Spoilers for the first nine episodes of Love is Blind season 9 ahead. Watching the first episode of Love is Blind season 9, you might not see a relationship between Jordan Keltner and Megan Welarius coming. Sure, there’s a connection between the two—though it appears somewhat lackluster for a woman who introduces herself to the camera and men as “Sparkle Meg.” Not to mention, for the first two or so episodes of the Denver, Colorado-set season of the hit Netflix reality show, Jordan’s just one of three connections for Megan—and he’s not even the frontrunner out of that trio. By the end of the first six episodes of Love Is Blind, which hit streaming on October 1, it’s hard to fathom a show without the couple. The pair’s love story is unconventional to say the least, so we’re breaking down Jordan and Megan’s relationship on Love Is Blind season 9 so far—and whether they might still be together after filming.
Jordan and Megan after getting engaged on Love Is Blind season 9.
What happens between Jordan and Megan on 'Love Is Blind' season 9?
If Edmond Harvey and Kalybria Haskin are the instant chemistry of Love Is Blind season 9, then Jordan and Megan bring the slow burn. In fact, much of the first six episodes weave a story around Megan. As she shares on the show, the 34-year-old is a striving entrepreneur with a taste for all that glitters, so much so that her friends call her “Sparkle Meg”—a fact she repeatedly tells all her dates the first day in the pods. But while her aesthetic sparkles, her general demeanor stays relatively low-key. She maintains a pretty steady hand and level head when it comes to her emotions throughout her time in the pods, a quality that bodes well for the romantic journey she embarks on.
Megan quickly connects with three men in the pods: single-dad and service manager Jordan (30), real estate investor Mike Brockway (38), and accountant Blake Anderson (34). For the first two episodes, Megan’s desires seem set on Blake, with Mike a close second. She acknowledges she likes Jordan, but her feelings for the other men eclipse what she might feel for Jordan—until she learns Jordan’s son has the same type of diabetes her late father did. The two really bond over this, and, as they continue to grow closer, they discuss what falling in love should feel like. “Falling in love should feel like this,” Jordan says. Something undeniably pulls her to Jordan, but she still expresses reservations that their lifestyles wouldn’t match, and Blake remains her frontrunner. Right when she’s considering breaking it off with Jordan, Blake abruptly leaves the experiment in a moment of what Megan interprets as divine intervention from her dad. Megan swiftly redirects her attention to her remaining connections.
At first, Mike seems the most obvious next choice. They both come from similar entrepreneurial backgrounds. He’s suave, older, and Megan labels him the exact sort of man she would normally date. But something holds her back, and she expresses that she can’t help but wonder if her late father brought Jordan (and inevitably his son) into her life.
Megan navigates the push of Mike and pull of Jordan with remarkable emotional deftness and measured vulnerability. Where other Love Is Blind participants might get paralyzed by how overwhelmed they feel—as several this season do—Megan remains calm and doesn’t lose her footing while deciphering her feelings. Ultimately, the entrepreneur breaks up with Mike and chooses Jordan. She does, however, express nerves leading up to their engagement, due to parting words from Mike that cast doubt on Jordan. Even still, it seems like love at first sight the minute the doors slide open to reveal Megan and Jordan to each other in a cinematic moment that feels like the first six episodes have led up to.
The couple seemingly experienced love at first sight before their proposal.
The chemistry continues when the duo ventures to Baja, Mexico with the rest of the engaged couples. But then the pool party happens: After a bit too many drinks and some awkward, stilted banter at the bar with other cast members, Megan grows annoyed with Jordan. She succinctly expresses this to him, prompting him to sober up. By the time the two return to their room in episode seven, the conflict’s pretty much over before it even starts, and they share a productive conversation about communication. But this only marks the beginning of Megan and Jordan learning each other outside of the pods, slowly working out how—and if—the puzzle pieces of their lives will fit together in time to walk down the aisle.
As the two move into their new apartment towards the end of episode seven, Megan grows overwhelmed by the “unknowns”—stressed out thinking about how their lives will work, and the specifics of how she’ll meet Jordan’s son Luca. (Megan later informs the girls in episode nine that she’ll meet Luca off-camera “later that week.”) The two talk, and Megan visibly relaxes at Jordan’s words.
Jordan and Megan had their first major disagreement when they traveled to Baja, Mexico.
The couple takes a major step together in episode eight when Jordan meets Megan’s mom, Jayne, and sister Jessica over lunch to commemorate the anniversary of her father’s death. A lot happens during this lunch. In particular, the invisible string Jordan and Megan seem to think connects them tugs again when Jessica describes a dream she had in which their father seemingly referenced Luca. To the camera, Jayne and Jessica both express how “pleasantly surprised” they are by Megan’s new fiancé. Jessica even recounts the story of how her mother and father met, a tale that oddly echoes what their daughter would experience in the years to come. “I still remember him telling the story of the elevator doors parting and my mom being in the elevator,” Jessica says through tears. “And how he knew at first sight that that was who he was going to marry.”
The momentum continues into episode nine, during which Jordan and Megan tour a house the entrepreneur is considering purchasing. The house’s size and cost bring up the conversation regarding Jordan and Megan’s disparate finances—which they’d been tiptoeing around—to a head. While Jordan accepts Megan’s status as the breadwinner, he struggles to find where he’d fit into it.
Their issues don’t stem from whether they care for the other, but rather how their lives do or don’t fit together. Even when Megan meets former flame Mike Brockway in person at the Pod Squad reunion in episode nine, she doesn’t seem to waver in her decision to accept Jordan’s proposal—though she does admit the whole situation feels “weird.”
Could Jordan and Megan end up being one of the stronger pairs this season?
Are Megan and Jordan from 'Love Is Blind' season 9 still together?
Though Megan and Jordan have yet to experience any cataclysmic, relationship-ending disagreements like some of their other cast members, previews for the next two episodes seem to sow the small seeds of dissent planted in the second batch of episodes. Megan and Jordan get featured heavily in the few-minute promo, including shots of them arguing and crying. Megan and Jordan haven’t done too much press that could divulge any details of their current relationship status. The two still follow each other, but there’s a chance their seemingly fated paths will no longer converge in episodes 10 and 11.