The second episode of the Washington D.C. “Love Is Blind” season is named for a game a few women play to pass the time: “Perfect Husband, but…” It’s about as serious as a slumber party as they offer a series of theoretical dealbreakers: “Perfect husband, but he doesn’t wear shoes anywhere.” “Perfect husband but, like, he can’t read."

One of them, Taylor, delivers a recurring version of “I can work with that” in response, offering to peruse the menus for both of them. Compromise, we've heard, is the backbone of any lasting relationship.

Reality shows incorporate these little detours to keep the energy light and lively. Now that the show's wedding episodes have aired, one can't help wondering if the show’s producers were spooning out a bit of foreshadowing.

In this same episode, Ramses Prashad holds forth about his rejection of toxic masculinity, which warmed the heart of Marissa George, the woman on the other side of the famed blue wall dividing their dating pod.

Ramses Prashad and Marrisa George in "Love Is Blind" (Netflix)“I absolutely love that more than you might realize, because I’m used to military masculine men,” George says, adding, “I usually date guys who are like, pretty smart. I dated a conservative Trump supporter for, like three years . . . But then I dated, like, a progressive liberal guy. Like, I date people for who they are."

Later, Monica Davis asks Stephen Richardson whether he voted in the 2016 and 2020 elections. Richardson affirms he did, then reveals who he voted for.

“I'll be completely honest: I voted for President Trump because I didn't like Hillary in the first election,” Richardson tells Davis. “But I despise the way that he handled his time in office. And I voted for Biden, and I can honestly say I definitely put a lot more thought and passion into that second vote than I did the first. And I will happily admit that my first vote wasn't the most educated.”

Perfect husband or wife, but . . .?

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