How it feels to watch a show like Love Is Blind as a single woman

I have ummed and arred about whether to write about Love Is Blind in this newsletter but given that the controversial TV show has dominated my Whatsapp conversations and social media feeds for the last couple of weeks (even in the face of coronavirus), I had to address it, especially for the way it portrays those who aren’t married.

For those who haven’t seen the show, it’s a totally nuts reality TV concept that sees a bunch of single people go on dates in “pods” where they cannot see the person they are speaking to and can only hear their voice. Before they can meet in real life, they must get engaged. Once they get engaged, they then meet their new loves face-to-face for the first time and then just weeks later it is time for their televised wedding. 

At first, I was fascinated and, like a car crash, I couldn’t stop watching no matter how awkward and painful things got. As the episodes went on, I felt more and more dread about what I was seeing. These couples were actually seriously g…