“Love is Blind Season 2” was one of Netflix’s most-watched shows of 2022, soaring to the top of the streaming service’s trending list in mid-February. Now, as the world waits with bated breath for Season 3, hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey have announced that they will be hosting a hybrid season on college campuses around the country. To the surprise of many, the Andrews University campus has been selected as a tentative location for the show.
Those who have watched seasons 1 and 2 are familiar with the production’s quirks–contestants speak to each other from behind a wall in “pods,” engaging in speed dating over a period of several days. Within this time period, contestants are encouraged to propose to one another if they find their true match. Following the proposal, the couple is finally allowed to see one another in person. They then go on a vacation at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico, at which point they explore their physical connection. After their romantic getaway, they move in together for several weeks before tying the knot at an official wedding. The show represents an accelerated process of finding a partner, in addition to falling in love without fixating on the other person’s looks.
After corresponding with the administration of Andrews University, the hosts of Love is Blind are willing to reorder the events of the show–after all, cohabitating with a significant other before marriage presents a significant challenge to Seventh-day Adventist students. Therefore, Nick and Vanessa Lachey have decided that in their Berrien Springs spinoff, contestants will get married directly after getting engaged. After this point, they will go on a honeymoon to Mexico and then move in with one another.
Students and faculty have had much to say in response to this groundbreaking announcement.
Mary Landon, (freshman, computer science), a resident of Lamson Hall, states, “Honestly, dating from behind a wall won’t feel that different from what we typically experience on the AU campus. As a freshman, after 11:30 pm, I am locked away in Lamson, and can only dream of the potential husbands outside of the concrete walls of my room. We don’t get much face-to-face interaction with men on this campus. I think it will be so exciting to finally explore emotional connections with AU men–Overall, I’m just really looking forward to finding my husband.”
With regard to the accelerated nature of the process, Gerald Theodore, a professor of business, states, “Well, if you think about it, our students here get married quickly here all the time! I can think of quite a few of my students who have tied the knot while they were still in college! And look at how quickly those kids at Southern get married–nothing is faster than that.”
Several students have likewise commented on the striking purpose of the show–to focus on inward beauty, not outward tricks. Because of this, some find the show to be in perfect harmony with their outlook as wholesome AU students. As a whole, countless people around campus are waiting excitedly for the debut of “Love is Blind’s” Newest Season. The Lachey hosts have promised that if the footage is entertaining enough, it will air on Netflix in 2023, among clips from college campuses around the country, including Notre Dame, Duke, UT Austin, IU Bloomington, and UC Santa Barbara.
Disclaimer: This article is satire. Happy April Fools!
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