Love Is Blind: Sweden (Love is Blind: Sverige)

If I come in here and I start crying,

telling you about a car crash I was in as a kid,

and in comes the next guy and he doesn't cry,

he's not emotional, doesn't have this stuff to talk about,

will you feel like you had a deeper connection with the first guy?

I want a simple yes or no.

Yeah, no, I'd say that you probably don't have a lot of trust in women,

that we aren't capable…

No, but it's exactly the same thing here with the guys.

The one with the most trauma gets attention,

-and everybody thinks he's so deep. -No, I don't think so.

You can have depth without going through a bunch of trauma.

You can certainly be reflective and talk about difficult stuff.

That's being deep.

I'm just saying there's not a lot of difficult things in my life.

It's not like you were born and now you're here.

-You've had 40 years of experiences and… -A wonderful life.

…things have happened in your life, and I want to hear about those things.

I feel like I'm in a good place in life, and that's great.

I don't want to be pulled away from that.

What I'm saying is, you seem like a person who likes to help.

You're the one here that's caring and empathetic.

If I had something I needed help with,

then you and I would have gotten a little closer,

into a deeper place quicker.

And so just because I don't have any trauma or live a troubled life,

that doesn't mean I'm shallow guy.

I don't think I'd say you've come across as shallow to me exactly.

-No. -But…

as we talk here, I'm kind of worried about how you're perceiving me.

It feels like we're misunderstanding each other a little.

Mmm.

-I mean, I want to get to know you more. -Mm-hm.

It's not necessary that you share your traumas with me.

That's good. Thank you.

I'm really going to have to sit down and write and reflect after this.

-Definitely do that. -I need to do it.

I really hope that I will see you again soon.

-Take care of yourself now. -Will do. Take care. Goodbye.

Shit.

Damn it.

I don't think I'm in her top ranking anymore.

I mean, it's just so hard to compete with somebody

that's had a harder life than I have.

Maybe she wants somebody she can put her arm around

and help a little.

That worries me.

SWEDEN

How's your day been?

-My day's been a little weird, actually. -Mm.

I'm confused, I guess. I'm just feeling misunderstood, you know?

Yeah.

One of the guys, he ended up just painting this picture of me

that I thought was way off.

He made it sound like I was looking for somebody to take care of,

and that I wanted someone to save, or something.

Oof!

I don't know how to take it. It was weird.

-But you said, "We'll talk about this…" -"Tomorrow"?

I don't know. We haven't said we'll see each other again,

but we haven't said we won't.

I'll have to think about it.

I've got to get better at knowing what I need and how I feel.

Focusing on yourself is all you should be doing. You are here for you.

Going home this early is really tough. That's the worst part.

-It's so damn early. -Mm.

And there's no other guys that you feel like…

No.

Today has been a little rough for me.

I would have loved to have a longer chat with Ibrahim,

but that didn't happen.

I was thinking Daniel for you. I mean…

-I thought maybe… -Oh, okay.

I don't know if he's too…

big of a personality for me.

Yeah, but you don't have to leave now.

You might as well stay and keep talking to people, see where it goes.

-Yeah, true. -Yeah. Mm.

Okay.

-Time to go, girls. -Bye.

Let's go.

Good luck!

I still feel like I've come here for a reason.

And that reason is, I want to meet somebody.

And if I don't give it 100%, then it's not going to happen.

-It's gonna be okay, Johanna. -Yes, thanks.

I'm really looking forward to seeing Daniel.

And we'll just have to see how it goes after.

It's important to me that I feel like I'm somebody's first choice.

I want to be sitting there, feeling like this person has chosen me.

I just don't want to be anybody's second choice.

-Hello! -Hello, Daniel.

-Hi. -It's Johanna.

Is it Bank Johanna?

Bank Johanna?

Or what was it? You work… No, I'm mixing everybody up.

-That's not good. -What? Okay. Hold on a sec here.

I work as an event and sales manager.

-Event and sales manager? -Yeah, I'm from Sydney, remember?

