I couldn’t help myself after hearing all the hype about the new Netflix series, Love Is Blind. I knew it would entertain me but I have to admit I was judging the show. It sounded too dumb to miss.
After all, us married women with kids know it’s hard enough to maintain a healthy marriage with someone you know and love after choosing each other the old-fashioned way, much less accept a proposal from someone you’ve talked to through a wall for a few days.
But alas, we all love watching a good train wreck and sitting in front of the boob tube when people do crazy things (like want to get married without ever seeing each other) after the kids are in bed so, why the hell not? Also, it's an excellent distraction from all the chaos in the world right now.
If you’ve watched the show, I’m pretty sure we shared the same sentiments I’m about to share with you. If you haven’t, be prepared to have the following thoughts run through your mind.
1. I’m so uncomfortable, but I can’t look away
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He’s proposing? In a pod?! He’s telling her he loves her? In a pod? You can’t fall in love in three days only talking through glass. In a pod. Don't do this!
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They have to get married in 30 days? It doesn’t matter if love is blind or not — getting married in 30 days is a recipe for a broken engagement, I don’t care who you are.
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Where are they going to live? Do they even know where each other's lives?
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Why does Jessica turn on this strange baby voice every time she talks to a man?
6. How do you get attached to someone you’ve never met?
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Am I vain for not being able to do this?
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Why does everyone love Barnett? He's like an overgrown frat boy with bad taste in shirts.
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I really hope Cameron and Lauren make it.
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I can’t watch anymore, but I have to see what happens.
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Please tell me the producers got Carlton a therapist after this.
12. Jessica, please stop drinking
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What's with these weird gold wine glasses?
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Amber, be self-sufficient before getting married!
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Oh, Mark. Mark, Mark, Mark. Someone get that boy's beloved mama to intervene STAT!
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Why do they have to get ready for a wedding and stand in front of their friends and families to see if they’ll get shot down? Why can’t they decide not to get married in private?!
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Wow, Damian. WOW.
18. This is the cruelest show I’ve ever watched
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I hope my kids never do anything like this.
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This is a train wreck, but I’ll keep watching.
I won’t lie to you, I was addicted to the show and stayed up until 1 a.m. to watch it last Saturday night. It reminded me of when I pour that last glass of wine knowing I’ll regret it the next day — I know I shouldn’t because I’ll be groggy, but I can’t help it and want to live in the now.
Love Is Blind was the show I hated to love and I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a second season.
