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WARNING - SPOILERS FOR JOAN VASSOS' GOLDEN BACHELORETTE SEASON FINALE AHEAD The Golden Bachelorette 's Joan Vassos and fiancé Chock Chapple are in agreement about parenting their adult children as they head into their golden years together. Following the leading lady's inaugural season finale, which some fans dubbed "boring" as Chock went head-to-head with Guy Gansert , an astrologer has revealed that the pair are perfectly compatible. They also proved they are in a new interview in which they stressed the importance of leaving their kids behind to get on with their lives as they begin theirs.
Golden Bachelorette fans slam show as they claim its 'going too fast' Golden Bachelorette star Mark Anderson breaks silence as he hints what's next In an interview with Fox News Digital , Joan and Chock explained the advantages of blending families with adult children. Chock, who lives in Kansas, is a father of two while Joan, who's from Maryland, is a mom of four. Sign up to The Bachelor newsletter HERE for the latest news and updates Chock said there's less preassure with starting a relationship with Joan as he doesn't have to become a step-father to her children.
"One of the benefits with our age is I don't have to be a father. These are adults. They have their own families.
And so that [is] just taken out of the equation," he said. "I just don't, you know, it's not that I'm their father. I just want to be the guy that's with their mother and makes her happy.
That's what's important to me." Joan added: "That's what's great [about] having adult kids, because, you know, you can leave them on their own, and they'll figure it out, and they're having fun." Joan noted that her children accepting Chock has been a "gradual process.
" Two of her children flew to Tahiti and were present for the couple's engagement. The 61-year-old explained of her kids: "And so they met him, and it didn't take them long to, you know, fall in love with Chock and know that, you know, he loved me and that he wanted to make me happy. And that makes them happy.
That's what they want for me." "My other two have now met. Well, one of the two was actually in the audience last night watching the show and he was there.
And so we finally got to meet in person. But in the meantime, he's developed a relationship because Chock is a uniter," Joan continued. DON'T MISS: Golden Bachelorette Pascal branded 'obnoxious' as he admits he does nothing [LATEST] Golden Bachelorette fans fume over 'dangerous' groupdate-'orthopedic's dream' [UPDATE] Golden Bachelorette viewers fume 'Gerry has ruined everything' after encounter [INSIGHT] However, viewers claimed during the finale that Joan's kids didn't seem to impressed with Chock.
One person took to X to write: "Anyone else get the vibe Joan’s son thought this journey was too soon after his dad’s death.." "I'm no expert in micro expressions but I don't think Joan's kids liked watching Chock kiss their mom," another said.
"Can you tell that he “can’t wait to meet Chock”" another shared alongside a picture of Joan's son, Nick. "Well that kiss in front of the kids was awkward," another pointed out. "This is the appropriate facial reaction to someone saying 'it’s nice to meet you' with PDA with your mom," yet another said.
The couple are already planning their lives together outside of their already established family life. They plan on getting an apartment together in New York City. "This first year, obviously, we have to kind of figure out life.
Chock has a business in Kansas. I have kids and grandkids [in] Maryland," Joan explained. She added: "I’m not leaving Maryland, but he does have obligations in Kansas.
We know that we’re going to spend time in Maryland and in Kansas, but then we have this really fun plan because both of us have always dreamed — and we’re finally at this weird stage in life for making this dream come true — that we live in a big city and, specifically, we’ve always wanted to live in New York. "So Chock surprised me and said, ‘I want us to go find a place.’" The engaged couple agreed that moving to New York City will be the perfect adventure for them.
"We both love the energy in the city and love that there’s always something to do," Joan said. "We just want to go out and walk and experience life — go to fun restaurants and [experience the] culture. "We both have friends there.
We’re going to be there during the holidays, which is the best time ever in New York City. I think it’s just a really different life than either one of us have ever lived.".
