When Netflix releases a new season of the hit dating showLove Is Blind, fans are always eager to see which couples fall in love, break up, and get engaged. Plus, each season culminates with a series of weddings, raising the stakes of the social experiment even more.Love Is Blind season 8premiered on February 14th, 2025, and audiences only have to wait a few short weeks to hear which contestants say"I do"and which say"I don’t."
However, this rush to the altar may be setting theLove Is Blindseason 8 castas well as previous seasons up for failure. With such a heavy emphasis on marriage after such a short filming period,Love Is Blindis guaranteeing some couples will get divorced.It’s also potentially preventing some promising couples from staying together.
LIB Couples Don’t Actually Spend Much Time Together In The Pods
Ten Days Isn’t Long Enough To Get Engaged
Whena new season’s cast first enters the podsto begin the five-week social experiment, they need to get to know their potential suitors as quickly as possible to see which fellow contestants they may connect with and which contestants they never want to speak to again. To accomplish this, the first day in the pods is speed dating. For the initial dates,everyone spends about ten minutes with each member of the opposite sex.
From there, the cast chooses who they spend more time with and how long those dates last. Executive producer Chris Coelen toldE Newsthe cast"could talk as long as they wanted as they got down toward the end of it.“However, season 1 success story Lauren Speed-Hamilton toldRefinery 29:
There would be times where we would be talking for three or four hours and we would still keep talking and [a producer] would be like, “Okay guys, that’s it. That’s enough time.”
The pod portion of the experiment only lasts for ten days, meaning the couples likely aren’t spending more than thirty hours together before getting engaged.
While it’s not unheard of for couples in the real world to get engaged quickly, 30 hours isn’t even two full days.
It’s certainly not enough time for someone to know who they want to spend the rest of their life with.
Plus,marriage isn’t an entirely different relationship dynamic from dating.There are differences between the two, such as cohabitation and shared resources, but it’s not possible to skip over the dating phase entirely and go straight to the love and commitment associated with marriage. Even if a couple ties the knot early on, they’ll still need to go through the growing pains every relationship goes through, such as figuring out each other’s quirks and learning intimate details about each other’s pasts. Relationships take time.
Some LIB Cast Aren’t Ready To Jump Into Marriage (And That’s Okay)
Taking A Relationship Slow Isn’t A Red Flag
At the beginning of every season, hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey ask the cast,“Is love truly blind? We hope you all prove that it is.“This question can be tested without a wedding. While a proposal, wedding, and marriage do indicate that two people are in love, they aren’t requirements. Plenty of couples fall in love and wait to take further steps for any number of reasons, and their love isn’t any less valid than a married couple’s.
Love Is Blind Season 8 Proves The Show Needs To Be Canceled (The Premise Has Run Its Course After Eight Seasons)
Love Is Blind season 8 dropped episodes 1-6 on Valentine’s Day, and it’s already clear the show needs to be canceled for good.
Plus, some people have legitimate reasons to want to move their relationship at a slower pace. Season 6 cast memberClay Gravesande felt he didn’t have any role modelsto show him how to be a good husband and wasn’t mature enough to jump into such a long-term commitment. However, he still wanted to remain in a relationship with fiancé AD Smith, and while he would hopefully grow into that maturity over time and become husband material down the line,AD wasn’t willing to wait. The two broke up after the wedding.
Some Secrets Take Time To Reveal
SomeLove Is Blindcouples are probably relieved they didn’t tie the knot on the reality show. Season 3’s Raven Ross seemed heartbroken when her partner, SK Alagbada, said no on their wedding day, but the two remained in a relationship and seemed happy together during the reunion episode. However, whena cheating scandal broke out, with a woman claiming she messaged with SK on a dating app while he and Raven were together, Raven and SK ended their relationship.
Had the two gotten married before the cheating allegations came out, it could have resulted in a messy and costly divorce. Instead, Raven could move on with her life without getting lawyers involved. In 2023,Raven revealed she was in a new relationship.
Ashley Adionser may regret saying"I do"on season 7 of the popular Netflix reality show. WhileTyler Francis admitted that he was a sperm donorbefore he and Ashley tied the knot, he allegedly owed $30,000 in child support and had been an active father until he went on the dating show. While it’s not exactly clear why Ashley and Tyler have since decided to end their marriage, there’s a good chance these secrets were a factor, and Ashley may have had a different answer at the altar had she known this information in advance.
On The Other Hand, Love Is Blind Has A High Success Rate
Maybe The Experts Have It Figured Out
Love Is Blindhas had ten surviving couplesover seven seasons, giving the show a much higher success rate than shows likeThe Bachelor,Love Island, andAre You The One.It’s hard to know which part ofNetflix’ssocial experiment contributes to such happy marriages or if every piece works in tandem. Is love truly blind, ordoes making a formal commitment solidify a relationship?Either way, it’s possible the experts really do know what they’re doing with this show’s format.
The strongest argument for marriage at the end of each season ofLove Is Blindis thatno non-married couples have survived.The show doesn’t follow every engagement from the pods, and every couple who got engaged off-camera or said"I don’t"at the altar has since broken up. It’s not clear why this is the case, but quick weddings may make a real difference regarding these relationships' longevity.
Love Is Blindseason 8 is streaming on Netflix, with new episodes dropping every Friday.
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Love Is Blind is a reality series where participants date and become engaged without seeing each other. The experiment examines whether emotional connections can outweigh physical appearances as couples decide if they will marry after meeting face-to-face for the first time.
