Bachelor Happy Hour - Her Story: Marina, Edith & Patty

Episode Date: January 2, 2024

Joe and Serena are back for another Golden gals chat with Marina, Edith, and Patty. The women take us into their journey on “The Golden Bachelor,” their dating lives post-show, and so much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And I'm Serena. And we are back with her story, another roundtable with the women from the Golden Bachelor. Stay tuned because it's going to be great. Marina, welcome to Bachelor Happy Hour. How are you? Thank you for having me. I'm doing really well. Where are you in the world?

Right now, I'm in Los Angeles. Is that where you live? No, not really. Where do you live? I live in different places depending on the day I feel. Oh, really? Okay. My son lives in Miami, so I'm there most of the time.

Okay. I like the East Coast actually better than the West Coast, but I work in L.A., so I am here when duty calls. Okay. maybe first week of the month I'm here because we have division meetings. So I try to attend them in person or online, but I try to be home. And what do you, what work do you do in L.A.? I'm an instructional designer. I'm a college professor. I teach for a community college here in Los Angeles. I am, I manage a program, pre-nursing and nursing program. And I develop

instructional material for health sciences. And I have four programs under me. And I'm a about 400 students who go to the department on a semester basis. So I'm very proud of the work I do. Wow, that's amazing. So you do a nursing program. Were you ever a nurse? Well, I made a nurse in school, and I decided I really want to be personally close to a person that close.

I was grazing my kids at the same time. I had a really hard time dealing with blood and really hard time dealing with taking care of people because my kids were young at the same time. I'm like, no, I can't do this. One of my good friends went to teachers college, and she's a teacher now. And she has longed her boyfriend. They live together. And, you know, kids comes up when you're chatting.

And she's like, I don't know if I can have my own kids and be a teacher at the same time because she's like, I go to school and I give so much of myself to taking care of these kids and teaching these kids. She teaches like younger kids. And she's like, I can't imagine then coming home. and having to take care of my own kids at the same time. Yeah, it's really difficult because I was a late rumor. I was 40 when I had my daughter.

That was a study. And I had only come to the United States when I was 30. So you can imagine the lifespan. I had been here 10 years. And so I was actually going to school maturity in my life had three master's degrees in raising kids at the same time. So I was going to school with them. And then the whole nursing part.

So I was in the nursing program. for two years. And when it came to taking the bored, I'm just like, I can't do this. I can't wake up at 3 o'clock and go take care of people. It's just not in me. I don't want to do this. So I quit. Where did you live before the United States? I was actually, I was born and raised in Sri Lanka. And then I went to Fiji Islands. I went to school in Australia for a year. I went to Fiji for two years. And then I came back to Sri Lanka and I became a flight attendant for 10 years. So I traveled

a lot. I think my whole life is I just love traveling. I just love waking up in the morning and going somewhere. It's just always being me. Where's your favorite, like, where's your favorite place in the world? Like, where would you consider, like, home?

I think that's a very tough question to answer because I've traveled over 34 countries and every time I go someplace the last time I go I said I'm going to go move there last my last day was to Portugal in October in September I was in Barcelona I said I'm going to move here and in August I was in Wales and Scotland and I said I'm never you know I'm going to come back and live here so I also I'm not a tourist I just typically go go for two weeks and rent on

Abbey Abbey and I just stay and experience life I don't try to climb Eiffel Tower or go see historic places. I try to immerse myself in the culture and I wake up in the morning, a walk for coffee, and then take my laptop and sit down and work and I write about that or I, you know, blog about that, but I just really like to immerse myself and feel home

in the place I am. I love that. I feel like you travel a little bit like that. Yeah, I would say I'm pretty similar. Joe, yeah. He really, he doesn't like to do anything like I would literally go on like guided tours. Like I love being a tour. Joe is like not into it maybe we'll go see like a museum but you like to really just like walk the city

like talk to the people find out where they eat restaurants and when you were in barcelona did you happen to go to a restaurant called Kelpep I don't remember I mean I probably I actually one day I took my daughter I walk 27,000 steps wow I I walk so much I bet my come comfortable shoes, wake up in the morning, and I typically don't eat, I fast all throughout the day. I just drink water and I just fast. I just take pictures and I just, I'm constantly immersing myself. I feel like it's a gift to be able to, like, sit and enjoy. I'm less of a footy, but more of an immersing kind of person. You know, I walk with a laptop or an iPod and I just sit down and just, I don't know. It's just a weirdo.

