[Sign up here to receive Love Letter, a weekly newsletter about relationship highs, lows and woes, in your inbox every Friday.]

Netflix’s reality romance show “Love Is Blind” is one of the very few examples of reality TV actually getting it right. We all rooted for Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton as we watched them find love, sight unseen, over the course of a 10-day social experiment. The couple, who married in November 2018, broke down the walls for us in an interview. They spoke about why their love is the real deal, surprises after the show, and why Lauren says she might install cameras in their shared bathroom.

For some, the end of a relationship, especially a marriage, can feel like a personal failure. In this week’s Modern Love essay, Dave Valdes reflects on the end of his 21-year marriage. As he and his husband embarked on the journey of untangling their tethered relationship, they began to bond over a shared commitment to splitting amicably.

With the effects of the global pandemic that is the coronavirus still unknown, now is the time to be extra cautious about your personal hygiene habits, especially around others. But what do you do when the biggest offender is actually your spouse (who can’t seem to keep his fingers out of his mouth or off his face)? We can help.

Oh, and don’t forget to wash your hands. Need a tune to help you wash for a full 20 seconds? How about a little help from Whitney?

We want to hear from you.

We want to deliver content that truly matters to you and your feedback is helpful. Email your thoughts to loveletter@nytimes.com.

Also, here’s how to submit a Modern Love essay or how to be featured in an Unhitched column. Don’t feel like writing more than a tweet, an Instagram caption or a Facebook post? Consider submitting to Tiny Love Stories, which are no more than 100 words. Getting married? Here’s how to submit a wedding announcement.