Love is Blind | The Reunion | Netflix

It changed me in many ways. I mean, rewatching the show, I was still me, but I feel like I've evolved over time because I've become more like her in a lot of ways. - I don't think that will change either. After they get married, it's as if they continue to evolve towards each other. - But. (laughing) - Whose idea was the furbaby? - All me. - All Lauren. - That was part of, I thought, if we get married, I have to have a puppy. - Yes, that was in our marriage agreement. What my mother told me was that she knew that I had always said that she would never date a woman who wanted to have a dog, which sounds crazy in retrospect. (laughs) She knew it was true

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because I said, yeah, we're going to get a dog and that was something we agreed on, and that's why they sold her.

She knew it was true

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. -Her name is Sparks, for sparks, for this. - Oh, that's so cute! (Cast murmurs) - Like, the furbaby, we have a furbaby and that was like, then we committed to seeing what we would be like as parents. - Oh yeah. - Are you all excited about that opportunity? Is that actively happening? - We are definitely excited. We've already talked about how our kids could look like anything from this to this. It could be Drake, it could be Barack Obama. (laughs) So we're only here for one day. - They're going to be beautiful. - I hope soon. - Oh thanks. - You know, we have to talk about dad. - Oh, yes, Dad Speed. - Dad Speed. (laughs) She kept it real. - He did. - If I think about what it would be like if my daughter came to me and said, hey, dad, I'm going to marry someone you don't know or never met, me. - And you met through a wall chat. - You are a white man, she is a black woman.

Let's talk about that. - I had a serious relationship before I met Lauren. We dated for five years. - Well. -She was a black woman. I have experienced being in an interracial relationship where people have problems. - Well, that's not all, but it will certainly influence how you live in the world. - Your daughter is the most incredible woman I have ever met. I fell in love with her without ever having seen her. - I don't judge you for anything other than how you treat her. -I am aware that she. - Okay, let's see how this goes. -Lauren's dad, I mean, I love him and we are family.

He loves Lauren very much and. - Here we go, crying again. (laughs) -I mean, we have that in common and, plus, Lauren has a strong connection with her father, so it makes sense that I love him too because she has emulated him. In many ways, she is her own person, but they have a lot in common. - At first I was a little nervous because my dad and I are very close. I'm sorry, and I never really introduced him to a boyfriend, so introducing him to Cameron as my fiancé for the first time, he met someone, that was a lot in itself, but for me it was a little scary and, but Cameron was great as a fan. all the time.

He says, I went over it so I'm fine, I'll just be me. Of course he was nervous, but I'm happy that everything turned out great. Our family is very important to us. I love Cameron's family, like his mom, his dad, his sister. I've visited Maine a couple of times, they show me the deer, honey, always. There in the apple orchard, it was great. So, you know, me coming from Detroit, the city, it's a whole new world for me. I felt like Jasmine in Aladdin. (laughs) Yeah, but it's beautiful how our families have mixed and merged, like we just did, ooh, I feel like I'm being cocky to all of you. - No, here we have a tissue, girl.

Oh, he has a handkerchief! For. We just celebrated Thanksgiving together for the first time with both of our families recently and it was so beautiful to see our dads together, Bobby drinking bourbon, our moms baking in the kitchen, a dog running around like crazy, it was amazing . It was such a beautiful moment. - I'm, I'm, (stutter), I'm getting excited too because it's (stutter), I'm sorry. Now I congratulate their families and all their families who are coming together to accept them as they are and trust their judgment and their opinion. This is true, this is real, this is who you are and this is the man you love, and your dad accepted it, he didn't stop you.

Then you can honestly and truly say that love is

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. I really think you guys are finding yourselves, if you haven't found yourselves through this process and sometimes you took the route of finding a guy and going to Mexico with him. Sometimes she took the route of saying some things on TV that you think are embarrassing and sometimes she took the route of running through the streets of Atlanta, Georgia in a wedding dress. (laughs) - The most I have ever run in my life. - And I'm so amazed and I honestly could, and I think Nick and I have said this, that this was called a social experiment, a love experiment if you will, but ultimately, these are your true emotions.

This is your heart. - Absolutely. Yes, even if the end result was not marriage for all of you in this love experiment, it clearly affected how each of you view love and relationships today. We have all said that we have learned a lot from this experience. Mark, what have you learned coming out of this experience? - I think all the things we went through prepared me for who I was supposed to be, and for that I will be eternally grateful for this experience. - Yes, and I think now I am much stronger, much more independent knowing who I am and what I will be, I will be ready once I find the right person. - I have definitely learned that the moment you feel like you love someone and they love you, there is no fear involved in love.

You should be able to let go and be yourselves completely. - And that deep down everything is love, particularly self-love. If you can't accept yourself, your flaws, your great moments, the things that you think are so embarrassing, that you're afraid to show them to that other person, if you can't accept them, then you're not going to do it. to be able to allow someone entry. - Very good, guys. One last round of Raise Your Hands Dang. - We should do it? - Even if marriage didn't suit you in the end, raise your hand if you think love really can be

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. (laughing) - Wow. - Yeah?

I think we need some, guys. - That says it all, right? - That says everything. Many thanks again to these wonderful humans, these incredible individuals who have opened their hearts. - And then they opened up again to share how they're doing now. Guys, thank you again for your honesty. Thank you for giving yourself completely to this experiment and thank you for loving each other. - Love is Blind, first season, in the books. (clapping) (happy music)