<div align="center"><strong>GM POST<br/>Day One: Tuesday, June 1st, 2021<br/>Arrival time: Mid-Afternoon<br/>Dates will last until: Evening</strong></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://www.theknotnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/nick-vanessa-lachey-promo.png)</div>After all of the contestants arrive in their suites, they are given a few moments to look around before the TV turns on by itself. An image of Nick and Vanessa Lachey, hosts of the show Love is Blind, appear. They are seated on a pristine, white couch, their faces are glowing from studio lights, and they are both wearing wide, grinning smiles.<br/><br/>"I'm Vanessa Lachey," the brunette woman spoke clearly. "And I'm obviously Nick Lachey," the man beside her spoke with a chuckle.<br/><br/>"Welcome to the blind love experiment," Nick began. "Here, you will choose someone to marry, without ever seeing them." He perked his brows for dramatic effect.<br/><br/>Vanessa carried on. "We live in such a disconnected and distracted world. Your value is often judged solely based on the picture on your dating app. Everyone wants to be loved for who they are. Not for their looks, background, race, or income."<br/><br/>"Psychologists believe that emotional connection is the key to long term marital success, not physical attraction." Nick finished.<br/><br/>"So here, your relationships will begin by forging an intimate bond with nothing to distract you. Over the next 10 days, you’re going to live here and speak to a stream of potential love interests. Looks won’t play a factor whatsoever."<br/><br/>Vanessa continued. "We’ve taken away your devices. The only time you’re going to interact is in the private pods. You’re separated by one thin wall, but you won’t ever get to see each other." She grimaced, almost sympathetically.<br/><br/>Nick picked up again. "Ultimately, all decisions are yours. You choose who you want to spend time with. And once you choose who you want to spend your life with, you can either propose, or wait for a proposal, and leave here with your fiancé. You’ll leave here as an engaged couple with a wedding date. And then, you’ll move in together and plan your wedding. In 4 weeks, you’ll be married."<br/><br/>Vanessa clapped her hands excitedly at that. "Will you say I do to the person you’ve chosen here, sight unseen, or will physical realities in the real world sabotage you, and will you walk away from them forever?"<br/><br/>Nick cocked his head as he revealed the next fact. "This is the first time an experiment like this has ever been done. And it's all happening on national television."<br/><br/>Vanessa's hands were still pressed together as she concluded. "We all have to remember this central question; is love truly blind?"<br/><br/>Nick laughed. "We hope so." After a beat, he pointed to the door that led back out into the hallway. "If you’re ready to find the love of your life, then walk through those doors... because the pods are now open."<br/><br/>With that, the television turned off.<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><br/>Whenever you are ready to enter one of the pods, you may do so. There, you will find a couch facing a wall. There is a thin screen which looks a little like something out of Frozen in the middle of the wall, and that's the thin partition dividing you from the person on the other side.<br/><br/>There is a buffet table stocked with snacks, a bar brimming with drinks, plenty of pillows and blankets, as well as a notebook and pen. Utilize whatever you would like to in the room and enjoy your first round of dates.<br/><br/>To start, everyone will be meeting everyone in the pods, regardless of gender and sexuality. It's important for you to get to know other contestants on the show, so that friendships may flourish and you can potentially speak to someone else who is going through the same experience as you.<br/><br/>On the coffee table in front of the couch, there is a note complete with a list of icebreaker questions. You're not required to ask anything on this list. It has been left here just in case you would like to. Each speed date will last only 10 minutes, so use your time wisely. Don't forget to keep track of who you'd like a second date with!<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Icebreakers</div><div class="spoiler_body">What is one unpopular opinion you have?<br/>Name one thing that annoys you the most.<br/>If you could turn back time, what would you change?<br/>What’s your guilty pleasure?<br/>How did you choose your profession?<br/>What is your happiest childhood memory?<br/>Tell me something embarrassing about yourself.<br/>Tell me some random facts about you.<br/>Do you have any secrets?<br/>What is spending a weekend like with your family?</div></div>