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The premiere of Joan Vassos ' inaugural season of Golden Bachelorette is almost here but she's already spoiled some hety details about her season and what she's looking for in a partner. Joan's season of the ABC spin-off will see 24 men compete for her love , including Bachelor alum Kelsey Anderson ’s dad, Mark Anderson . However, Joan has now revealed what she looked for in each suitor: their willingness and/or love of being a handyman.
Theresa Nist looks younger than ever as she enjoys single life after divorce Golden Bachelorette suitors asked about sleeing arangements in strange twist The 61-year-old said her ideal partner will do her grocery shopping and yard work, her least favorite chores. “I grew up with a father that was the ultimate gentleman,” she told the Wall Street Journal . Sign up to The Bachelor newsletter HERE for the latest news and updates “He never let my mom carry the heavy groceries in,” she continued.
“He always hopped up when somebody walked in the room. He always opened doors.” Outside of being willing to do her chores, Joan's ideal man should also be outgoing, courteous and love going to the beach with her family.
The mother-of-four noted that she can be flexible about where they live as long as she is not too far away from her family. As for her dealbreakers, she is turned off when a guy is rude to waitstaff, as she worked as a waitress when she was a college student. Earlier, she told People that she went into her journey to find love firmly knowing she wouldn’t relocate from her home in Maryland for a new relationship.
“I would never want to leave my family,” she said. “My kids and my grandkids all live really close to me and not being close to them all the time would not work for me. They're the most important people in my life.
"I felt that anybody that I would be a good match for, they would have the same family values as I have and would not want to leave their family.” DON'T MISS..
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“You figure it out for a while until you figure out a permanent arrangement, and that could be, feasibly, years.” Joan concluded: “The journey was wonderful for me, and I ended up being exactly where I think I should be,” she says. “I learned so much about myself.
The journey was very revealing and it was joyful, it was exhausting. "I can't imagine my life now without having gone through this. I am such a happier person at the end of this journey than I was before I went on it.
” Still, Joan has revealed that her late husband was on her mind a lot while dating on the show. The 61-year-old — whose husband of 32 years passed away of pancreatic cancer in early 2021 — told People how she naviagtes being a widow. "My husband passed away during COVID and I really didn't embrace the whole mourning thing," she said.
"I was in charge of being strong. I just buckled down and ignored it." The mother-of-four tried attending group therapy but struggled due to the pandemic.
When she found herself catching feelings for other men on the show, she knew she "had to face it." She said of her grief: "It was in my face that I was feeling really guilty, honestly, about having feelings for somebody else. I almost felt like I was cheating on John, which is crazy because he's passed away.
" Prior to his death, John told Joan that he didn't want her "to be alone" and told her to find love again one day. "I want you to find somebody. You are the greatest wife in the world.
I don't want you to be alone. I want you to find somebody," she recalled John's words. The school administrator from Maryland added that she initially felt "uneasy" about moving on after 32 years of being in a loving marriage, but the psychiatrists on The Golden Bachelorette helped her.
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