Love Is Blind’s Lydia on How Milton Made the Best of Her ER Visit and Why She’d Do It ‘All Over Again’ (Exclusive)

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Love is blind season 5

Lydia Velez Gonzalez looks back on an unforgettable moment she shared with her now-husband Milton Johnson back in the pods.

While talking about her favorite unseen moment from the show, The Love is blind alum, 32, tells PEOPLE about the touching gift exchange she had with Milton, 25, while they were dating in capsules.

During the third episode of the reality series, geologist Lydia gave Milton a rock as a sign of their shared interest in rocks, while petroleum engineer Milton gave Lydia an inflatable bumblebee representing her favorite color yellow — and as she now reveals to PEOPLE, she was vulnerable with him for the first time .

“I’m really allergic to a lot of things, I found out, and it all happened because I got stung by a bumblebee and the bumblebee resulted in a really bad allergy that I had to go to the emergency room and I almost died,” she says, explaining the traumatic ordeal.

Lydia Velez Gonzalez on ‘Love is blind’.

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Although she now has to carry an EpiPen at all times, Lydia says the incident allowed the couple to deepen their relationship and how his gift touched her heart.

“When I first saw a bee, I thought, ‘What?’ I asked myself: ‘What are you doing?’ And he said, ‘Well, the first time you were vulnerable to me was when you showed me that bumblebee situation. That was the first time you were vulnerable with me, it was something from me that was really scary for you,'” he recalls their conversation, which was not shown on camera.

Milton Johnson and Lydia Velez Gonzalez.

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Lydia went on to praise Milton for how “eloquently” he managed to change the story from something initially terrible to something beautiful. “I was like, ‘You just completely turn a traumatic story into something sweet that I’ll always remember,'” she says.

“That was one of the things that made me fall in love even more,” she continues. “I thought, ‘You’re great. This is perfect.'”

Despite the ups and downs on their way to the altar, the reality star has no regrets about how it all turned out.

“No, I like being married,” she says. “I love my marriage. I am so happy today. And if everything I’ve done and said has led me to the same result, I’ll do it all over again in exactly the same way.”

“He’s amazing,” she said. “He is a perfect boyfriend, but he loves me the most for who I am, the real me. And over time he has shown that he will defend me with everything [has] got it and he’ll have my back, no questions asked. And he never doubted[ed] who am I.”

Milton Johnson and Lydia Velez Gonzalez at their wedding on ‘Love Is Blind’.

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In the season 5 finale Love is blind, Milton and Lydia said “I do” to each other on their wedding day. At Sunday’s reunion, the couple confirmed that they are still happily married almost a year and a half later.

“I think in the past, before I met Lydia … I used to stay at work too late. Now it’s 5:30 and I’m like, ‘Hey, I’ve got to go home to my wife,'” Milton told co-hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey. “A few years ago, I could never have imagined that I would feel this way, be this way. It’s wonderful.”

And despite Milton’s family being skeptical of their romance at the start of the season, the duo also confirmed that Lydia has since won over his family.

Milton Johnson and Lydia Velez Gonzalez at their wedding on ‘Love Is Blind’.

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“They’re all Team Lydia now,” Milton said. “Lydia made my parents so soft, so different from what we grew up with.”

Joking that she’ll call Milton’s mom when she’s in trouble and that they’ll often go out to dinner or talk on the phone, Lydia added: “I love them so much. They’re the best.”

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Love is blind season 5 is streaming in its entirety on Netflix.

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