The debut season of “The Golden Bachelor,” ABC’s dating show featuring contestants 60 and older, concluded on Thursday night with its lead, Gerry Turner, a 72-year-old retiree and pickleball enthusiast from Indiana, proposing to Theresa Nist, 70, a financial services professional from Shrewsbury, N.J.“I know how sometimes it feels like the whole world thinks that love is only for the young,” Ms. Nist said moments before accepting his proposal.
“And quite honestly, at the age of 70, I was beginning to feel that myself.”Meeting Mr. Turner changed that, she said.
“I feel that for us, life isn’t over.
The best is yet to come.”Mr. Turner and Ms. Nist announced during the finale that they planned to marry on Jan. 4 in a televised ceremony.
“At our age, we don’t have a lot of time to waste,” he said.
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