13He didn't even like me, I don't think so.
00:52:15Really?
00:52:16Yeah, every, 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, I don't think he's here for the right reasons.
00:52:24I think he wanted something else out of this rather than a wife.
00:52:29Just not the right guy.
00:52:30Perfect dress, perfect venue, not the perfect guy.
00:52:57I've been drifting away for so long.
00:53:15Today is wedding day, and I am beyond excited.
00:53:18I don't even know what word to use.
00:53:22Oh, it's so pretty.
00:53:24I knew he was my person, and 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, but for me, he, like, could not be more perfect for my personality
00:53:55and what I envisioned in my life and what I want in a husband and what I want in the
00:53:58father of my kids.
00:54:00Heart on my sleep till he kills me.
00:54:06I've just been calm and confident with him, you know, you know.
00:54:16My biggest fear is just, like, not feeling good enough.
00:54:26Whether it's family stuff or education stuff or upbringing stuff, a lot of my fear in dating in the past
00:54:32was that when someone really gets to know me and see my flaws or my family's flaws, that I wouldn't
00:54:38feel good enough.
00:54:39And that's why this experiment was so beautiful, because it gave him everything.
00:54:43And he said, like, you are good enough.
00:54:52And I'm going to cry saying it, but he wrote me something in the pods.
00:54:57And, like, the very first line was, I can't see you, but I see you.
00:55:04And I felt seen.
00:55:06It 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, like, 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.
00:55:25And I don't want to even try.
00:55:26There's still time if you want to run, Kristen.
00:55:30You'll imagine.
00:55:31I'm just kidding.
00:55:33I'd punch you.
00:55:34Say no.
00:55:35I already told Vic I'd punch him.
00:55:38Shandell, Vic's sister, she's marrying us.
00:55:41Did 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.
00:55:48I just want to see her and I want to hug her.
00:55:50You 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 God.
00:55:59Finally.
00:56:16I'm really trying not to cry.
00:56:18I'm really trying.
00:56:19Oh, my goodness, it's lovely to see you.
00:56:22It's beautiful, yes.
00:56:24Vic told me a lot about you.
00:56:26I know.
00:56:28I'm so glad you could both make it.
00:56:30Look, I know this is strange, like, meeting on the day of.
00:56:33I know.
00:56:34I was happy when he told me he fell so on.
00:56:36He's happy.
00:56:37All right.
00:56:38I do know.
00:56:39If one thing I know, my brother, and 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.
00:56:51And then this is, um, she's actually my niece, but she's older than me.
00:56:55So I call her my sister.
00:56:57But this is Karina.
00:56:59So happy.
00:57:00Vic found alive.
00:57:01So happy.
00:57:02I always wanted to find something.
00:57:04Aw.
00:57:04Well, I'm honored that he chose me.
00:57:07He's a beautiful, beautiful person.
00:57:09I'll let you read it in private, you know, as you wish.
00:57:13But that's, uh...
00:57:14Just letting you know.
00:57:15I was like, I'm not going to have the words and the emotions to say it.
00:57:18I'm not here in person.
00:57:19No, instead of makeup, we do not want that.
00:57:20Let me see their own ring.
00:57:21I was like, Sue, 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.
00:57:29I mean, I was like, what?
00:57:30You're an introvert.
00:57:31Well, you know what'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, no, absolutely not.
00:57:37You're way more extroverted than I am.
00:57:39Did you guys ever think I would ever do anything like this?
00:57:42Not in a million years.
00:57:43I would have never saw this on Christine's bingo card.
00:57:46Well, when Victor told me, I was like, well...
00:57:48I was like, really?
00:57:50But when he makes up his mind to do something,
00:57:52I know he's taken the time to research it.
00:57:55So I was just like, okay, fine.
00:57:56Like me, I'm from New York.
00:57:58So I have a distrustful demeanor.
00:58:00But I spoke to her, and I instantly liked her.
00:58:05She's genuine, and she came into this process
00:58:07wanting to find love, and she's found it.
00:58:10And I'm happy.
00:58:11I know he wants to find a wife.
00:58:14I'm happy for you all.
00:58:16Yes.
00:58:16I'm excited, and I'm happy.
00:58:18Me too.
00:58:19I'm happy you guys are happy.
00:58:21I'm happy.
00:58:21And it's nice meeting you.
00:58:23Go ahead and get ready.
00:58:25And we'll see you.
00:58:27Bye.
00:58:28I'm not as nervous anymore.
00:58:39Hi, guys.
00:58:41There she is.
00:58:43Oh, my gosh.
00:58:44You look gorgeous.
00:58:46You look gorgeous, baby.
00:58:50Are you feeling...
00:58:51Are you good?
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?
00:58:59Mm-hmm.
00:59:00But I feel like a bride today, which 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, and they got to chit-chat with everybody.
00:59:12Melody, can you believe it?
00:59:14Melody, can you believe it?
00:59:14It's so neat.
00:59:16I know.
00:59:17Tori, are you getting nervous, too?
00:59:19I'm not nervous.
00:59:20I'm happy.