Oh, that's amazing. I love hearing everyone's unique travel styles because everyone travels so differently. But we do have to get into the show. So we saw you come out of the limo in night one. And I'm half Indian. So it was very, my mom's Indian. So it was so exciting for me to see you wearing a sari. Thank you.

On night one. Thank you. It was beautiful. You looked amazing. Yeah, I was, my mom were sorry every day when I was. growing up. And when I became a flight student, we had to wear a sari every day. And that was the most complicated thing. Imagine carrying a tray of juices wearing a sari. No, I can't imagine. It's so much fabric. No, no, no, you're thinking, so I wore a lenga to our rehearsal dinner and I was

showing Joe the skirt. And I was like, you need to lift this up because it's so heavy. But what my mom and my sister wore were sari's, which is the material that wraps. And then, then less too long. It's six yards of fabric. Six yards that you wrap around twice. Yep. Wow. Okay. So we we we we love you night one. You make it through and then you're gone. You disappeared. Where did? I did. I did. I had more reasons to leave and less reasons to stay. Okay. Let's hear the reasons to leave. I have a 19 year old and I just really did a feel good about leaving her by herself in L.A. in the house. And then it was just like, so I told her, you should go and live with your brother. She's like, no, all my friends are here.

I also have school. I have work. And, and then, like, it was just, it was just very difficult for me. And I asked many of my friends. I asked my ex-husband, nobody really came through. And I said, okay, so this is it. This is, I have to choose between, this moment I have to choose between me and finding love and really loving my daughter. And that was very important. And I'm not usually like that.

I usually have everything organized and, you know, I will move forward and I will give my 100% to something. That's who I am. But the entire time I was in the hotel and then I walked into the mansion And I'm like, oh my God, this is amazing. I want to stay here.

But I just couldn't do it after I got the rose. I started crying. Everybody else was so happy. I was the one who was crying after the rose. And I'm like, okay, what is one here? Marina, you have to because he gave you a rose. You have to stay. He wanted you to stay.

But I said, but my heart is not in it. I can't do it because my heart is not in it. It will be not fair to me and would not be fair to him. fair to all the other contestants because I'll be taking space. And so what was your what was your connection like with Gary when you met him and spoke with him that first night? I think we had a lot of comedy going on because my daughter said my daughter said mom he's so dope. That's the first thing like Monday morning when you guys brought him forward she came running to me and you goes mom he's so dope. And I'm like what he's dope.

I'm 60. I don't know what dope really means. I literally Google it. And so I told that to him. I said, you know, my daughter, I have somebody to tell you my daughter and thinks that you're dope. And then he said, yeah, my granddaughter thinks I'm Riz. And I'm like, oh, my God. Riz was named like a new word, like the word of 2023, which is so funny because I feel like it was used quite a bit on the Golden Bachelor.

Yeah. Yeah. It's like charisma. Yeah. But like Gary had said it a few times, like in settings like that. He actually said that with me the first time. He did. He did.

And he was like, that's me. And I'm like, oh, that's me too. I said like that. And so I think that really broke the ice because, you know, it's, it's like, it's a, like, I don't know. I just like, I know I'm different and I see all the other people, you know, like, like, I feel like they were not like me and I was just walking there. And I had to make, like, all these cameras. And I'm like, okay, how do I do this? How do I do this?

I was very shy. But then I mean, I sat there. He's very warm and very, very there. Yeah. You know, he has a presence about him, which I loved. And I'm one of those people who I always try to like, forget everything else and just be there. So that was another thing that was really common. And I think the charisma part.

And I don't know, it was, I wish I had spent. a little bit more time I didn't know him. It wasn't in the cards. Yeah, wasn't in the cards. Do you think if you would have stuck around, you think you would have had a strong connection with him or are you just not sure? I would have, you know, I was married to a, you know, a white guy for 22 years. So I don't look at like color or not anything like that.

