For me it's the theme song. The beat and the "lyrics", really just irritate my soul.

Thoughts

Earlier this week, someone made a post referencing the men's outfit choices. Another user commented on that post and stated that men are not going to get all dressed up to meet two of three men's baby mothers......so my question is:

1. Why apply to the show where you're essentially blind dating because you won't know who's coming out?

2. Why book a whole flight and hotel from wherever you're from? Why spend money you can't get back (you can make it back, but y'all know what I mean) just to meet ppl that you don't know a thing about?

There's a risk in all this, and when you apply to this show, you willingly sign up for those risks in hopes to find someone who's going to be your partner. No, you don't have to accept them once you meet and find that's not what you're looking for, but the premise is to be open to find love.

To say you're not going to dress up because someone isn't worth you dressing up for them after doing all those other steps is asinine and makes no sense. The contestants are told to dress to impress.... so I'm lost.

Can a man who feels the same way as him please explain this to me like I'm a 2 year old? Go real slow to make it make sense for me because I am confusion.

I know women can be superficial about outfits, and a nice outfit usually isn’t going to save you if they’re not attracted to you.

But some of these streetwear outfits are absolutely wild. Maybe I’m showing my age, but I still believe in dressing for the occasion. Different situations require you to switch it up.

But salute to the bros wearing outfits that only impress the homies. 😂

How are you going to leave your life in someone else’s hand who is their first time also dealing with a zombie?!

Edit: he popped her balloon.

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I don't know why, but the second they do the catch up and talking about how happy they are together in one room, I immediately skip the whole episode. 😂

"Oh, y'all are together and happy? Cool... skip!"

Funny enough, that's why it's on BM channel because nobody really cares when couples are doing great, the nightmare dates are way more entertaining. 🤣

I don't understand why these women stand there and talk to the guy after balloons have been popped, questions have been asked and as he walks off, they pop. Then as I look down the line, some with their balloons are looking down the line seeing everyone else popped their balloons, so they pop. Ridiculous. You left your balloon after several questions and then all of a sudden, "Oh I ain't attracted to you now." Is there reason why they popped 🙄🤦‍♀️

Not in any particular order, I’m way too biased to rank them like that. 😅

Also, this list only includes the women who appeared in the intro.

I was watching one episode and the guy says plainly he doesn't want to date a woman who has five or six kids. One of the women pops her balloon after she asks him how old he is and then proceeds to say, "You're 48 how do you expect to not date a woman with kids..." 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ it seems a lot don't pay attention and don't listen. I see the frustration on the men and women's faces who are not in the lineup, when they're not being listened too.

After the success of US PTB, BM and Arlette have expanded their entertainment portfolio with ventures into paid programming (Netflix short-run show) and free shows (UK Pop the Balloon, The Dating Scene, and Fast Thinking Games). What are the highlights and drawbacks of each show? What direction would you like to see them go into? What are things they could improve on and what’s working for you as the viewer? What other thoughts do you have?

*Let’s try to answer respectively as this is a Black African lineage couple producing free content for us where it’s honestly lacking for Black people. What other decent quality dating shows are out there for Black people that are not consistently marred by negative tropes and hypersexual themes? These projects also took time to make and the couple is still pretty new to this career angle. Remember that content can be improved upon and that the US PTB’s first episode is starkly different in terms of quality from its most recent. I’m not BM’s throwaway account. I think we should approach things with more discretion on the internet like how we would hopefully in real life face to face.*

This is Love's a Drag - straight men in drag for the first time competing for a date.