Netflix's newest reality series Marriage or Mortgage is pretty depressing at first glance. In each episode, the show asks couples to choose between spending their limited funds (about $30k) on a wedding or a house down payment. The depressing aspect is the glaring reality that the average American couple cannot afford both these days. However, the show does have fun pitting a real estate agent extraordinaire (Nichole Holmes) and a wedding planner phenom (Sarah Miller) against one another. They engage in a knock-down-drag-out fight for each couple's business.
Though the concept of forcing a couple to choose between celebrating their love and putting a nice roof over their heads is admittedly a bit dark, the show is surprisingly fun and heartwarming. For each couple, Nichole and Sarah go above and beyond, by helping them to stretch their money and get the most out of every last penny. From comped photo booths and half-price wedding dresses (from Sarah) to free hedges and marble entryways (from Nichole), the experts do everything in their power to persuade the couple to pick their offer. However, freebies from the experts aren't where the heartwarming action ends, because the couples are able to move even the least emotional viewers.
Karla Hudgens and Cindy Andrews-Looper are a lesbian couple in their fifties who live in Nashville, Tennessee. They are as great as they sound, and they immediately catch attention with their vivacious personalities and overwhelming love for each other. The two actually met when Cindy, a pastor of an LBGTQ+ church, officiated Karla's wedding to her first spouse. They later got together after Karla's wife cheated on her. Cindy reached out to see how she was doing and the rest is history.
Actually, it's sort of history. The past can't really become the past because Cindy and Karla are still living in the house that Karla shared with her now ex-wife. This living situation is less than ideal, and the house is also less than ideal. The problem is the lack of space for Cindy to sit and write her sermons. The reality is that Cindy and Karla desperately want to throw celebrate their union with "a big gay wedding," and they only have $30,000.
Sure, some might immediately say that they already have a house, and who cares who used to live in it, and encourage them to pick the wedding! The thing is, the house doesn't exactly have great memories. Furthermore, for this couple, openly celebrating their marriage is a really big deal. They want to be a beacon of hope for their community and they want to give their community a reason to celebrate. Pass those tissues, we're all crying...
In the end, Sarah pulled out major stops and offered Cindy and Karla the wedding of their dreams (and then some) for the wildly low price of $30,350. Cindy and Karla felt like the choice was clear. They picked the wedding, and though they had to push the date back a number of times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they finally had the wedding of their dreams on October 17, 2020.
After Marriage or Mortgage, Cindy and Karla are still living in that same old house, with their dogs, Bentley and Chloe. However, they have no regrets. Their big day was everything they could have hoped for and more. These stories are what make the show stand out.
Marriage or Mortgage is now streaming on Netlfix.
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