00:59:27I'm happy.
00:59:30Today's wedding day.
00:59:32The emotional connection Christine and I have, it'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, and she knows all the parts of me.
00:59:49She called me her Build-A-Beard husband.
00:59:51I'm like, all right, you better put some patches on that Build-A-Beard, because, you
00:59:55know, I got scars, and I'm not perfect in any way, shape, or form.
00:59:58But that's the thing, is that her imperfections, my imperfections, we see beauty in it.
01:00:07I can't say what's in that box.
01:00:10I can't.
01:00:11It's between a husband and a wife.
01:00:17Yeah, how about C?
01:00:18Where's the man of the time?
01:00:19Oh, okay.
01:00:20Nice.
01:00:21Yes, sir.
01:00:23Yeah.
01:00:24Yes, sir.
01:00:24What's up, man?
01:00:26Brother, brother.
01:00:27How's everything, bro?
01:00:28Yes, sir.
01:00:29Yes, sir.
01:00:30What's going on?
01:00:32How you feeling, man?
01:00:33Oh, feeling good.
01:00:34Feeling really good.
01:00:35Feeling good?
01:00:36Yeah, man.
01:00:36Looking good, man.
01:00:37Thanks, y'all.
01:00:38Thanks.
01:00:39Game time feeling really good.
01:00:40That's good.
01:00:41Yeah, yeah.
01:00:41So my question is, how you going to walk out?
01:00:45What you mean?
01:00:45You're just going to be like...
01:00:48I'm going to run down the up.
01:00:50I'm going to run down the up.
01:00:51I'm going to run down the up.
01:00:51I'm falling, falling, I'm falling.
01:00:54Right in front of me.
01:00:56They call me Bullseye.
01:00:57Now, let me ask you this.
01:01:00I ask Christine's rhythm, because we're going to be partying.
01:01:03You know what I mean?
01:01:04It's going to be music playing.
01:01:04That's a legit question.
01:01:08Man, we're going to hit it.
01:01:09We're going to hit it.
01:01:12She'll be good.
01:01:13She'll be good.
01:01:13I'm going to have to show her the electric slide in 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 going to show you how to electric slide, bro.
01:01:25So stand up next to me.
01:01:27Good.
01:01:28No, you're doing good.
01:01:28Yeah.
01:01:29Keep it going.
01:01:29You got that style, got that look.
01:01:32Every trick, every fool.
01:01:34Do you know what I'm singing?
01:01:37Two, three, four to the left.
01:01:39I'm losing track of time.
01:01:41Four, four, one, two, three, two.
01:01:43Do you know what I mean?
01:01:45Hey!
01:01:46Hey!
01:01:46Take it up.
01:01:47Hey!
01:01:49I got it.
01:01:50Oh, yeah.
01:01:51The way you make me feel.
01:01:54The way you make me feel.
01:01:58The way you make me feel.
01:02:01The way you make me feel.
01:02:04The way you make me feel.
01:02:13What up, mom?
01:02:15Oh, my.
01:02:16Oh, my.
01:02:16Oh, my.
01:02:17How are you doing?
01:02:18Good.
01:02:18Good to see you.
01:02:22Oh, my goodness.
01:02:23I met Christina.
01:02:24I love you.
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.
01:02:31Superwoman.
01:02:32Yeah, yeah.
01:02:33Knowing that I got y'all behind me is very much reassuring.
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,
01:02:50that was it.
01:02:51It's having 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.
01:03:00So that'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, when you came back the first semester and you were, like, following
01:03:16me all around the house, apologizing, 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?
01:03:29Those 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's 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.
01:04:05Now it's just for her to choose me.
01:04:18Oh, Christy.
01:04:19Oh, Christy.
01:04:20Beautiful, 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.
01:04:33I love you all.
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.
01:05:29Oh.
01:05:32Hello.
01:05:33How are you?
01:05:35You look incredible.
01:05:37You look incredible.
01:05:39I wanted to tell you I really liked Beck.
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, Carol.
01:06:21I don't know.
01:06:29I don't know.
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 their exchange of wedding vows.
01:06:50Victor, my one and only baby brother, has been a part of my life since the beginning.
01:06:57Though their meeting was unconventional, their commitment to each other and unwavering support of friends and family will help them
01:07:07bloom 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 as they become one
01:07:18united 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 aisle and
01:07:38I can't find my words.
01:07:42I never thought I'd fall in love in such a unique experiment.
01:07:49And Christine, the moment we spoke in those pods and we just connected, it felt so easy getting to know
01:07:58you.
01:07:58You make it easy to open up.
01:08:00You 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.
01:08:07Then I accept you for you.
01:08:09I'm so grateful to be engaged to you and to see what our next step in this chapter looks like.
01:08:21I think just from the beginning, I felt some kind of connection with you just from hearing your 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.
01:08:34And you let me fully let my guard down and be myself to open up parts of me that maybe
01:08:41are shameful or embarrassing or whatever I interpreted.
01:08:46And the fact that you still fell in love with me and we had such a connection regardless of anything
01:08:50that either of us shared.
