"The first time I watched Love is Blind, I totally fell for the pods part of the experiment. Talking to someone without ever meeting them or seeing them? I could see how a deep connection could happen through that, especially if both parties are wanting that deep connection. It reminded me so much of how I felt when I first started talking to my husband."
"Love is Blind Season 9 is officially streaming on Netflix, and this is the second time a single parent has shown up in the franchise. And sure, while listening to Jordan talk about his 5-year-old son Luca and what it feels like to be a dad is cute and wholesome, knowing that he's literally joining this experiment to propose to someone he's only talked to for a couple of weeks - making that person his son's stepmother - is not the move."
"Single parents deserve all the support in the world. Even if the other parent of your child is super-involved and handles their responsibilities and is there for their kid in all the ways (and therefore, there for you, too), it's so lonely. It's hard to raise a child and feel like you have nobody to lean on but yourself, nobody to share the daily ups and downs of parenting with, nobody to just be your support system when you need it."
The pods format can foster deep connections by allowing people to get to know each other without physical presence. App-based communication provided a safe, steady way to evaluate compatibility while parenting a young child. Love Is Blind Season 9 features a single parent, Jordan, who considers proposing to someone he has known only weeks, potentially making that person his child's stepmother. That scenario raises concerns about exposing children to rushed, high-stakes romantic decisions. Single parents often face loneliness and lack of consistent support, making careful, gradual introductions of partners important. Reality-dating experiments can amplify risk when parental responsibilities are involved.
Read at Scary Mommy
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]