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Despite their marriage and seeingly good chemistry, Love Is Blind‘s Zack Goytowski and Bliss Poureetezadi’s relationship might not last as much as many people want. Love Is Blind season 4 couple Zack and Bliss were one of the couples involved in a love triangle early on in the season. The two connected early on at the pods due to having similar interests, which included having the same favorite song, “I Hope You Dance,” and, strangely, the weird love of owls.
While Bliss only seemed interested in Zack, he, on the other hand, had feelings for Irina Solomonova. Zack’s indecision led to a messy love triangle that produced some intense moments early on in the show. Ultimately, Zack stunned the entire fanbase when he proposed to Irina at the pods. Zack and Irina’s relationship should never have happened, and the two realized it after a nightmarish Mexico trip.
Zack later admitted to missing Bliss the whole time and returned to her immediately after returning to Seattle. His backtracking led to the duo rekindling their romance and engagement in episode 8. Although the two hit a few snags along the way, they still reached the altar. On their wedding day, the two showed no signs of cold feet and seemed ready to get things done quickly.
Even when Bliss’ dad, who hasn’t warmed up to Zack, told her to “never settle” right before walking her down the aisle, she paid little attention to the awkward advice. The two exchanged their vows, with Zack giving one of his now-popular speeches about how he only got to know he loved Bliss after dumping her. Despite the duo’s relatively seamless marriage ceremony and declaration of love, some of the show’s viewers don’t just see them going the distance.
Zack and Bliss’ Made Awkward Marriage Vows
As expected, the season finale has generated a lot of conversations amongst the show’s viewers on social media — with many of them eager to air their thoughts on several hot topics from the wedding ceremonies that took place. One topic that has dominated fans’ conversation was Zack and Bliss’s marriage vows. Many of the fans have highlighted how they expected more from the highly intellectual couple but were left disappointed by the awkward vows the two managed to come up with during the wedding ceremony.
Zack’s marriage vows displeased most Love Is Blind fans. They pointed out how it felt very wrong for him to bring up his rejection of Bliss in the pods and claim that he only realized that he loved her. The fans thought it was inappropriate for him to bring up such a painful incident on such a special day.
Other Love Is Blind accused Zack of making his vows too much about himself rather than the love that they shared. They felt he could have been more detailed about his feelings for Bliss rather than how she made him feel. Meanwhile, Bliss could also have done better with her vows, and fans touched on how her vows sounded very casual.
Many viewers even thought she would say a “no” at the altar because of the lack of depth in her vows. Some Love Is Blind fans concluded this was a bad look at their marriage and showed a severe lack of depth between the couple. Marriage vows should reflect something deeper between couples, but Zack and Bliss dropped the bag on this occasion. Many fans believe the duo only went through with the marriage to go with the flow, not necessarily because they are in love.
Bliss Wasn’t Zack’s First Choice In Love Is Blind
One thing that continues to haunt the couple is that Zack dumped Bliss at the pods for Irina. No matter how Zack has tried to spin it, the fact that Bliss wasn’t his first choice continues to cast a shadow over their relationship, and that is why it was so cringing that he decided to include it in his vows.
The most painful part about Zack’s rejection was that Bliss went all in for Zack but lost out to Irina, who barely even tried. Zack’s controversial decision came after he kept turning a blind eye to several of the red flags shown by Irina — including her mean-girl streak, selfishness, and bluntness bordering on cruelty.
However, the enormity of Zack’s decision only became apparent when you consider that Bliss took four hours to bake cupcakes for Zack on his birthday, but he still dumped her for Irina, who completely forgot about Zack’s special day. For most of the show’s viewers, Bliss seemed the perfect fit for Zack. Unfortunately, he didn’t see things like nearly everybody else.
Zack’s decision to choose Irina spectacularly backfired and produced one of the weirdest moments of the season when Irina described him as someone straight out of a cartoon. The moment became a turning point in Zack’s Love Is Blind journey as he quickly realized he had made a great mistake.
Although he did eventually retrace his footsteps and find his way back to Bliss, Love Is Blind fans still see what happened at the pods as a missed opportunity and a permanent stain on their relationship. For most Love Is Blind viewers, it was a relatively easy choice between Irina and Bliss, and Zack should never have made such a mistake in the first place.
Zack Has an Awkward Personality
Apart from his apparent poor judgment and decision-making, Zack also showed several red flags throughout the season, which fans believe would inadvertently spell the doom of his relationship with Bliss at some point. One of the red flags fans noticed about Zack quite early on in the show was his awkward personality. Zack first raised eyebrows when he initially lied about being a stripper at the beginning of the season.
He later admitted that his late mother was a stripper, and he only lied about it to see the contestants who would be judgemental about it. Most female contestants found that strange and never really got along with Zack after the incident. Additionally, Zack’s obsession with owl art, serial killer stare, and bizarre, disheveled hairstyle all point to his awkward personality — with many of the fans feeling it’s only a matter of time before it begins to get to Bliss.
Irina may have been the awful character on the show, but she wasn’t wide off the mark when she claimed Zack could be off-putting. Interestingly, Zack is very bullish about his personality and not changing for any reason. While this may be admirable for some of his more important qualities, it does make him quite difficult to like. Zack’s behavior probably made him unpopular with most of the female cast members, and probably the same reason he finds it difficult to get along with Bliss’ dad.
For now, Bliss seems attracted to him, so much so that she is blind to many of his red flags. However, if he wishes to continue his marriage with Bliss, he would eventually need to embrace change, no matter how little. Bliss may have given him a second chance in Love Is Blind, but asking for a third might prove too much.