Spoiler Alert for Love Is Blind Season 7 Episodes 1-11
Societal pressure to get married exists for several reasons. At the beginning of everyLove Is Blindseason, participants tellhorror stories about the dating worldto hostsNickandVanessa Lachey. However, season 7’s conversation onthe reality serieswere centered on unconditional love.
Jenny Amorasaid looks fade, and she wanted a man who would stick with her through thick and thin.Marissa Georgewho got engaged toRamses Prashadsaid shewanted someone who would accept her for her strong self and weaker self. A week before the wedding episodes were released,we watched the men provide the opposite of love through thick and thin.Some of them are keeping secrets to get what they want from these women.
Ramses Upsets Marissa With His Military Views After ‘Love Is Blind’ Engagement
Marissa openly talked about her military past in the pods. She told Ramses that she felt like she could talk to him about anything. Ramses was aware that Marissa was interested inBohdan Olinares,who was also a veteran. He seemed surprised that Marissa chose him over Bohdan because they had that in common.But Marissa believed Ramses when he said his friends were examples of healthy masculinity.Marissa said this was an attractive trait.
It’s questionable how truthful Ramses was in the pods. The couple talked in their shared apartment. Ramses laughed at Marissa for sayingBarbiemade her realize to not accept any manwho’s for the patriarchy. She also talked honestly about being brainwashed by the military. Ramses finally said he was against the military. Marissa was open to hearing that but said she supported the troops and needed a partner who wouldn’t be ashamed of her past.Ramses didn’t comfort her concernsand Marissa became emotional. Why wouldn’t he reveal these opinions while she was in the pods? Was he afraid that if he did, he would lose her to Bohdan?
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Ramses claimed in episode 9 that he doesn’t have doubts about marrying her.His tune changed when he found out he might not get things his way.He wanted to wait years before having kids. Marissa wanted kids sooner because she’s in her 30’s. The lawyer revealed they weren’t using protection, but she didn’t want to go on birth control pills. Ramses said he’ll have to wear condoms because he didn’t want her health to be affected.
He switched opinions after Marissa agreed to condoms. Ramses claimed sex wouldn’t be pleasurable for him, and itneededto be pleasurable for him. Never mind that heterosexual women reportedly don’t always orgasm through intercourse and accept that.Some men put their pleasure before their timeline for children, their sexual health, and their female partner’s emotions.Marissa told Ramses she might not want sex after he complained about needing that to get married. He didn’t reassure her that he would stay around if she didn’t provide that. Ramses’s claim about being against toxic masculinity painted a misleading picture to Marissa.
Tyler Hides His Kids From Ashley Until Shortly Before the Wedding
Tyler FrancisandAshley Adiongot engaged. He repeatedly mentioned wanting kids with Ashley afterward. She told him that she wanted to take control of the wedding, and he negotiated to name their future child. Tyler warned her that he wasn’t nice to people in the past, and people might say that. This was uncomfortable since it came out early thatTyler has three biological children.
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The maternal grandmother of the children said Tyler would claim he was only the sperm donor and that’s untrue. He told Ashley this version of events close to their wedding.This felt like a trap for Ashley, since she had less time to think about how she truly felt about Tyler having biological kids. He left out details because she asked them about the children’s genders.
Many of the ‘Love Is Blind’ Men are Untruthful
Nick Dorkawas also accused of being misleadingin the pods. He toldHannah Jilesthat he cooks things like salmon salad and chicken salad while dating.He later struggles with boiling water once they live together.Hannah mentioned Nick said he had a pool table and was disappointed that it was in storage. These are all much smaller misleading statements, but they are the same tactic.
Stephen Richardsonalso claimed to be an open book in the pods. He got engaged toMonica Davis without disclosing his kinks.He later made comments that made her uncomfortable and their relationship ended because she found texts talking about those kinks with another woman. It was obvious that they weren’t sexually compatible. But Stephen could’ve married Monica, which would have made it harder for her to leave once she learned more about him.
These men held vital information that could’ve affected the women’s choice back at the pods. They waited for more leverage to reveal their true opinions. These women hoped for unconditional love at the beginning of the season.Almost all women in the cast make compromises.But when women need someone during their “weaker” or “unattractive” moments, they get abandoned. Meanwhile, the men who hide something as big as children get rewarded with a relationship. We know the expectations for women to conform in a relationship in our society, and that it doesn’t go on the other foot. These men know marriage and children are less of a risk and beneficial to their life, but are a risk for a woman. So we’re seeing them slyly act like they would be a good partner to get what they want.
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