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Love Is Blind<\/a><\/p>\n Week 3 (Episodes 10-11)<\/p>\n \n Season 9<\/p>\n Episodes 10 – 11\n <\/p>\n \n Editor\u2019s Rating<\/p>\n 4 stars<\/p>\n ****\n <\/p>\n \n The pressure is mounting as the wedding day quickly approaches, and none of the couples seems to be handling it all that well. All of the couples on Love Is Blind season nine seem to agree that love isn\u2019t supposed to be easy. You have to wake up and commit to your partner every day, you have to know how to compromise \u2014 maintaining the relationship is going to be work. But in that case, how do you know when to clock out and call it quits? That\u2019s the question of the week. With weddings approaching, the Denver cast is running out of time to figure out what level of doubt they\u2019re comfortable accepting before saying \u201cI do.\u201d Everyone has to contend with whether they can channel Ash Ketchum and \u201cI choose you\u201d their way through future obstacles. Two couples ultimately decide that they can\u2019t. Are they giving up on relationships that could\u2019ve been improved with time and effort, or are they giving into the reality that they would never be happy together no matter how much they tried? Let\u2019s break it down.<\/p>\n Thank God we\u2019ve been spared from the timeline where Annie and Nick get married and post unconvincingly cheery Christian couple content for the rest of their lives. We only get two scenes before these two break up. First, there\u2019s a conversation where Annie (who later admits that she was a little drunk) doubles down on concerns that Nick doesn\u2019t love her as much as she wants. Let\u2019s set aside the fact that the best example of love that Nick can offer is that he took five hours off work to help her do something \u2014 when these two talk, they use the word \u201clove\u201d so much that it starts to lose all meaning. There\u2019s a minute-long stretch where, by my count, they\u2019re averaging one \u201cI love you\u201d every five seconds. Reminding each other why they love each other is less important, it seems, than just assuring each other that they do.<\/p>\n The next day, Annie is ready to move forward, but Nick says that argument was his \u201cbreaking point.\u201d He did previously say that she couldn\u2019t put words in his mouth again, but the breakup still feels abrupt. Even though she begs him to keep trying, he says she can\u2019t make 1+1=3. To him, her love feels both deep and shallow. Their arguments are not healthy, and most of all, he\u2019s not happy. Annie thinks he\u2019ll regret this, and Nick snaps that she can\u2019t force him to go to the altar.<\/p>\n In a confessional, Annie hopes everything wasn\u2019t fake. She might be surprised at how many cast members have suggested that Nick is calculated once she watches the season back. As for Nick, I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll be ready to defend himself in interviews and give a well-rehearsed speech during the reunion.<\/p>\n Whatever certainty Joe felt after seeing Madison with his family seems to have disappeared by the time he meets hers. Her family is supportive (\u201cThat\u2019s my man \u2014\u00a0my sister\u2019s man!\u201d is a particular highlight). They advise him that marriage will be a constant commitment and that he should hug Madison when she\u2019s angry. In light of the fact that Joe once backed out of an engagement when wedding invites were ready, Madison\u2019s mom says she hopes neither he nor Madison blindsides the other this time.<\/p>\n At the dress fitting, Madison is visualizing two \u201cI do\u201ds at the altar, and her mom declares that Joe didn\u2019t set off her \u201cick barometer.\u201d There\u2019s a completely different energy during Joe\u2019s tux fitting. At first, I wonder if the scene is meant to expose that he\u2019s rude to service workers. Why won\u2019t he look that employee in the eye? But it quickly becomes clear that he\u2019s having a meltdown over the wedding. \u201cI gotta get the fuck outta here. I can\u2019t do this,\u201d he says in a confessional before heading to his car without saying anything to his friends. The producers let us know how they feel by cutting to Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s \u201cManchild.\u201d Whack him again for me!