Given the premise of the new ABC show The Golden Bachelor—as a senior-focused spin-off of its popular dating reality show—it only makes sense that the first episode looked a little different than that of its younger counterparts. The bachelor in question, Gerry Turner, is indeed a senior at age 71, and the contestants vying for his love are in their sixties and seventies. Naturally, their conversations dove more readily into topics like the women’s lengthy careers, children, and the kinds of life experiences that can only come with time.
But specifics aside, the first episode unfolded much like any other premiere of a Bachelor season might, replete with glittery formalwear, memorable if not gimmicky limo entrances (one woman on a motorcycle, another threatening nudity), several kisses, and a first-impression rose. Which is all very fitting, given that therapists agree falling and being in love is, at its core, no different in older age than at any point in life.
Indeed, relationship experts confirm Turner’s journey to find love in older age is bound to follow a similar track as that of younger bachelors past (perhaps just without some of the social media-fueled drama). In fact, the sneak preview of the season to come hinted that Turner might just Featured Fitness Health
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