But I'm pretty sure I would have, you know, given the opportunity. I would take home. I would bring him home. Yeah. Do you think if you had like a love at first sight connection with him, you might have stayed or was the whole thing just very overwhelming and you were being you know you felt called to go back home to your daughter um i think i'm a more of a practical person um you know i'm not the love at first sight person so i would evaluate a lot of you know a lot

of the things that are presented to me and then i i will weigh my clothes and cons you know very pragmatic in my life and and i think it's because it came to this country as an immigrant and you know survived here for 30 years by myself i have no family all i have in my name to my family my my son and my daughter i have no brothers no sisters so i have to be pragmatic so even if i was in love with them or if i felt this immediate connection i would feel this burden where i feel like okay i have to be home that's my first responsibility you know What convinced you to move to the United States? Because you said you were living in Sri Lanka before, correct?

I came here on vacation, actually, for my girlfriend's birthday, October 8th of 19, what was that, in 1999. And then she said, why don't you just stay for a couple more weeks? And then I said, sure. And then she said, go, we were having so much fun, you know. And then I said, sure. And then she said, hey, my office, she was working for Levi's in downtown. My office is looking for a reception is, you want to pick up a ship? I'm like, really?

And then I started working, and they would pay me. And I said, look it, I'm going to stay. Wow. That's awesome. And what city was that? Where was that? LA is actually downtown, yeah. And I stayed, and I was illegal for five years.

And I went to school, though. You know, I paid 40 students for fees, you know, and got, you know, went to Pasadena Community College, could transfer to Cal State, and next I got a job, and I got pregnant, and I had babies, and I got married, and there you go. There you go. I feel like you have a personality that's like you're just very open to life. Like, you're someone that's a good example of, like, you're just open to new experiences, open to, like, taking on new things in life.

Like, you came here and you were like, sure, I'll move here. The job's available, sure, I'll take that. And I feel like that's such a good way to be because I feel like, just good things come your way. Yeah, absolutely, Serena. I mean, I, I am that every morning for me, what am I going to do this day? Like, I love life. I am the epitome of life. And that sounds really corny to say that. But like when I was married to my husband, I would say in the weekends, oh, I have an idea. He said, please, no ideas. ideas of projects and I was always wanting to do something

and always wanted to go somewhere I could never sit in like my my like when we had parent teachers meetings my teacher would say if marina could just sit for 30 minutes she would be very successful I cannot I cannot sit it's very difficult I don't know how I have two master's degrees I just very difficult for me to sit in a place

What are your master's degrees in? My first one is in public health care. My second was an MBA and my third one is an education, instruction, and design. Wow. Do you have one that you enjoyed the most? I don't know. I mean, I think I have evolved when I was in Kaiser working in healthcare. I was really glad I had my master's in healthcare because I felt very powerful.

And then I started a business of my own with my husband, so I wanted to get an MBA because I wanted to really understand the business. So I did that and then I got into teaching at a community college and I was writing programs, writing courses. And then I said, okay, I need to get her, you know, understanding. So actually got into a doctoral program. I'm two years away from finishing a doctoral degree. And I said, no, I don't need a doctoral degree. I'm going to go get a master's in education because to me that resonated more with teaching and learning. Learning is a psychology. It's really like how we learn. It's not really learning in school, but every day we're learning something. And that's the most beautiful thing. So I think I'm a more of a learner.

I love to learn and I also love to teach. I also feel like the student, you know, when the student is ready, the teacher appears and that's me. I want to appear in people's life and teach something. So that's who I am. So I think I'm an educator for life. Well, you seem like a very busy person what is dating life like for you right now oh um i used to be on apps but then i got really tired um because i think when i say 60 the what shows up on apps are like 60 like older men who don't keep themselves so joe always keep yourself good okay i will it's really important Gary is our standard. He raced the bar, and I'm really proud.

To me, that's really important. So I will date, you know, every now and then. But, I mean, I have friends who are men, so I'll go out with them. I know some of them want me to be their girlfriends, but I just really don't think that's a good match. I mean, I went to Peru with this guy, and, you know, I know she likes me. I was in Peru within for like 10 days. He was like, okay, this is how far as we go, right?

So I don't know. I haven't really met somebody that really took me to that nice place. So I don't know. And I think I ask a lot sometimes. I give a lot and I ask for a lot. And many men in my age group are not in the place I am. And either they have to work, they can travel or they're poor or they're married. So when you really dissect it, it's hard to find people like me at the age of 60.

And that's kind of a problem. Well, I have a good feeling for you after the show, Marina. There's going to be some guys coming your way. All right. I'll take a mile on that. We're excited to see where life takes you. It sounds like it's never going to be boring in your life, whether you're single or not. There's a lot going on.

