TV(Spoiler alert!) ‘It’s done!’, Erik Van Looy would say. The four keywordsfor Jana and Christiaan in ‘Blindly married’: ‘fruit’, ‘tasted’, ‘lotto’ and’win’. A party for Christiaan, although the duo also questioned theirrelationship a little later. At the same time, Joren and Lien go from bad toworse and ‘snails’ Florence and Jiri actually start flirting cautiously.
“I can say that we followed Wim’s advice!” With a smile as wide as a house andtwinkling eyes, Christiaan dispelled all speculation. He was just barelybursting with enthusiasm. “It’s like winning the lottery, you want to win thelottery every day!” he said. “Although it is a pity that we are so busy,because once you have tasted the fruit, you want more.”
After they were advised by sexologist Wim Slabbinck to discover theirintimacy, the youngest ‘Blind Married’ duo spoke up. Much to Christiaan’sdelight, Jana summed it all up a little more laconic. “It was the first time,of course that’s always a bit… funny,” said the kindergarten teacher smilingand shrugging her shoulders. “But I’m looking forward to next time to see ifwe can meet there as well.”
A nice adventure that Christiaan will remember for a long time, but a whilelater the two also questioned their relationship. An underlying problem becameeven more apparent during an evening collision. Christiaan confessed that hedoes not like the distance between Lokeren and Geel, and he also does not wantto give up his job – “I have built up so much there”. “I thought, ‘Where wasthat all this time? I thought I was the difficult one and saw it gloomy, buthe doesn’t see it rosy either,” said a surprised Jana, who also complainedabout the grind and the fact that they “don’t have time to do fun things”. Yetthe shortcoming seems mainly a bump, not a breaking point. More below.
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shattering dream
Where the bond seems to be definitely broken is with Joren and Lien. Jorentalks about “a Berlin wall for which he doesn’t have a tank in his garage”.This was apparent from an anecdote in which he tells how he poured out hisheart about a bad day, but received no response from his wife. “I saw thecheck marks turn blue, but got no response. That’s not really what you… yes…hopes”, said an uncomfortably smiling wine seller. In an ultimate attempt todemolish her wall, he pulled up to his wife for a heated conversation. Heasked for an explanation of why she is so blunt for no reason and why shedoesn’t communicate. No cameras at the incident, but Lien said it was “areality check”, where she “shed a tear”.
The two tell – they remain respectful of each other – that they want to goback to it. But that seems hard to believe. All the more so because Lienrevealed her real feelings for the very first time. “I’ve wanted a house,tree, baby for a long time and that’s why I took part in ‘Blind Married’”, shesays. “But then I saw Joren and I noticed that the click, the feeling, did notcome. So my dream shattered. I became frustrated with Joren, but also withmyself.” Their story seems out, more below.
Christiaan and Jana: “Speak about ‘we’, not about ‘I’”
The two will clash more often, but the curiosity, the genuine interest isstill there. © VTM
Their collision over the distance is not the first between Jana andChristiaan. On honeymoon, she said she was not impressed by the appearance ofthe weightlifting emergency nurse. Still, the clicks between the Waaslandseand the Kempenaar remain. There was their first night together, and without somany words they also say that they miss each other when they are separated.“Often I spontaneously start talking about him to colleagues and I also talkabout ‘we’ instead of ‘I’”, admitted the kindergarten teacher on theplayground to a colleague. In Christian’s eyes it can still be read that hecannot believe which bird of paradise he caught in his net. The two will clashmore often, but the curiosity, the genuine interest is still there.
Joren and Lien: sleeping in the guest bed
Joren talks about “a Berlin wall for which he doesn’t have a tank in hisgarage”. Still, he rolled up his sleeves in an ultimate attempt to attack thewall. © VTM
What actually went wrong between Joren and Lien? Was it during the ‘slidingwindow gate’, or was that just a result of something that was already going onbefore? No, “it wasn’t love at first sight”. And yes, they want to “doeverything they can to make the experiment work”, but how come Lien never madethe slightest effort to commit to the marriage? Not everything can be seen infront of the cameras, that much is clear. Anyway, it doesn’t seem to be goingwell. Until the end of the experiment, the two use up their time. Joren goesto his friends, Lien throws herself into her work. It will not surprise anyviewer that Lien sleeps in the guest bed in their apartment. Theirrelationship is over.
Jiri and Florence: “He can actually be there”
Despite their rough start, Jiri and – according to some viewers – ‘Flaw’renceseem to be the couple that takes the experiment the most to heart. © VTM
Big news from the Jiri and Florence front. The two actually start flirtingafter eight episodes. She bought him boxer shorts that he was only too happyto show, he playfully asked about her qualities in bed at the restaurant, andon the way to her parents she willingly rested her head on his arm in the car.Small things, but huge in the land of Jiri and Florence, where the ground iscovered with eggs. “Sometimes I think: ‘Actually, he can be there,’” saidFlorence, who repeatedly stated in the past seven episodes that she did notfind her husband “attractive”. “Time”, the West Flemish emergency nurse keptasking and a chin throbbing Jiri became distraught at times. But despite theirrocky start, Jiri and – according to some viewers – ‘Flaw’rence seem to be thecouple taking the experiment to heart. Working to get to know each otherbetter and forcing physical contact to get used to it. They used to callthemselves the ‘snails’ of the experiment, their feelers now seem to feel eachother.
Brecht and Dziubi: “A fairytale”
He calls him “my boy”, they send hearts via Whatsapp. © VTM
They are the quiet steadfastness of this seventh ‘Blind Married’ season.Brecht and Dziubi clicked together like two Lego bricks from episode one andthey still do. “A fairytale Brecht calls their story and that hasn’t changedeither. He calls him “my boy”, they send hearts via Whatsapp. But physicallythey are still in an “beginning stage”, Brecht confides to his friends. Forthose interested in the details: “Steps have been made, but many things havenot yet come to fruition.” The two are heading for an almost flawless course.