Imagine getting engaged after three days and never meeting them! Couldn't be me. For those that don't know, I live for reality TV. So when Netflix decided to drop a TV show with testing out whether "love is blind" is true, I was all in. Love is Blind follows this premise that in the world of dating apps, a lot of people have gotten together based on appearances and quick swipes of profiles... So what happens if you take that away? Thirty men and women are put into a speed dating concept where they date people, but make it an isolated pod style. No distractions are basically Rule Number One, so they're not allowed phones or even allowed to see each other. This is all riding on the chance to see if couples can "meet," fall in love, then get engaged all before seeing who their fiancé is and what they look like. After meeting, they have to face the real world on top of planning a wedding. This begs the question... is love truly blind? For three weeks, I got the pleasure of watching this dumpster fire and let me tell you it delivered. It had me cheering, it had me yelling, it had me shook as all get out. So much happens that I can't even begin to explain how wild this show is. But I'll try. Watching this show was like being on a dating app itself. We got to meet the people looking for love. Some were swipe-worthy, others... not so much. Watching them try to date/flirt anonymously was both endearing and absolute cringe. Some people got engaged almost immediately after the experiment started, but some unfortunately left with no one and no ring. The thing about reality shows is the fact they can get to eye-roll inducing moments. This show had many of them. Let's discuss how one couple literally got engaged, then broke up days later because a sexuality reveal causes a dramatic fight. Or how it's so painfully obvious for another couple that one of them isn't into it because she's hung up on someone else... And she will not let us forget it. Another couple has chosen not to be intimate the whole time of filming, so they have weird vibes coming from them. There are more examples, of course, but this leads to the anxiety of figuring out whether or not these couples are actually going to say "I do" at the end of this. Like any good reality TV show, we got a reunion episode and it... was underwhelming. It had some zesty moments of drama where one woman went in on another for thirsting after her man (you know, the one I mentioned earlier).
Other people clearly love chaos as much as I do because Netflix renewed this series for two more seasons already. What I hope for season 2 and 3 is more level-footing confidence in the process. You can tell that no one was sure this concept would work, but now that it's proven successful that should help in the future. So, you ask, is love blind? I suppose it is otherwise I wouldn't be single anymore.
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