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Anonymous wrote:Gerry was on Tamron Hall today and dude looked all glowy. He’s in love and they are looking for a place where they can live together, considering different scenarios apparently.

OMG. How on earth are we supposed to wait for next episodes???

Anonymous wrote:He could do so much better than all of these women. Hopefully he doesn’t stay with whoever he “chooses” and someone else comes along. These women are so basic.

Anonymous wrote:He could do so much better than all of these women. Hopefully he doesn’t stay with whoever he “chooses” and someone else comes along. These women are so basic.

Anonymous wrote:Gerry was on Tamron Hall today and dude looked all glowy. He’s in love and they are looking for a place where they can live together, considering different scenarios apparently.

Anonymous wrote:Gerry was on Tamron Hall today and dude looked all glowy. He’s in love and they are looking for a place where they can live together, considering different scenarios apparently.

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Anonymous wrote:Happened upon Leslie’s old Insta account, which is still up. Pics of her with an old partner, but mostly with family. She hangs with family, likes going to baseball games, likes to cook, read, work out, go out on the water. Other than faith, seems like a very good match for Gerry. I think people are too hung up on her sexy dancer Prince days. Really she’s just an unusually athletic midwestern mom/grandmom and that’s been her identity for a long time now.

I like both ladies, and agree they’re both essentially suburban homebodies. Leslie is younger and more adventurous, but seems to share the same core values. I guess my only real question is about the differences in age and religion.

I guess I also wonder whether he’ll care about Leslie’s more colorful dating history vs. prefer a woman who’s only been with one man. I can’t actually tell how traditional he is.

To me, dating for 40 years without ever getting into a stable relationship is a red flag. But he may feel differently.

She was married twice.

Uh huh. It’s not clear these were good marriages for even a short period of time. Most of her conversations, and all her brother could talk about, is how she makes serial bad choices.

I don’t doubt that he would be good for her, even a white knight. But is she suddenly ready to settle down with a guy who’s 10 years older? The only reason she’s looking at him now is that he’s the bachelor. Also, will she be good for him?

Well first of all, the show comes up with a narrative for each contestant, and Leslie's is that she's had bad luck in love. I'm sure it's not the only thing she's talked to Gerry about, but it's what the producers are showing us.

Second, I'm younger than Leslie and have also made bad choices with men (though I've never married one of them), and I'd love to settle down with a man like Gerry, even if he's a bit too old for me. It seems a bit unfair to say that a woman who has had bad luck in love should never be able to settle down with a good man. (Women like me are generally coached to lie about our relationship history, the assumption being that a man will mistreat a woman who admits that she's' been mistreated. Gerry, however, seems to default to treating women well, even if they might not love themselves or have experienced love, which is why he's a mensch, and why all the women like him). She's probably wanted a man like Gerry for a long time but for whatever reason (poor self-esteem, the kind of guys she's been exposed to) has never had the opportunity to date one. As for whether or not she'd be good for him, that's up to him. I still think he's going to choose Theresa in the end, but I think Leslie is a good mix of basic and exciting.

Sorry, but there’s a difference between “bad luck” and 40 years of bad relationships. Your few youthful bad choices (and I had them too) aren’t really comparable either. At some point, a few decades in, it starts to look like a pattern.

Nobody ever said Leslie doesn’t deserve a good man. It’s just that you can’t blame Gerry if he looks at her and thinks she’s a hot mess.

Well, this is why I have two fake long term relationships.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think the difference in religion between Gerry and Leslie might be a problem?

My family is a lot like Leslie's, and no, I don't see it being a problem for them. I can't speak for Gerry's side.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think the difference in religion between Gerry and Leslie might be a problem?

No- they aren't raising young kids anymore so what they do with their respective adult children/grandchildren shouldn't cause conflict. Now if one wants to hang at church/synagogue all the time- sure that would be a problem.

This is terrible of me to speculate but I can imagine all the women being fine/normal enough in bed but I cannot imagine Gerry in bed. I think you'd get a firm talking-to if you said something dirty to him or suggested something non- traditional (to him) or even asked for more of a throw-down... he'd chortle and do his Goofy-esque 'oh, garsh.... lemmie see if I CAN go a little faster, Mickey- I mean nice bachelorette lady!"

I think you’re underestimating him. He looked just fine with his make out session with Leslie against the wall.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think the difference in religion between Gerry and Leslie might be a problem?

No- they aren't raising young kids anymore so what they do with their respective adult children/grandchildren shouldn't cause conflict. Now if one wants to hang at church/synagogue all the time- sure that would be a problem.

This is terrible of me to speculate but I can imagine all the women being fine/normal enough in bed but I cannot imagine Gerry in bed. I think you'd get a firm talking-to if you said something dirty to him or suggested something non- traditional (to him) or even asked for more of a throw-down... he'd chortle and do his Goofy-esque 'oh, garsh.... lemmie see if I CAN go a little faster, Mickey- I mean nice bachelorette lady!"

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think the difference in religion between Gerry and Leslie might be a problem?

No- they aren't raising young kids anymore so what they do with their respective adult children/grandchildren shouldn't cause conflict. Now if one wants to hang at church/synagogue all the time- sure that would be a problem.

This is terrible of me to speculate but I can imagine all the women being fine/normal enough in bed but I cannot imagine Gerry in bed. I think you'd get a firm talking-to if you said something dirty to him or suggested something non- traditional (to him) or even asked for more of a throw-down... he'd chortle and do his Goofy-esque 'oh, garsh.... lemmie see if I CAN go a little faster, Mickey- I mean nice bachelorette lady!"

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think the difference in religion between Gerry and Leslie might be a problem?