Weird Rules Love Is Blind Contestants Are Forced To Follow

We all know the singles on "Love Is Blind" aren't allowed to see each other. That is, after all, the premise of the show. However, the no-touching aspect doesn't get as much attention. There is no way for the couples to physically interact within the pods. These are really the only two hard and fast rules of the show — no seeing and no touching – Chris Coelen confirmed to AV Club. "But other than that, they could do anything they wanted to do — we encouraged them to be creative." 

The dating pods are set up so that singles have no idea what the others look like. The pods contain a large adjoining illuminated panel through which the contestants get to know each other. "You can't see anything but a very vague silhouette of what's happening on the other side," co-host Nick Lachey explained to Netflix. "You're truly flying blind."

As Vanessa Lachey told CBS News, this is done to encourage stronger emotional connections. "When you take one of the senses away, the others are heightened. I think you feel more, you listen more, you're forced to listen, 'cause you can't watch them and get distracted by them and by their, whether it's a wonky eyebrow, or if he's, like, checking out cleavage or whatever it is, that's all taken away."