Emma from Love Is Blind on connections with Steve, Connor and Mike (Excl)

Emma Betsinger was caught in a love square Love is blind season 10.

“I think when I went in I wanted to talk and tell my story to the important people that I could see getting down on one knee, and that was these three men,” Emma, ​​28, told exclusively We weekly after the first batch of episodes dropped on Netflix on Wednesday, February 11. “I had to keep looking every day to see where things came to fruition and see where things turned out.”

Emma found connections with it Mike Gibney, Conner Spies And Steven Sunday 10 pods in the season. The shopkeeper’s banter with Steven, 32, eventually died down after he pressed for details about her first kiss, her virginity and wondered if she was a ‘late bloomer’.

“The whole experience was very strange. I think it took a 180 that I didn’t expect,” Emma said Us. “I’ll look again[ed] It. I talked very slowly, and I had pauses. I thought, ‘What happens now?’”

Emma pointed out that she and Steven had “great conversations” on multiple pod dates – until a noticeable change occurred.

“We knew each other. We had been dating for hours, but it felt like he flipped a switch and he said, ‘No.’ I think maybe he just wanted to be fun and crazy and goofy because that’s who he is,” she said.

According to Emma, ​​fans only saw “a hint” of Steven’s questions about her virginity.

“In real life it was a longer, drawn-out version, but he was really trying to get me to open up about virginity,” she said. “I thought, ‘I don’t want to. Why is this relevant?’ You guys see like that [clipped] version, but that conversation lasted quite a long time, a minute and a half [or] two minutes. I just got the feeling, “If you were my person, you wouldn’t be nosy if I felt uncomfortable.” It just became more awkward for me, and I think this was all a sign that he wasn’t my person.

While Emma kept catching glimpses of the reasons why Steven wasn’t the One, she also noticed that he “kept interrupting” her.

“I was trying to formulate thoughts,” she said. “It started from good to, like, ‘What’s going on and I can’t understand it?’ And his thoughts were going so fast, like he was talking, and I couldn’t communicate as fast as he could. So it was very strange.”

Talking to Steven also made Emma realize how strong her bonds were with Mike, 30, and Connor, 32.

“I couldn’t tell the two apart. I cared about them both for many different reasons, so equally, but the connections were very strong for both of them,” Emma said. Us. “I think with Mike I always knew it [in my gut] it was Mike because he challenged me. We had nice conversations, [and] when I said something, he said: ‘But what makes you think that?’ Or he was so curious and wanted to know more about me like I did, and he was very open, and that’s what really drew me to him.

As Emma’s feelings for Mike and Connor grew stronger, she was divided over who her best match was.

“I thought, ‘I’m confused. I’m talking to two people,'” Emma said. “I literally told Mike. I was like, ‘I can’t decide. I don’t know what’s going on.’ Mike said, “Continue dating. Just look out, I’m always here.’ … I made sure I never conveyed emotions to each person and made it seem like they were the person I was dating at the time.

With Connor, Emma acknowledged that he was “so much fun.”

“We have the best jokes and great comedy,” she recalled. “It was fun, the hours went by so quickly with him.”

Connor eventually broke up with Emma to pursue the eventual fiancée Brianna McNees.

“Navigating the breakup felt like a real breakup because we had feelings for each other, and I really thought it could have gone further,” Emma said. “To navigate that, and then immediately go on a date with Mike after being like, ‘Oh, this is a lot of things to juggle.’ But yeah, they’re both great guys.”

Ultimately, Mike proposed to Emma before they met in person.

“Ultimately, when I went to Cabo with Mike and just was with him, I felt a sense of calm and [security] and safety with him,” she said.[He] had all the elements of a future partner as we began to continue growing our love in Mexico.

The first six episodes of Love is blind streaming now on Netflix. New episodes appear on Wednesdays.