Since 204, TLCs 90 Day Fiancé has brought attention to the K- visa experience. The first episode aired on January 2th, 204, and the show has been a hit ever since, setting record ratings in 207. Since the series was an instant hit in ratings for TLC, it created five spin-offs: 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way, 90 Day Fiancé: What Now? and the newly added The Family Chantel. The popular show comes with many factors that revolve around modern-day relationships, whether its about how people meet nowadays, if people are actually in love or are using the person, and finally, the dedication and devotion a person is willing to put in towards a relationship.
In the show 90 Day Fiancé, how people meet is a big aspect of the series. There are many ways people meet their significant others nowadays. 39% meet their partner through a friend, 5% meet at work, 2% meet in public places, and 9% meet through online dating. Even though the storylines of the show most of the time are not always real, the couples on the show are. The couples on 90 Day Fiancé were together before the show, rather than a producer putting them together. Anfisa Nava, a participant in the shows fourth season, said that since the couples knew each other before the show, the 90 days are just extra time for the couples to develop their relationship further. Nava said that when the show starts filming you already know the person and [have] decided you want to marry them (Gomez). Matt Sharp, the producer of the show, said: We dont put people together, everyone we feature on the show, they found themselves organically (Gomez). Although it is said that many people meet their partners through friends or family, it is different for a couple on 90 Day Fiancé. Because many of these couples live on completely different sides of the country most of the time, the way they find each other is over the Internet. There are many ways a person can meet another person over the internet, including social media websites such as Facebook, Insta
gram, and Twitter. Another way is dating websites such as International Cupid, AnastasiaDate, EuroDate.com, and many more. There are other instances where the couples met in person first and fell in love. For example, in the first season, the couple Russ and Paola encountered each other in the country Colombia. Russ was on a work job that was located in Colombia, which allowed him to meet his future wife there. Another couple in season one that met in person first was Alan and Kirlyam. Alan is a Mormon and he was on a mission in Kirlyams hometown in Brazil when they first met. As for the other two couples in the first season. Louis Gattone Jr. met his significant other through an online dating website. Lastly, Mike Eloshway met his significant other Aziza on a translation website. The variety and diversity of how the couples on the show find each other help show us that in the world today there are many ways a person can find their significant other, whether it is through friends, family, work, online, gathering, or events, it is possible to find the right person for you. As well as the variety and diversity of how the couples on the show find each other help show us that location and other barriers do not have to be a factor in stopping two people who love each other from being with each other. Even though the show is about finding the right partner for you, it is very different from all of the other dating shows. For example, shows like The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Love Island, and many other dating shows revolve around the aspect of singles who have come looking for the right person who is also single. Unlike 90 Day Fiancé where the couples already are in a relationship and are trying to figure out if they are a perfect match for each other. Even though at the end of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and 90 Day Fiancé the couples are supposed to get married, unlike 90 Day Fiancé, in The Bachelor and The Bachelorette there wouldnt be any consequences if the couples did not get married, while in 90 Day Fiancé, one of the couples would end up getting deported.