Love is Blind season 7 tests what it means to fall in love…again. Do looks, money, and other things matter when it comes to matters of the heart? Or can you fall in love with someone sight unseen? Again, we are watching a bunch of hopefuls navigate these questions in season 7 of the series. And since we can’t control selves (as evidenced by our season 7 breakdown of episodes 1-6 and episodes 7-9), here is our breakdown of episodes 10 and 11 of season 7!
1. Have your feelings changed in general for the show in comparison to how you felt watching episodes 1-9 of season 7?
Lizzie: I’m feeling way more meh about the season, and generally, way more meh about the show in general the more episodes I watch. It’s hard to, at this point, believe than anyone is in this show to actually fall in love. Some people might happen to fall in love, but I don’t know that at this point anyone is really there to do that. And I know this was always a very cynical experiment, but I think it loses some of the charm if absolutely no one is there to actually do the thing the show is presumably about. Plus, this has just been a bad, bad season. The show has missed every BIG moment between the couples, we went from lovey dovey to absolutely none of these people fit and I honestly hope it is only Taylor and Garrett because I can’t see anyone else making it more than a day.
Lyra: My opinion of these episodes unfortunately remains the same from the one I had in the Love is Blind season 7 episodes 7-9 breakdown. No one is getting married besides Taylor and Garrett. Sure, Ashley and Tyler are going to make it to the wedding. We saw that in the preview for the final episode before the reunion. But they’re not going to actually make it because there’s so much left unsaid between these two. That’s especially true when it comes to the whole fathering children thing that happened between them and then just disappeared. Netflix really needs to get better at capturing the moments needed to tell a storyline that actually makes sense. Also, they need to cast people who are actually ready to get married. Because this batch was atrocious and each season it just keeps getting worse and worse.
MORE: Ready to see what happens next with Ashley and Tyler next? Check out the breakdown of the Love is Blind season 7 finale here.
2. What was your favorite meet-the-family moment from these episodes?
Lizzie: I enjoyed Taylor’s family, despite the fact that you could tell they weren’t all too thrilled about the whole thing. I felt like they gave Taylor grace and acceptance, and I think her mom, in particular, was there to really listen and try to support her daughter in this journey.
Lyra: Oddly enough, my favorite meet-the-family moment was Tim’s family. His mom and dad have been together for a really long time and have come to understand each other in a way that you don’t often see. They know that the other is different. And instead of their differences pulling them apart, it keeps them together and serves them as individuals and as a couple. Tim could learn a little more from his parents. Or like everything else on this season of Love is Blind, maybe there are things we missed that explain how hot and cold Tim really was by the end of it all.
3. Who is the biggest red flag of this batch of episodes?
Lizzie: Is any of these men not a walking red flag? Ramses is one of those progressive dudes who says the right things, but doesn’t seem to actually respect women as much as his talking points would make you believe. He’s talking the talk and not walking the way. Tyler lied to Ashley for absolutely no reason, and if the rumors are to be believed, this is worse than just being a sperm donor and he just lied to Ashley again? I don’t know what to believe, but it’s giving sus.
Tim wins for me, though. His whole “if I have to communicate with you, you are not the person for me” spiel? Excuse me sir, what? Every healthy relationship ever has been built on a basis of respect and open communication, and that starts with telling your partner what you need and why you need it. If you expect her to be this perfect woman who can read your mind and do what you want when you want, but don’t even give her a hint of what that is …then no, you deserve to be alone.
Lyra: Ramses. I want to say Tim because what even was up with that breakup?! But the biggest red flag of Love is Blind season 7 is Ramses. I understand wanting physical intimacy and trying to figure out where your partner lands on that. But you can literally tell that she’s sick. And instead of comforting her and seeing what he can do, he continues thinking about me, me, me. His needs. His pleasures. His wants. And his casual response to Marissa’s comment about married men who cheat when their partners get sick…RING THE ALARMS! If my partner feared that, even if I didn’t plan on making it down the altar with them, I would reassure them that that would never happen.
Furthermore, he doesn’t care about the wedding. I get being overwhelmed. This is a reality TV show that expects you to be ready for marriage in a couple weeks. That would give anyone anxiety. But Marissa is dealing with the same thing. And instead of dealing with it like a team he’s thinking about himself and letting her carry the load of everything that they have going on. No wonder Marissa is seeing red flags about what kind of partner Ramses would make. Because he likes to play the progressive man game that is emotionally intelligent and giving but he sure doesn’t like to put that into practice unless it benefits him.
MORE: Is this Ramses first red flag on Love is Blind? No. Read more here about his first red flags.
4. Taylor and Garrett hit a wall with that text from the ex. How would you have reacted to that?
Lizzie: Eh, I’m gonna be real honest, my only issue had it been me would have been that he lied and I think I would have just said, ok, let’s just talk about it, show me the message from the beginning and then …I mean, that’s it. I think this was a bad communication moment for Taylor and Garrett, and I get everyone reacts to things differently, but for me it probably wouldn’t have been a big deal.