So, yeah, we're so happy to have you. And thanks for coming on the podcast. Yeah, thank you, Mauna. Thank you so much, you guys. This is wonderful. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit.

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Edith, welcome to Happy Hour. How are you? Oh, I'm doing great. Thank you. Where are you? Where do you live? I live in Downey and California. Okay.

A California girl. How far is that from like, L.A., like West Hollywoodish. Okay. That's not bad. Yeah. That's with no traffic. Traffic 45. there's always traffic

we were we were just uh we were just in LA oh we saw you saw you at the bachelor mansion yes that's true you know I got the pleasure to meet him both of you and I'm so happy to finally meeting you yeah it was such a fun night yeah it was a fun night yes it was

okay so let's let's hear a little bit more are you still working what do you do yes I still work I'm still having finished my ADU I model I babysit this weekend I do my website so I'm a little bit busy

but you know I I love to be busy and what is what is your website it's Toasty Star I've been having this website over two years and I sell I design kind of clothes not a lot and then I sell jewelry too

okay nice that's great Okay. So then you wind up, you wind up on the Golden Bachelor. How does that happen? You know what? Me and my daughter are watching this almost maybe a year and a half ago. And we were watching the regular Bachelor. And it came on and said, Mom, do you want to get in? I'm like, oh, you know what? I don't know. And says, well, let me just submit you. I said, it will be really rare that, you know, that I'll get cold. But let's do it. And that's how I ended up getting on there. Wow. So you get there night one out of the limo. What's going on? What are you thinking? What's crossing? Wait, first, before we get out of the limo, how did you pick your dress? Because it was so gorgeous. You were in like that gold dress. You look like you were an Oscar trophy. How did you pick that? You know what? I ended up going to L.A. and I'm thinking, you know what? I'm going to find me a gold dress. And only reason why is because it's the golden bachelor.

So when I got the dress, I ended up doing a lot of, I cut the train. It was really long. And that's all I did. But I told my daughter, I said, you know, everybody's going to be with gold. I think I should have just picked another dress. So by my surprise, I was the only one in gold. I know. I feel like it's not very.

That is surprising, though. It is. But I feel like gold dresses are not very common. You know, like you would have to be specifically looking for a gold dress to find one. I don't know anyone that just like has one in their closet. Yeah. You're right. You're right. I just figure the golden bachelor, you know, gold. Yeah. That's what it came on my mind. So that's why I got the gold dress. And I was kind of surprised and I was happy that I was the only one. Yeah. And then you had your amazing entrance to go with it. The gold confetti canon. You were the very, very first person out of the limo this season. How did that feel? You know what? I was pretty surprised that I was going to be the first. And I was so nervous. service. I just, I didn't want to get out of the limo, but I was like, I have to do it. And when I went out and I looked at Gary, he gave me that little smile and I kind of blush. And I'm like,

okay, I'm going to be okay. So when you, you talked to Gary that in that first, you know, that first moment, do you feel a spark? Is he, is he your type? You know what? When I got to see him, I liked him right away. I love his beautiful blue eyes. And I felt like he was really, really nice man and very, you know, like, how could I say? Very sincere man. And so that kind of made me ease. I wasn't really, you know, in that minute thinking about, oh, am I attracted to him?

No, I was so nervous for being the first one being out there that I didn't even think about that. I was just so happy that he was so nice to me, you know? Yeah, that first night is, is overwhelming. And I can't imagine being the first person to go. It would be. Did you know you were the first one? Like you were going to walk into the house and no one was going to be there yet? No.

Oh, you did it. No, they ended up telling me when I got inside the limo. I was like, oh, so I was like, oh, no, my nerves started like, oh, my goodness. I started praying, okay, please, please let me come out and not fall on my face or, you know, I just was just so nervous. Yeah, no, you were perfect. It was great. It was a great way to kick off the season. Yes, it was. So you're there. I mean, you lasted for quite some time. What do you think, how was your connection with Gary as time went on? I thought, you know, we had like some kind of like, we liked each other. That's what I thought. we had some kind of connection of like we liked each other and for me I was hoping that we were

going to have like one-on-one or like you know something special but it didn't happen so you know unfortunately we just didn't have the connection yeah yeah it happens how about um how about what the other women are you friends with any of the other women are you guys close oh my goodness I became so close to everyone and actually I'm very close to Ellen because we ended up, you know, having our own room at the mansion. And then I'm close to Marina, too. So they're like sisters, you know. We actually just had Marina on the podcast.

