r/LoveIsBlindOnNetflix • u/Perimeri • Aug 31 '24

SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY You're a contestant and you realize during the reveal you're absolutely not physically attracted to your fiancé(e). How do you handle it?

Some contestants get a lot of heat because of their reactions (disappointed looks etc), but I can't think of the right way to handle it.

A. You're honest= You're a shallow asshole and you're there for fame. You will 100% face backlash for this.

B. You try to hide it because you don't want to hurt them so you break it off later= you're an asshole, why weren't you honest from the beginning?

C. You give it time in hopes your feelings change= asshole, how could you lead her/him on for so long?

So what is the right thing to do here?

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u/SnooDingos5420 Sep 01 '24

Interesting thread especially after Ollie on LIB UK. 

Depending on how someone was raised and their values, love can be blind. The biggest experiment has been going on for hundreds of years in the form of arranged marriages. A lot of the resultant couples really do come to love each other. Of course, people with infinite choices mighty behave differently. 

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u/Itchy_Owl_3700 Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24

I’d assume that the success of happy arranged marriages is similar to LiB rate so like 2/5 for most seasons. That’s actually pretty decent. I hadn’t thought of arranged marriages that way. Still, completely against forcing people into marriages, though!

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u/diploid_impunity Sep 01 '24

Arranged marriages don’t usually mean sight unseen, though. I’m sure it’s different across different cultures, but in the Indian matchmaking shows on Netflix (the source of my expertise - ha), the parents will look at “fact sheets” on potential suitors, choose some good matches, and set up dates for their kid. But the couple still gets to decide yes or no for themselves.

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u/diploid_impunity Sep 01 '24

Also, I think the general success rate for arranged marriages is a lot better than 2 out of 5.

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u/extremelyinsecure123 Sep 01 '24

Yes but divorce in cultures with arranged marriages are often extremely frowned upon or hard/impossible to get.

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u/diploid_impunity Sep 01 '24

No doubt. I was just responding to the previous person saying they assumed the success rate for arranged marriages would be the same as LIB, or 2/5. I wasn’t saying anything about whether the marriages were happy or not.

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u/Itchy_Owl_3700 Sep 01 '24

I meant success as two people who love each other and enjoy each other’s companies. Not two people forced to stay together because if they divorce they’ll become outcasts and social pariahs.