Love Is Blind contestants might not be in love (Picture: Netflix)

Netlix recently sent us down a rabbit hole of reality show chaos when they released the first few episodes of Love Is Blind.

The concept is simple, but completely insane.

Our new favourite binge-watch follows thirty single (and so very ready to mingle) men and women hoping to marry. For 10 days – yes only 10 days – the singles hunt for their forever loves without ever seeing each other, speaking to each other in pods separated by a thin wall.

And of course, they’re given an unlimited supply of alcohol to help them open up about their deepest regrets and biggest dreams, resulting in a connection like no other.




Finally, they get to propose to the love of their life (who they met days before), resulting in us reeling on our living room couches wondering how anyone could fall in love that quickly.

Relationship expert Lee Wilson finds the concept as baffling as most of us do, and hopes the coming season, as well as the potential UK season, would have producers helping contestants understand that what they’re feeling might not be real love.

Contestants propose despite never meeting each other (Picture: Netflix)

Hopefuls sit in separate pods and talk to each other through a wall (Picture: Netflix)

‘They were feeling these emotions of love but it’s called limerence, it’s a scientific term for being madly in love,’ he told Metro.co.uk of the scientific term that often comes accompanied with obsessive-compulsive thoughts and emotional dependence.

Limerence lasts longer than you may think – but not forever, lasting no more than a couple of years, according to experts.

‘This feeling of infatuation will fade just like a drug, the longer you take it you have to keep raising the dose to have the same experience and eventually it can’t do much for you and it will fade,’ Wilson continued. ‘My concern for those couples is that they were set up to experience limerence.’

Considering we’ve seen endless arguments and tears after the couples finally met, it’s no surprise to hear that there’s more than meets the eye.

Carlton Molton opening up to fiancée Diamond Jack is a good example – even if there’s a much deeper issue behind them – to why trusting a stranger with your vulnerabilities and dreams doesn’t necessarily mean it’s love.

Lee explained: ‘It seemed over the top, fake and cheesy, but these people like this stuff or at least feel the limerence.

‘They used all the buzzwords of it, like “I’ve never felt like this about anyone before” because they know logically this doesn’t make a lot of sense.’

At least if Love Is Blind comes to the UK, those signing up will know what to look for.

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