Yeah, it's just a beautiful film. Do you have? And she goes in LA. I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

There you go. Do you have a type, like a type of guide that you usually go for, look for? You know what? I've been asking that same question and I'm really don't have like the type out there. I'm just looking for the person that I'm connecting with. And as soon as I get to see him, I will, I will feel it. And then that was, that's what's going to make me feel like, okay, we, you know, we like each other.

But I don't have like a specific guy out there. Are you dating right now? Are you, are you out there? Are you putting yourself out there? No, not yet. I am a little bit slow because I have so many things going on with me. My daughter just left with my grandson and I just been so busy with them. But I said that in the beginning of the year, I'm going on the dating apps.

I don't like them. I never really did, but I think I'm going to do that. I feel like no one likes dating apps until even like if it works. I bump the bike. I have friends that found boyfriends and relationships through the dating apps and if they become single again

they're like oh I don't want to go back on the dating apps like they can work but they're exhausting you know what you're right you know my daughter and my son-in-law they met on an app so I'm like you know I know it works

so you know yeah they do work yeah they do work they're married and I have a beautiful handsome grandson So, it's amazing. Okay, so your time on the show, who did you think while you were there had the strongest connection with Gary? I have to say the strongest connection that I felt is with Teresa.

Looking at her eyes, I could just see stars going off in her heart and just, and I'm like, oh, my God, she's head over heels for him. And then what are your, what are your thoughts on Leslie going home the way she did or being sent home? You know what? I feel, I feel terrible for her, you know, because she had her heartbroken. But in my heart, I somehow, I just felt that the connection was going to be with Teresa. I had it in my heart. And it kind of like I thought for a minute maybe this Leslie, but, you know, I was always right in beginning it was Teresa yeah and I feel bad for her and I feel terrible for her but you know what

it's whatever the heart chooses you know yeah and you have to just accept that and you know it wasn't meant for you that's how I see it so Edith we have seen an amazing response to the show viewers have really fallen in love with the Golden Bachelor what do you think it is about the show that is connected with so many viewers I think we finally gave the world out there that on my age, I want to look for love. I want to fall in love. And we don't have that much of like, you know, like we already have kids, grandkids, you know, we've been married before, you know, divorced. So I think at our age, a lot of people, they think, even, you know, even I have to say, even my, you know, my kids, you know, well, they think it's, it's it over. But no, my heart

still thinks like, you know, like a regular heart. Doesn't know the age. That's how I, you know, I'm trying to describe it. So at my age, you know, we have so many things going for us and it will be nice to meet somebody else and share these last 20 years that we have or maybe more. I don't know. But I wanted the world to know that it's okay at our age to date and find love. And a lot of people at my age, they don't think that way.

And I want to show them that you could, and it's out there. You know what I loved about the show? Edith, did you watch the show before you went on it? You watched a few seasons of... Yes, yes, yes. I feel like the Golden Bachelor obviously is so different because you guys are in your later years of life and you've experienced so much more life and the stories that you have to share different. But watching Gary fall in love and watching the women fall in love with Gary was so familiar

and similar to watching, you know, 30-year-old leads fall in love with their people. And, like, I don't know, it just kind of goes to show that, like, love doesn't have an age. Falling in love doesn't have an age. And, like, people, I don't know. Do you know what I mean? Like, falling in love at 70 is, like, really so the same as falling in love at 30. I agree with you because my heart still wants to fall in love, you know? But my mind is saying, well, you're older.

You know, you're okay. Do you need it? No, I don't need it because I'm in love with everything. But that will be something like more to bring to my heart, more joy, more of the partner to wake up in the morning and to make our coffee and to go on vacations. I think the heart and the mind are not really like together. I think the heart is still things that, you know, it's young and it wants love. Yeah. Yeah.

Well, before we let you go, what? What is something that you're looking for in a man? Sincerity. Somebody who loves to go out. I love to travel. Have fun. Go to the beach. You know, make me laugh.