01:08:52It just felt so right.
01:08:55Since such a calm love and an easy love, but very fulfilling and passionate love and very, very, very grateful
01:09:02for you.
01:09:04And 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 on a deep
01:09:19emotional 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 walk away
01:09:32forever?
01:09:36Christine, do you take Victor to be your lawfully wedded husband, promising to love and comfort him, to honor him
01:09:47and keep him in sickness and in health, in prosperity and adversity, and forsaken all others as long as you
01:09:56both shall live?
01:09:57If so, please say I do.
01:10:07I do.
01:10:14Victor, do you take Christine to be your lawfully wedded wife, promising to love and comfort her, to honor her
01:10:24and keep her in sickness and in health, in prosperity and adversity, and forsaken all others as long as you
01:10:33both 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, you're my rib, and I do.
01:10:49I now pronounce you husband and wife.
01:10:54Victor, you may now kiss your beautiful bride.
01:10:57I sorry.
01:10:57You're my dance.
01:10:59Dude, I can't afford will.
01:11:01I got a whole lot of love.
01:11:04I got a whole lot of love if I get my whole world.
01:11:08Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:11:09Yay!
01:11:10I got time.
01:11:15That's all!
01:11:16That's all.
01:11:18I'm going to fight Dieser.
01:11:22St John?
01:11:23St. John's, baby.
01:11:24What a beautiful thing.
01:11:26Yeah, it's nice meeting you.
01:11:28It's good.
01:11:32Best day of my life times 10.
01:11:35Yeah.
01:11:36Never felt love like this.
01:11:37Yeah.
01:11:40Bye forever.
01:11:42Forever, ever.
01:11:43Ever, ever.
01:11:44We got to merge into families.
01:11:46We got a tribe.
01:11:47Yeah.
01:11:48With my wife.
01:11:52That's what I'm looking forward to.
01:11:54Same.
01:11:55I got to show you the electric slide later.
01:11:58Might have to take my shoes off.
01:11:59Yeah.
01:12:03Yeah, I love you too.
01:12:05Next chapter.
01:12:06Best chapter.
01:12:07How do you do?
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.
01:12:47But at the same time, it was coming off as if almost she didn't want the responsibility of children ever.
01:12:52And that's scary to me.
01:12:56I didn't want to hurt Emma.
01:12:58And I truly do believe, even with this happening today, I do think that love is blind.
01:13:06I still do think that love is blind.
01:13:10But I do think that there are big things in life, like children, that you, I guess, can't be blind
01:13:18on.
01:13:21Especially 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 to be prioritized over the
01:13:39physical.
01:13:40The physical is still important to me.
01:13:42I'm not saying it needs to be important to everybody else.
01:13:44But to me, I need a physical match that makes me very, very happy.
01:13:48Moving forward from me, seeing what happens next.
01:13:50Staying open to everything that comes for 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.
01:14:04But 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, what I'll accept
01:14:16in a relationship.
01:14:16I want a love that lasts a lifetime.
01:14:18I 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. Ben!
01:14:43We're both ecstatic right now.
01:14:45It's amazing.
01:14:47It's so much fun.
01:14:48Ooh, yeah.
01:14:49I don't know what you want to say, but I still want you.
01:14:53Yeah, you've heard that before.
01:14:55Well, that wasn't me.
01:14:58Every promise I make.
01:15:00I'm so in love with Jordan.
01:15:01Like, I've always...
01:15:02Like, a 7 out of 10?
01:15:03Like, a 10 out of 10?
01:15:04Like, a 10 out of 10?
01:15:07It's really amazing.
01:15:10I just love you, baby.
01:15:12Yeah.
01:15:13That's what I'll do.
01:15:143, 2, 3, and 5!
01:15:17Oh, my God!
01:15:19Yeah!
01:15:21Oh, my God!
01:15:23Yeah!
01:15:23Oh, my God!
01:15:23Mr. and Mrs. St. Shawn!
01:15:26Oh, my God!
01:15:29Oh, my God!
01:15:30Oh, my God!
01:15:34Oh, my God!
01:15:37Oh!
01:15:37It 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 a promise I can't even teach you
01:15:55Every time for you
01:15:57You believe me
01:15:58I'm gonna show you
01:16:00Last thing, it's, like, 2 minus 2 hours
01:16:04until you guys use the box.
01:16:06Yeah?
01:16:07Were you on the countdown?
01:16:08That box.
01:16:10Um...
01:16:11Yeah, that...
01:16:11Well, I just found out my sister and her kids
01:16:13are staying in the same hotel as we are.
01:16:15Oh, they are?
01:16:16But they're not staying in the same room.
01:16:18You'll be the proof
01:16:22I'm gonna love 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
01:16:42than 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?
01:16:51I told you!
01:16:52Don't fucking do that!
01:16:53I told you!
01:16:55Don't fucking do that!
01:16:56Come on and choose me
01:17:01I know you wanna
01:17:03Come on, you gotta, gotta
01:17:06You need me
01:17:10There's no denying
01:17:12What's to decide
01:17:14Go
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