The Ultimatum's Madlyn Discusses Why She Was Scared To Marry Colby

Madlyn Riley Ballatori and her boyfriend, Colby Kissinger, came onto "The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On" after Kissinger issued an ultimatum to Ballatori. Kissinger was ready to get engaged and told The List that he "knew within the first few months that she was the one." However, Ballatori wasn't as sure about moving their relationship forward. Kissinger wanted to go through "The Ultimatum" experience because he "needed to see where she stood."

The pair came in with very different mindsets, and in the beginning, Ballatori was scared by the prospect of marriage. As she told her partner in Episode 1, "The only thing scarier than losing you right now would be to marry you." Talking about that initial fear, Ballatori explained she was "struggling with thinking that giving in to Colby's love would be taking something away from myself instead of adding to it."

While going through the show's experience, she said she was able to get more perspectives on what getting engaged might be like. "Hearing other people's perspectives and experiences and spending that time really opened my eyes and made it possible to be where we are now," Ballatori said.