You know, just somebody enjoyable and funny and it doesn't matter in the looks, you know. It's more what's inside his heart. And I have to ask, Last question. I promise. What is your beauty secrets, Edith? You look amazing. Your hair is gorgeous, your skin. What are you doing to keep yourself looking so good? I don't like Botox because my wrinkles are my age and that's what defines. You don't have Botox? No. I barely got Botox going back to the entering to the Golden Bachelor and it's only just on my on my eyebrows. That's it. Yeah. And the only reason, because it freezes my eyes, I never liked that. So it was years that I didn't use it. But I ended up getting a little bit. But what I like for my face is to get the flexer. Yeah, flexerner. It's a laser. It kind of like tightens up your skin and all that. And I only could do it once a year because it's so painful. And that's all I do. Yeah. And just natural. Everything on my creams, I make them my own. You know, I like the, um, the, um, the, um, the olive ovalera i add olivera i love to add um um cocoa um rosemary um there's so many naturals i take off my makeup with olivera i take it off with olive oil too or you know but i try to go as natural as i can i love that i love that too wow that's great that's great tip well edith

thank you so much for coming on happy hour we really Thank you so much. It was so good to see you again. Oh, yes. It was great seeing you right now and before, and I'm just so glad to see you guys again. Oh, thank you, Edith. Have a lovely day.

Bye. Take care. Bye-bye. Bye. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit.

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Patty, welcome to Bachelor Happy Hour. How are you? Thank you. I'm great. It's great to be here. Thank you for having me. I love you guys. You're adorable. And I'm just happy to be here. And chit-ch-ch-ch. Catch up. Thank you so much. Video to video. Yeah. So nice to have you. We're excited to chat more because obviously you have a big story with the franchise, having been the mom of a past bachelor and then now a part of the Golden Bachelor yourself.

So we've lots to chat about today. Well, I'm really, honestly, it's bittersweet because I have a bit of a, I'm like mad and angry. But at the same time, you know, anybody would be, I'm embarrassed. I'm humiliated. You know, I got invited to be on the show. I'm there the first night. I don't really get to meet The Bachelor that well because, you know, the limo, you don't really get to know anybody. And then my little time on the couch at 5 o'clock in the morning, and then I got sent home.

So, you know, there's that. And I feel like I really watched the show. I wasn't really on the show. And I guess, Joe, you might understand part of that. But, you know, it's not my favorite thing. and it is humiliating and embarrassing. But besides that, I met some nice people. I was going to say, you're talking,

you're talking to someone who also went home night one that can relate a little bit to your journey. Yeah, I do. Yeah, it is, it is, it is, you know, you don't have anything to, to feel humiliated about because you looked great. But it is, it's tough. Like going home that first night,

and I get it. Like you put yourself out there. there's so much hype around it and and then you go home and it's just like oh just you just you feel you're just so disappointed so I get it it is it is rough but let's let's touch on how did you get how did you get on yeah I mean probably because Matt you know I don't I mean I doubt if I were one of 36,000 applying. I don't know if I was the right, you know, prototype that they want. I'm a little older. I, you know,

I don't know that I felt like I identified as much with everybody. I had applied like three years before, like some people had never heard a thing and I figured it may not happen because I've been excited about the Golden Bachelor for years. And, you know, I've been working on my life and I haven't in raising John and Matt and haven't really been able to date and then to be at 70 and to find quality men it's so so hard and I feel like I'm all over the place because I'm in my church I'm a salesperson I'm in the grocery stores I mean I'm in all the slots and have I met anybody no and I thought well maybe this pool you know i could they're going to interview people from all over and so i was really hopeful

so you know it just it's just wasn't god's plan i guess so it's just interesting i and honestly i am very spiritual my my faith is the most important part of my life and i thought maybe i have this as an idol you know and i was putting too much on this and the lord nixed it it's like patty you know that's he let me go go. And he gave me that. And then it was like, no, that really, you see, not all the glitters is gold. It wasn't for you. So I want to meet somebody. You are. It just wasn't Gary. Gary just wasn't your guy. But that doesn't mean that your guy's not out there. Patty, I have to ask. So you said that you applied for the Golden Bachelor about three years ago. What is the timeline with you

applying for a golden bachelor and then Matt applying to be on The Bachelorette? Okay, so way after. So Matt, until Matt, I've been a Bachelor fan from get-go when the original Bachelor show came out. I'm a hopeless

for a manic. I love love shows. And the Bachelor's always my favorite, The Bachelor's of The Bachelorette, and I really love Bachelor in Paradise. So I've been a watcher. So then when Tyler got on and he was Matt's, you know, good friend, and then Matt got on and I'm like yeah this maybe I can get on so that was right after that