<\/p>\n Predictably, Joe tells Madison that she\u2019s not his person. He says it\u2019s not because he wants to explore with a pod ex or the timeline of the show \u2014\u00a0this just isn\u2019t working. Up until the end, we see how mismatched these two are. Madison is upset that Joe doesn\u2019t seem that affected or eager to comfort her; meanwhile, Joe\u2019s internally feeling like that one picture<\/a> of Nicole Kidman. \u201cI would\u2019ve been miserable,\u201d he says. He\u2019s probably right, but it\u2019s lame that he waited so long. Still, it\u2019s a small kindness to at least do this now and not at the altar. Ultimately, the breakup is more cordial than I expected: Madison thanks Joe and says he\u2019ll always have a place in her heart. It\u2019s as levelheaded as we\u2019ve ever seen her be when she\u2019s upset. Growth?<\/p>\n Alcohol doesn\u2019t stick around for long in this apartment, and Anton seems allergic to telling the truth when Ali asks him about these disappearing drinks. He says he can stop drinking for a couple of weeks to prove that he\u2019s not an alcoholic, then deflects and says Ali doesn\u2019t consistently do laundry or clean. It\u2019s a concerning opening scene, but their family meetings do offer some hope.<\/p>\n While we know one of Ali\u2019s sisters isn\u2019t on board, both Ali\u2019s and Anton\u2019s moms are very supportive. Ali feels optimistic after hearing how highly Anton\u2019s mom speaks of him. Meanwhile, Ali\u2019s mom \u2014\u00a0who met her own husband online \u2014 tells Anton not to go to the bar with friends and leave his wife alone, but also reminds her daughter that sometimes she\u2019ll need to stay home and do chores. \u201cI love you,\u201d Anton says. Both mother-in-laws seem ready to truly merge families.<\/p>\n During his tux fitting, Anton hints at some potential concerns, but his mom and friend urge him not to overthink it. By these two\u2019s final date, Anton seems confident in their twin-like connection. Still, Ali contemplates how to know if you\u2019re pouring time and effort into a relationship that simply isn\u2019t meant to be. Anton believes that a marriage can work if both people decide to stick with it \u2014 guess we\u2019ll see what happens next week.<\/p>\n These two initially project so much confidence. To Jordan\u2019s parents, they suggest that it would take something \u201ccatastrophic\u201d for this not to work out; Jordan says during his tux fitting that Megan would have to slap his son in the face for him to back out. Megan also had a great first meeting with Luca, though she\u2019ll have to get used to everything that comes with his diabetes. Meamwhile, we\u2019re slowly learning that Megan is into some woo-woo shit. Her blue-collar fianc\u00e9 looks pretty skeptical about tarot readings and the idea that they should think about numerology when choosing a house.<\/p>\n But they have bigger issues. Maybe love is work, but Jordan already has a demanding full-time job that he\u2019d rather not talk about at home. He\u2019d prefer to sit in silence than talk or even complain about his coworkers. (Does he secretly work for the government, or \u2026 ?) Megan wants a partner who will offer more stimulating conversation. She reminds Jordan that their connection in the pods was built on conversation, and he points out that they\u2019re not in the pods anymore. When Megan tells Jordan they\u2019re in the same boat, he corrects, \u201cYour boat is way bigger than my boat.\u201d Ooh, class commentary! Free time is expensive, let\u2019s wake it up.<\/p>\n The other problem is the complaint Jordan has had since Baja: that Megan\u2019s sometimes \u201cabrasive.\u201d he doesn\u2019t want to be \u201cshit on\u201d for being tired. He also thinks she needs a reality check about how life has to slow down once you have kids. Is she okay with having to give up Italy trips and the idea of tennis dates with him on a weekday morning? Conversely, is she okay with compromising on the luxurious lifestyle that she worked to be able to enjoy? It\u2019s an important conversation to have, and absolutely shocking that they\u2019re having it this late. Jordan tells Megan that she picked him because dating rich guys didn\u2019t work. Basically, Leonardo DiCaprio can breathe easy \u2014 we\u2019re taking a break from discussing age gaps and discoursing about income-gap relationships now.<\/p>\n It\u2019s amazing to me that Kalybriah says she\u2019s working on her patience when I think she already deserves a PhD in patience. This week, we get more context on her argument with Edmond from the mini reunion. Before they even got there, he\u2019d already hurt her feelings by refusing to help with an errand and then fishing for compliments while she tried to get ready. She explains that her main issue was that he made her look bad in front of other people \u2014 then tried to fix everything by just saying he loved her. Edmond kinda doubles down on the idea that she isn\u2019t nice enough, and suggests that she\u2019s forgotten why she fell in love. KB tells him she stayed because she sees his potential, and ultimately apologizes for getting \u201cheightened.