Milton Johnson and Lydia Velez Gonzalez had been the last word nerd couple from the second they bonded over sedimentary rocks within the Love Is Blind pods.
“I believe [what] it actually simply comes right down to is our values had been the identical,” Milton, 25, solely advised Us Weekly forward of the season 5 premiere of the Netflix courting present. “We had the identical morals, we wished the identical issues out of life. From day one, it simply sort of felt like successful, simply felt like a match. So, we simply wished to essentially pursue that and see the place it might take us.”
Milton and Lydia, 32, instantly linked contained in the Houston, Texas, pods due to their comparable careers. Lydia is a geologist, which piqued Milton’s curiosity as he’s employed as an engineer within the oil and vitality trade and infrequently works with rocks.
Whereas Milton was smitten from the get-go, Lydia pumped the brakes after studying that they’d a seven-year age hole. On the identical time, she was concerned in a pod love triangle with Izzy Zapata and Stacy Snyder earlier than Izzy, 31, in the end broke issues off within the first episode.
“Izzy minimize me off and it sucks; it’s s—ty [since] he actually didn’t give me a motive, however I do know I’ve to choose up myself rub my again and proceed and go on,” Lydia tearfully recalled in a confessional throughout episode 2.
Shifting on meant persevering with to pursue her reference to Milton.
Milton Johnson and Lydia Velez Gonzalez. Monty Brinton/Netflix (2)
“I believe the factor that I preferred most about Lydia is [that] we’re so comparable in lots of other ways in relation to what trade we work in and we’re each born on islands, however in relation to our emotional intelligence and being susceptible, we’re on the exact opposite finish of the spectrum,” Milton defined to Us. “And that’s one thing I actually worth as a result of there’s part of me that understands like, ‘Hey, perhaps that is irregular. Possibly I’m slightly bit too emotionally reserved.’”
Milton confirmed that Lydia is on the “entire reverse finish of that spectrum” by way of processing her emotions, which followers noticed within the second episode throughout their “seaside” date after they mentioned future household plans.
“I [was] like, ‘Certainly there’s a center floor that we have to meet.’ So, I believe that actually simply drew me towards her,” he advised Us earlier this month. “After which after the pods, similar to any relationship, there’s work [you need to put in to maintain the bond].”
Love Is Blind season 5 premiered its first 4 episodes on Friday, September 22. New episodes drop weekly on Netflix.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