okay so it was after he was the bachelor that you were like I'm going to give this a shot you know it worked for him maybe it can work for me yeah but I would have done it before I would have done it even this is only the first season there's more to come patty man no Sarina I don't know if they asked you if they asked you to go back if they had another Bachelor and they were like, we really think you might hit it off with this guy. You know, Gary wasn't for you, but we see there might be something here. Would you ever go back on? I would

never go back on as part of the harem. I would go as maybe the Bachelorette. Okay. What if there was a golden Bachelor in Paradise? Would you go? And it was lots of women and lots of men. I know. That's a good question, Serena. I don't know.

Were you? You, that's when you met Joe. Yeah. We met on on paradise i will say paradise and some for someone like me who did not fare well on the actual show paradise is is much easier because there's just more options and it's it's a more relaxed setting opposed to that first night is just so overwhelming and so hectic so like me i am pro paradise yeah well why wouldn't you be you know you found your wife i would hope i would hope you're pro-paradise. I mean, Serena, yeah.

I think I would be pro-paradise too, Joe, but I am, this is the other thing. I am kind of quiet. I'm a little bit shy. Even though I've been in sales all my life, one-on-one, I'm not as much. And I'm in sales. If I have a goal and I need to sell you

on something, I'm all in. But that's professional. But personally, I'm kind of quiet and shy until I get to know you. So I'm not going to be that traumatic person doing all that stuff. So I don't know if I'd make a TV. Did you have, I had to come to that fact?

Did you have an issue with the cameras? Because I know for me, from my experience, like I had real bad stage fright. So whenever a camera was in my face at the beginning of my journey, like, I really struggled. Like, I really had a hard time even holding a conversation in front of the camera. You know, Joe, I might have been not. even realized it now that you mention it. I might have been, because I am more spontaneous, I don't know. I have to think about that. That's a good point.

Yeah, because it could be, it just, it, it feels like, um, you know, invasive and it's, it's, it's invasive. If you're a more like introverted personality, like Joe is a bit more of an introvert. Patty, you said that in a private setting like you're a little bit more reserved it does feel yeah I guess invasive is a strong word but definitely it's overwhelming to have a lot of people watching your conversation and cameras around you watching your conversation and recording your conversations so yeah do you think maybe looking back that had an impact on you at all well I'm self-conscious you know yeah so that means to me like if I feel like I'm being watched I it makes me nervous

So, you know, that could be a really good point. Yeah, it is nerve-wracking. It's a lot. It's a whole new world when you enter that house. We have to ask because, obviously, your son was The Bachelor and he found love on the show. Did Rachel and Mack give you any, like, tips or advice going to the show? I think they were all in to begin with, and they were saying be yourself. they would question if I wanted to get back involved in it

and probably think I'm a lunatic like if I went on Bachelor of Paradise or I expose myself to more of it so now I get conflicted like you know what do I do am I a fool to go back on it and expose myself and what if my families are not exactly happy about it I mean it's a thing you know

I don't know I think when it comes to that like you know if the if the moment presents itself it's like one of those things you just got to trust your gut and and however you feel about it that that's what you should do yeah and if they saw you know you came off night one you had a hard time they're probably just feeling like protective over you right yeah yeah probably but you know I want Liam Neeson to be the bachelor in my bachelorette thing he I want him to be in the group but he would probably have to be the bachelor himself but then I don't know if because you know he's available you would have to go back on for Liam Neeson or

Are you kidding me? You'd have to. Liam Neeson, anyone's going back on for Liam Neeson. You know, I think he's available. Is he? He might be. Was he married to Natasha Richardson? Didn't she pass?

