Ramses and Marissa broke down their relationship’s heartbreaking end at the ‘Love Is Blind’ season 7 reunion

Marissa has also posted about her and Ramses’ discussion about her military service on social media, sharing articles and other social media posts on her Instagram story. In one TikTok video, she joked that her service was singing the song “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from the Disney movie “Mulan.”

“Navigating different views with your partner can be challenging, but I’m proud of how much I’ve grown in my beliefs. I’m also grateful that Ramses and I were able to create space for each other to express ourselves openly,” she wrote in the caption.

She also shared photos from the Mexico trip on Instagram, reminiscing about her time with Ramses there — even a date where she got seasick.

“We had to end the date early, and I felt awful knowing how much he’d been looking forward to it,” she continued. “But instead of being upset, he was beyond caring, making sure I was okay every step of the way. His love and support in that moment meant the world to me.”

In an interview published the day the finale aired on Netflix, Marissa told Glamour that she sensed that her relationship with Ramses was coming to an end after a conversation he had with a friend two days before their breakup. During the conversation, Ramses said he realized how much he had hurt his ex-wife, and in the days following, she said that he was “in a different mood.”

Marissa said that she told Ramses that she was comfortable pushing the wedding to pursue a relationship, moving back to their separate residences and just dating without the pressure. She said, however, that he wasn’t amenable to that. She said it took her six months to recover from the breakup, and she saw Ramses several times.

She asked him in February or March if he was interested in getting back together, and he told her no.

Ramses did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

After that point, they stopped communicating, and at the time of the interview, Marissa said she was apprehensive about seeing him at the reunion.

“I think it’ll be very difficult to see him, but I think I’ll make it through,” she told Glamour. “I think it will be emotional because I still have a lot of love for him. I don’t think he has a lot of maliciousness in him.”

Marissa also spoke about the season seven finale in a video uploaded to TikTok. In it, she defended the way that she approached the breakup conversation with Ramses, saying that asking someone if they’re certain in their intentions isn’t “begging.”

On the day the finale premiered, Marissa was set to host a Q&A with Bohdan, her fellow season seven cast mate with whom she formed a connection in the pods, at Metrobar in Washington, DC.

Marissa and Ramses discussed their breakup at the reunion

At the season seven reunion, Marissa said that watching her breakup with Ramses “felt like my heart was breaking all over again.” Ramses, who hadn’t seen Marissa’s full reaction, said that it was “difficult” for him to watch the show.

Ramses says that as filming progressed, he started to realize that there was a gap in their energy that he hadn’t noticed in the pods.

“There was one day where I think it just really hit home for me, and I realized and recognized that if I move forward with Marissa, every day I would be in a place where I would feel exhausted and overwhelmed,” he said. “I don’t want to change who she is. She deserves a person and a love that will embrace who she is fully, as she is. I just felt that that person couldn’t be me.”

Marissa’s mother Vanessa was also at the reunion. She said that she attempted to speak with Ramses after he called off the engagement, but ultimately was “thankful” Ramses called off the engagement because Marissa would have “carried” their relationship.

Ramses said that his regret from the experience was not being “forthcoming” with Marissa about his concerns. He said that he saw a future for the two of them, but didn’t realize that it wasn’t going to work out until close to the end of the experience.

Ramses also said that he didn’t attempt to “present Marissa with an ultimatum” with regard to contraception, referencing their discussion about condoms and hormonal birth control on the show.

“She had very valid reasons as to why she didn’t want to use hormonal contraception. I’m well aware of the effects it has on a woman’s body, and so I would never try to force that upon her,” he said.

On Thursday, after the reunion aired, Marissa posted a statement on Instagram saying that she lives as her “authentic self” each day, and sometimes makes mistakes.

“At the reunion, I came without resentment toward Ramses or anyone else,” she wrote. “For those who expected me to ‘go off,’ I know that I will always handle things my way. We’ve had many conversations since our breakup, and I wish him well.”