-Oh, that's right! -You remember me now?

Yeah, now I remember you.

-So the lightbulb has been turned on. -The lightbulb is on now!

The first day you said you lived in Australia and…

You'd already moved in then.

Then I'd already moved to Australia.

-Yeah. -Right.

And now you've forgotten my name. Oops.

-Things change quickly. Yeah. -I hadn't forgotten. I just got mixed up.

-You're 37 years old. -Thirty-eight in two weeks.

So no spring chicken, but…

-No, but I'm very happy with my life. -Yeah?

Yeah. It really does feel like my life is just beginning.

I'd rather meet somebody who's lived a little

than I would with somebody who's just getting started.

You know what you want and what you don't.

Yep, exactly.

That's the thing with this experiment.

I'm not looking for just anybody to go to bed with,

I'm looking for one person to wake up with.

-That's so nice to hear. -Yeah.

It's so funny that you said that.

Because I've always said that I want a partner

where I can see myself with that person,

sitting on our terrace swing together when we're 80 something,

just laughing about life:

"We've had so much damn fun."

Yeah, and I'd rather live my last 25 or 30 years

-somewhere like Australia. -Yeah, I agree.

Swinging on a chair and maybe taking over my aunt's vineyard.

Sitting there with a drink.

-And so… -To live life?

-Yeah, to live life. -Oh, I think so.

-Do you want to know my last name? -If you want to, absolutely.

It's not a big deal. My name is Daniel Fjäll.

Yeah, that will be tough for us.

-Why is that? -Mine's Johanna Storm.

-You are Johanna Storm? -Yeah.

"Fjällstorm." That's so cool. We're gonna be stealing that.

-Yeah, or Stormfjäll. -Yeah, or Stormfjäll. I like it.

-I mean… Oh my God. -What the heck?

So we're named after different kinds of weather.

-I know. -That's so great.

I got off to a bad start, but I feel like you've forgiven me.

-Yeah, well, I'm really not that easily… -Offended?

No, exactly. You can say a lot before I'm pissed.

My God, that's great.

How did I miss this guy? Because that's what happened.

But I also think he feels the same way,

and I think that maybe I didn't start out as his favorite.

So maybe we're climbing higher up on our "like-list."

Did it go okay?

Yeah, it did. It was great. It's been good. I had fun.

-Yeah. -Who was it?

-You can't tell anyone. -No, I won't.

-I saw Johanna, and it was great. -Yeah?

This is way harder than I thought.

Feelings come up that you can't help feeling.

They just… wash over you.

I've put all my eggs in one basket,

and it's scary, of course.

I don't think I'll be satisfied

with feeling anything less than what I do for Aniela.

I can't imagine I'll feel the same for anybody else.

Keep your fingers crossed for me, guys.

-This is a big one for me. -Go for it!

Yeah, sure, you get curious.

She probably has three dates before me. Maybe even more.

-Towards the dates. -Towards the dates and a future husband.

And the future husbands.

I've got to be honest. I've been dying to talk to you all day.

I've been thinking about you all night, too.

She will probably go through a whole slew of emotions before she meets me.

My heart was racing before I came in here today.

Oh, my Lord.

-Yeah? -Who's this girl?

Oh, wow!

Oh, my God.

Every time I walked through the door of these pods,

-I'd hoped it'd be you. -Thanks!

You've always been my number one.

I'm feeling happy about that.

I'm exploding with thoughts.

I feel like I'm on this spin cycle, and my head is just whirling around.

I'm having a great time. Enjoying every day.

I don't want to narrow it down too soon

but I'm feeling drawn.

Right now, there's some flattering with Ibbe.

But…

I'm stressed that he's focused on me in the way that he has.

I'm all in now, man.

I'm gonna give her my music player.

I didn't realize there's a song I've been listening to

that has her nickname.

Oh!

I was lying down and I was listening to music,

and then "Annie" comes on.

I wouldn't say that I'm all that superstitious,

or anything,

but it still felt kind of special.

Guys?