Lyra: I would’ve been mad just like Taylor. In the beginning when Taylor and Garrett were talking outside the party, they reached a good point. She was disappointed but expressed herself and he assured her it was just a like and that’s it. But learning that it was more, that he said something in return to the ex, that’s a lie. So what is Taylor supposed to believe in? What Garrett told her outside? Or what he said in front of their friends? Right now, Taylor is confused and the fact that he tells his friends a different story is something that will haunt her for the rest of their relationship.
I still think that Taylor and Garrett will make it down the aisle. Because even though this is a red flag. But these two are the kind of people who would go to therapy and listen to each other’s needs. They can make it. I have faith in them.
5. Why did Tim break up with Alex? What broke them apart?
Lizzie: Someone explain it to me like I’m 2. He clearly just wanted to break up with her, and if he was carrying some stuff from their previous fight, I would have almost understood that. But this man stood in front of her dad two days before and said a bunch of stuff that almost seemed real! And then he didn’t even try. It’s infuriating. He’d made up his mind from the moment he walked into that apartment. And then to be like I never want to see you again? Sir, you were making promises 0.2 seconds ago. What happened to you? Did the show miss something else? Because this was baffling, to say the least.
Lyra: Honestly, I don’t know. I see Tim’s mouth moving and he’s saying words. But the math isn’t mathing. She took a nap after spending time with his parents. So what? Was she supposed to entertain them forever? Also, she didn’t respond to a text in a manner that you liked. So what? Girl is busy just like you are, Tim. If anything, Alex was the only one that wanted to have a conversation about it and figure it out. Because these are silly growing pains and not like that mess with Stephen sexting other people while he had a whole fiancee.
And yes, it’s fair that Tim expects some of his needs to be met without asking. Like taking out the trash if the bag is full or picking up after yourself so the other doesn’t have to do it. But if there’s something you like and it’s tied to your needs, you need to vocalize that. Alex can not read minds. If anything, she dealt with this with poise and grace and I can’t wait to see what comes up for these two in the reunion episode.
MORE: What comes after the breakups on Love is Blind? Is this the last one? Find out here in our breakdown of the season 7 finale.
6. What did you think about the Hannah and Nick breakup? Any chance for reconciliation?
Lizzie: I think they don’t actually hate each other, and might one day be friends, but I just don’t think they are good for each other romantically. Hannah kept belittling Nick, and she was doing for her what, in her mind, was a good reason, but it was just mean. Nick, in the meantime, is a child who doesn’t seem to take responsibility for anything. So, in a way, they’re both right about each other and they both have some things to learn. They just shouldn’t do that together.
Lyra: There is zero chance of reconciliation between Hannah and Nick because they are not compatible and are at two different points of their lives. There’s also the simple fact that Hannah doesn’t like Nick. At all. While I give it to Hannah for making the moves to have her needs met, the truth that she continuously spills out for Nick to take on doesn’t have to be cruel. That doesn’t help the situation and makes you seem bitter, immature in your own right, and ignorant of how your words hurt others.
But we ain’t letting Nick get away with it. He wants to act like an adult, get married, but he doesn’t prioritize his woman’s pleasure? Like, at all? Run. Both of you. Mix in that ridiculous after party argument where Hannah was arguing that her “best friend” was flirting with Nick and how she trusts him but not her “best friend” and I’m done with both of them, especially because Nick found that jealousy hot for sure.
7. Who is going to make it down the aisle and actually get married?
Lizzie: Taylor and Garrett are going to get married and that’s IT.
Lyra: Taylor and Garrett are going to make it down the aisle and get married. And Ashley and Tyler, they’re going to make it down the aisle. But there would be no wedding. No celebration. Nothing. But if those last two get married, maybe they’ll surprise me and the audience like Amber and Matt did was back in season 1 and every year after that.
Love is Blind season 7 episodes 1-11 are available on Netflix.
Hannah is a controling, manipulating bitch, period. So what nick didn’t know how to do some things that seemed normal to her, who is she to judge him for that? Plus he was open and willing to learn how to do those things! So what he didn’t want to walk “HER” dog, it’s her dog and her responsibility, obviously he was a simple man, living a simple life. How rude of her to make him name his responsiblities and act like because he didn’t have a list long, that meant he wasn’t mature. She constantly belittled him and talked shit on him. She freaked out on him after the party because she didn’t trust her own friend when she should have brought that up with her friend, and excused him of talking shit when in reality she was the one talking shit the whole time on him. So what if he didn’t want to go down on you, get over it! That doesn’t make him a child, it makes her a bitch! And what else where you asking him to do to you? Maybe he had good reasons to think the shit she was asking him to do was gross! She kept repeating that she was “so much fun” yet on their honeymoon, she wouldnt even ride the duck with him. she was lame, judgy, manipulative, bitchy, and insercure about herself so she tried to make him feel bad about himself! I normally don’t write on post about reality shows but I feel like this needs to be said and Hannah needs to know she was seriously in the wrong!