Gotcha! If you think I could or would write an entire piece about football and free agents, you're out of your mind. The only thing I even know about free agents is that Tom Brady is one, but I'm still confused why he'd be referred to as an "agent". Doesn't he HAVE an agent? Shouldn't he be called a free player? Although, he's not free. Far from it. So, really he should be called an "available player." And one other thing- how crazy is it going to be for these die hard Patriots/Brady fans if they have to see him on another team next year. In a different outfit. I mean uniform. I feel like some guys are just not going to know what to do with themselves. Ok- someone help me out of this rabbit hole.
This post is actually about the new Netflix show called Love is Blind, but I knew if that was the title I'd lose some people. Sorry not sorry. If you haven't seen the show yet, don't worry- I won't spoil anything. If you have, you're my people. Here's the gist of this fantastic, ridiculous show: 30 men and women are hoping to find love. For 10 days, they're put in a "speed dating" scenario where they talk to each other through these "pods" which are basically small, individual rooms. But through this experiment they NEVER SEE THE PEOPLE THEY ARE TALKING TO. There is a wall up between each pod. Then, after talking to each other for 10 days, if and when they decide to, the men are allowed to propose to a woman with whom he feels he has a deep connection. After the proposal (if she says yes), they are allowed to see each other for the first time.
Okay. Let's unpack this, shall we? CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE talking to someone through a wall for 10 days, then that person asks you to marry him/her, you say yes because YOU'RE INSANE, and only then do you get to see the person? This show reminds me a lot of another one that I used to love called Married at First Sight, which is even crazier because those people literally meet on their wedding day. Like, family and friends are sitting there, she's in a gown, he's in a tux, the doors open and they make eye contact for the first time as they're walking down the aisle. But that's a show for another post.
Here's my question: What happened to these people in their childhood that they think this is a good idea? As much as I love trashy reality TV for the great enjoyment it brings me (which I will not be judged for thank you very much. A person can have more than one side to them- as evidenced in the fact that I also am reading a very good book right now called In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, so there (highly recommend)), I feel like this show is sort of making a mockery of marriage. I met my husband at 24, we moved in together at 25, got engaged at 26 and got married at 27. I'm not saying this way is how everyone should do it, and I know of plenty of people who met and got married within weeks or months and went on to have long lasting marriages. And others who dated for 10 years before they got married and went on to get divorced soon thereafter. But I do think marriage should be taken seriously and not something that you ask a stranger to do with you after a week simply because you both like the same pizza toppings. The last bone I have to pick with this show is that all the people on it are good looking. It really should be called "Love is Blind...if you're hot". So, in conclusion, I'm sorry if you feel dumber after reading this post and I promise to write a more intellectually fascinating one next time. Or not.
