The Love Is Blind season 7 finale noticed a number of {couples} make it down the aisle — however not earlier than one troubled duo selected to say goodbye for good.
Warning: Spoilers forward for the season finale of Love Is Blind season 7:
Ramses Prashad and Marissa George referred to as off their engagement throughout episode 12 of the Netflix hit, which dropped on Wednesday, October 23. Whereas the duo started their journey out of the pods as one of many happiest {couples}, they discovered themselves at odds again in Washington D.C. after they argued about whether or not Marissa ought to take contraception or Ramses ought to put on condoms after they had intercourse.
Regardless of their variations, the duo appeared to be headed to the altar, and even shopped for his or her respective wedding ceremony outfits on the penultimate episode. Nevertheless, the season finale opened with Ramses telling Marissa he couldn’t undergo with the nuptials, leaving her at a loss.
“I perceive falling in love and getting your heartbroken is a threat, I perceive that. However then final evening, I spoke to my nieces mom and my brother and we had a protracted dialog simply speaking about this resolution and I realized about issues and f—, i simply realized that my ex was hurting far more than I spotted after the divorce,” Ramses, who was beforehand married as soon as earlier than, tried to clarify. “And I’m simply scared that one thing could occur the place I’d find yourself hurting you.”
Whereas Marissa mentioned that understood there are “lots of people” and “emotions” concerned in them saying “I do,” she harassed that the pair’s relationship is finally solely about them — however Ramses wasn’t satisfied.
“After being married and simply, like, seeing different marriages, I simply don’t suppose love alone is sufficient,” he mentioned, including that whereas they’d created an “unbelievable bond” there have been sure obstacles he wasn’t positive they may overcome. “This connection is superb however there are specific issues that you would be able to’t get round, particularly relating to dwelling collectively and spending the day after day collectively that’s loopy essential,” he added. That’s the factor that may doubtlessly grind us down over time.”
Marissa, for her half, disagreed that “all they’d” was love going for them, saying that whereas they confronted points since getting engaged, they’d managed to work by means of most of them.
“We talked about you needing your house, and I like you adequate to offer you what you want,” she instructed him. “This marriage is a promise and a dedication, and with dedication comes a duty of, like, getting by means of no matter we gotta get by means of. I’m promising to go do life with you endlessly as a result of I do suppose we’ll be nice collectively.”
Regardless of her attempting to get him to see that they carry out “nice traits” in one another, Ramses mentioned that getting married would imply he could be following his “emotions” and never sufficient “logic,” a mistake he’s made previously.
“After having these conversations there may need been issues I’ve been brushing apart as a result of they’re essential,” he defined. Marissa, nevertheless, argued that he was giving her “nothing tangible to work with.”
Ramses tried to get extra particular, telling her, “It’s about your power and my power dwelling and coexisting in the identical house. … Is our power going to be an excessive amount of for me or make me really feel overwhelmed? It was nice and tremendous in Cabo, however right here on a regular basis whenever you usher in work and day after day stresses, there’s a lot happening I didn’t really feel like I had a second to myself.”
Marissa confessed that it wasn’t the primary time she had heard somebody loves her “power” within the “first few months” of courting her, however added that their differing types of dwelling wasn’t a “destructive” to her as a result of she does have to discover ways to discover “time to settle down and sit back and watch TV on the sofa.”
She then questioned why Ramses couldn’t “envision” the longer term she might earlier than telling him that the “shouldn’t have come into this expertise between it’s very clear it is advisable to stay with somebody for a very long time earlier than you ever marry them.”
“For the primary time i used to be like 100% myself i’ve been essentially the most understanding individual how might i really feel so positive and also you not, i simply need somebody to make certain about me, you understand?” she requested as she broke down. “I simply need somebody to decide on me.”
Marissa continued to sob, asking Ramses if he was “positive” about ending issues earlier than telling him calling it quits was a “massive mistake.”
“This isn’t proper. That is the worst heartbreak I’ve ever skilled,” she mentioned whereas crying. She then referred to as her mother to let her know the marriage was off.
“I really feel like I’m dying,” I don’t know. Two days in the past he instructed me he’s so excited to get married we picked out our first dance music and he acquired emotional as a result of he envisioned us getting married,” she mentioned. “So it’s actually exhausting for me to return to the conclusion that we’re completed. I really feel insane, I really feel loopy, like, did I make all of it up in my head?”
Viewers final noticed Marissa telling her mother, “Mother, it hurts. It hurts so dangerous,” as Ramses sat in one other room together with his head in his palms and Marissa’s engagement ring fell on the ground.
Whereas Marissa and Ramses didn’t make it down the aisle, different {couples} have been saying “I do” elsewhere within the finale. After a roadblock about his secret three surrogate children, Ashley Adionser and Tyler Francis discovered their means again to one another and wed. Garrett Josemans and Taylor Krause, in the meantime, additionally wed earlier than the credit rolled.
“The gorgeous factor about us is that we didn’t count on to return in right here and discover out individual. We got here in right here to only study extra about ourselves, and a really small glimmer of hope that we would discover somebody we need to spend the remainder of our lives with,” Garrett instructed Taylor throughout their vows as individuals within the crowd started to cry. “To search out the connection that we had within the pods and to discover a feeling that I hadn’t felt earlier than and I by no means thought I’d discover, after which to have that simply buoyed by seeing you, I didn’t suppose it was attainable to really feel this fashion. I’ve discovered a companion who’s so completely matched for me, and I’m completely matched for you. And that’s precisely what that is, a partnership.”
Ultimately, two out of six {couples} on LiB season 7 made it down the aisle — however what number of are nonetheless going sturdy? Followers will discover out when The Love Is Blind season 7 reunion airs on Netflix Wednesday, October 30.