"Am I a hypocrite?" - Love is Blind star Marissa questions her beliefs about being in the military

Love is Blind season 7 episode 7 premiered on October 9 on Netflix. The reality show helps individuals find love beyond their physical expectations. The couples interact through pods and can't see the person they are talking to. After forming a deep connection, they get engaged and decide if they want to get married.

After their honeymoon period, Love is Blind season 7 couple Marissa and Ramses returned to their life outside the pods and to live together. During their dinner date, the couple shared their thoughts on religion and the military, to understand each other a bit better.

According to her cast bio, Marissa spent 7 years in the Navy. While she mentioned in her bio that she has "no regrets about her military service", she questioned her beliefs in her conversation with Ramses. She said:

"Do I even have a right to say like, I'm anti-military in the politics that they do and what we've done to other countries, if I willingly and voluntarily signed up to go do that exact thing? Am I a hypocrite?"

Titled Truth Bombs the synopsis for episode 7 reads:

"A heart-to-heart about expectations turns sour for a disconnected duo. As the Cabo getaway ends, the group returns to DC for the ultimate reality check."

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Love is Blind season 7 couple Marissa and Ramses share their beliefs on military

Marissa and Ramses shared a dinner date at the end of Love is Blind season 7 episode 7. Before talking about the military, the couple exchanged their opinions on religion. After talking about patriarchy, Marissa dived into her opinions about the military and how it changed her. She shared:

I had to leave the military behind. Nobody -- People do not realize the, like, brainwashing that military does. And, like, I've been in it my whole life. I truly believed in the military, and I was very patriotic".

Marissa admitted that she wouldn't turn her back on the military because it changed her life and provided her with opportunities. However, she said that doesn't support half the things that the military does in other countries.

Ramses then shared his opinions on the US military. He said that while he understands the privilege of living in the country, he would always critique how the US has "destabilized entire countries".

Marissa, on the other, said that she supports the military and that their country would be in a very hurt position without it. When Ramses asked her why their country needed a military, she said:

"Because we put ourselves in this position where we bullied other countries. We've gone to other countries. We've destroyed countries, societies, communities. I do not ignore that. I am very critical of it."

The Love is Blind contestant further added that she supports the troops in the military. She further said that the "things they signed up to do are not easy".

Ramses presented the point that the troops are not forced to do anything and they sign up for the things they do. Marissa, however, did not have the same opinion and implied that things weren't that simple. She further tried to explain the gravity of the situation and shared the conflict she had to deal with in her military position.

"When I was finally put in a position where I was like I push the button and a missile gets launched off the ship, 'cause that was one of my positions, I struggled with that. And said, 'If y'all tell me to push the button, I don't think I can push the button to shoot an airplane down'."

By the end of their conversation, the Love is Blind season 7 couple stated that they might have got engaged if they had met each other in the past. Further, they reflected that they had a lot of things to figure out before tying the knot.

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Love is Blind season 7 episodes 1-9 are available on Netflix.