Love is Blind

Many, that’s the word for this program:  This is many episodes of many shows, which occur in many languages, and many countries at this point. And, yes, this series has been on for many years.

The plot is couples getting to know each other sight unseen, through conversations only, which occur in small isolated rooms known as “pods.”

Don’t get your hopes up because the success rate for these couples is very low.  Usually just one couple (out of 5 to 7) makes it to the altar and then beyond, staying together.

The reasons are easy to spot:  The couples are often made up of emotionally wounded people, waiting for something else bad to happen to them.  Plus, these are people who don’t know each other well. They are really almost complete strangers, so each stone in the road of their relationship becomes an insurmountable boulder.

With little knowledge, with little trust, with no firm foundation to build on, and just the beginning feelings of love and commitment, is it no wonder that life in general is stacked against the victims who participate in this show.

Also…as if that’s not enough, each couple is given a minuscule amount of time to decide whether or not to commit to each other in marriage.