\u201d They end the conversation on a positive note, affirming that they\u2019re going to be great parents. When we see them later happily filling out their marriage license, I just wonder if their relationship is going to be an endless cycle of ups and downs.<\/p>\n KB\u2019s friends describe Edmond as \u201cdifferent,\u201d but say at the dress fitting that maybe this is what she needs to get out of her comfort zone. Over on Edmond\u2019s side, where he\u2019s bewildering an employee by swapping his shirt out for a vest, his friends are convinced that he\u2019s really in love.<\/p>\n A cute date in the mountains seems like a sign that things are getting better \u2026 but ominous music lets us know that something\u2019s wrong. KB reveals that Edmond was being dismissive in the car (he later alludes to fully ignoring her and only speaking to the driver), up until the cameras turned on and he started grinning. A teary KB says she can\u2019t force him to grow up. He doesn\u2019t want to say sorry because he doesn\u2019t feel like he\u2019s done anything wrong. \u201cYou bring me out my fucking character,\u201d KB says, going on to curse more than she has all season.<\/p>\n Edmond eventually apologizes with flowers for everything that KB brought up. Although she admits that she considered throwing her ring into the mountains, she says he\u2019s given her hope by taking accountability. She\u2019s also sorry for cursing, and says he\u2019s changing her for the better just like she is to him. I don\u2019t discount that. And I don\u2019t believe in perfect relationships! I just wonder whether these two could find matches that are less tumultuous. Still, when Edmond is kissing her feet and they\u2019re coming up with a handshake on a skating date, I wonder if I\u2019m being too idealistic. I\u2019ve never been married. Is this as romantic as it gets \u2014\u00a0two people deciding that they\u2019re going to make it work over and over again, no matter how many fights they have?<\/p>\n Compatibility tests: And then there were three. Here, the results of the last informal poll of my Vulture and New York Magazine coworkers on who we think will get married this season:<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd47Ali and Anton – 67%<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd48Kalybriah and Edmond – 33%<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude2dMegan and Jordan – 0%<\/p>\n I always wonder what would happen if no couples got married. Maybe we\u2019ll find out next week?\u00a0There wasn\u2019t much enthusiasm about selecting a favorite and least favorite of the week, so instead, we\u2019re nominating the joys and burdens of parenthood, respectively.<\/p>\n IRL: Sometimes it feels like social media is a built-in part of a Love Is Blind season, but compared to last season, there are way fewer links furiously being passed around my group chats. Kacie claimed<\/a> to my colleague that she regrets breaking up with Patrick, and someone<\/a> who claims to be her ex is enjoying the TikTok engagement. Meanwhile, Madison revealed<\/a> on Viall Files that she had another connection up until engagement day \u2014\u00a0and that she \u201ckind of developed an eating disorder\u201d after Joe made a comment about \u201cmore petite women\u201d off camera.<\/p>\n \u2022 It\u2019s sweet that Anton\u2019s mom is apparently the first mom to be invited to a tux fitting! I bet Ali appreciated that he invited her over his drinking buddy.<\/p>\n \u2022 KB looking at herself in the mirror and saying emotionally, \u201cI look like a virgin\u201d was great. It does remind me that we didn\u2019t see her and Edmond discuss sex at all this week. Is it possible that they really did resolve that issue off-camera?<\/p>\n \u2022 I hope Luca is able to be involved in Jordan\u2019s wedding in some way. I know it\u2019s tough because his privacy as a child is paramount, but it would feel like a shame to let Netflix cameras be the reason he can\u2019t fully participate in such a big day for his dad. Maybe he can be a ring bearer who they edit out?<\/p>\n \u2022 Once again, I\u2019ve been faked out by the season preview. I thought we were going to have a groom back out on his wedding day, but I now realize that the preview was of Joe\u2019s tux-fitting meltdown. So it probably won\u2019t be as dramatic of a wedding episode as I thought \u2026 but you never know. 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