Yes. And actually, when I saw the side of Gary in the back when they first, like, teased us with it, we're like, oh, that looks like Liam. And like, I was like checking him, Liam out and seeing if I thought it was. And I was like, yeah, maybe it is. That would be so cool. we're watching love actually tonight I was just going to say yeah we are

I've been watching everything Liam Mason the commuter last night I watched that that's a little weird commuter I don't know if I've seen that one yeah I haven't seen that either it's on my place and they're featuring it so oh okay

but anything with him and I really like it but anyway so is he your type then or do you have a type when it comes to guys that you're dating and looking for he's definitely my type and I guess my type Serena is just somebody that's

male macho takes care of themselves and when I say macho I don't mean male chauvinist I mean you know manly they're fit they take care of themselves they're healthy and they care about that stuff they're interesting they're smart they're funny all the good stuff

that we women try to be for our man you know you try to do those things and I just feel like at my age at 70 a lot of the men just i don't know it just doesn't seem like they're as conscious of those things or care or they don't maybe they don't realize that they're not those things i don't know what do you think joe am i wrong i know i i don't think you're wrong and i and i like you look great like what do you what do you do are you exercising every day like what's your secret oh thank you for that i really appreciate it i you know i don't exercise that much i try to walk my

that I can control this, the easiest is I try to eat right. Like, that's the one thing that's easiest for me to control. Do I love food? I mean, I'm a foodie. I'm Matt's mom. I love eating. I love food. All of it.

So I go off. You know, I'll have my weekend off and I'll just really go nuts. I love sweets like pizza. I love it all. What are your thoughts on Matt basically running close to a sub three for the marathon? Joe also ran the marathon, so. Oh, my gosh. You were in New York City.

Yeah, I think I did. Yeah, I ran it as well, but I didn't, I didn't, I ran right around a little under the four hour mark. But he, he really, he ran that thing fast. No, listen, Joe, he took it seriously. He ran it the year before and didn't train. So he, he did really well. And then you come to that place where I forget what they call it, but he gave out, his legs gave out. He practically like, I think a mild.

from the finish line he practically had to be carried in oh my and he was like i'm not doing that again you know he because it meant a lot to him he's a competitor you know and so the next year this whole year prior to this he got a trainer and he was diligent he was a fanatic yeah i mean he he did it the way she said you know math doesn't he thinks he knows and so he was listening and doing things that she told him to do and he said it made all the difference it made all the difference the eating the intervals and just different ways that you train that you wouldn't think so that's i'm proud of it but he worked a year for it so yeah you did great i mean does he get does he get that work ethic from you i am pretty focused and when i have a goal i you know you know

In sales, I've been in commissions most of my life. And if you don't have a goal and you're not oriented and you don't set that discipline to achieve it, you don't get it. And then raising John and Matt, I had to be focused by myself, single parent, two very active boys doing sports all over the place. You know, when you think of some of the things you did, I would drive from Raleigh to Greensboro and back to a practice and back to Greensboro, which is like an hour and a half. just crazy stuff you did for your children then maybe i guess you know i'm pretty goal oriented and focused but um i haven't really been like athletically out there playing tennis every day you're doing this and that but you're not running marathons which is okay because neither am i but we can watch from the sidelines i don't come out so what is so what's

next for you and are you, are you actively dating? Are you, what are you doing anything to put yourself out there? I'm not actively dating. Um, you know, you got to probably like me because you find time is money, time is everything and it's the one thing that I value more than anything. You don't get it back and the older you get, the quicker it's going. So I really don't like to waste my time and I haven't been on the social media dating, the online dating. I'm not ever going to do that. I haven't done it for years because it's been negative for me. And so ultimately, the Lord knows my heart.

He can do anything. If he wants me to meet my person, it's a miracle to fall in love. As you guys know, I mean, the chemistry that everything has to mesh. And at my age, for those things to come together, it's just, it's a miracle. So I would love for that to happen. And so I'm going to try to have it done organically. I'm going to be prayerful. I'm going to try to keep myself the way I would want my man to keep him that I would want,

you know, be that person for him that I want. So that's kind of what I'm trying to do. No, I think that's great. I feel like a lot of the women we've had on from the Golden Bachelor have said, like something along the lines of what you just said of they have really, like you guys are all so beautiful, you look amazing, you're successful. Like you're active. You're active.

Like you've kept yourself. in your prime, like you've kept yourself looking amazing and you guys all deserve men that also are going to take care of themselves. And, you know, you want someone that cares about the way they look and feel and are aging to match what you guys have, right? You know, and I've worked on my life. I just retired. So that's exciting. Congratulations. Yeah, congrats. And, you know, I want to travel and I feel like I can't take anything for granted. You know, when you reach a certain age, anything could happen anytime. So even if you're doing everything you can to keep yourself healthy, I would love to find somebody that wants to travel and have fun. And we're kind of in the

same space with all of that, you know, and it is a foodie and likes to read and likes to just veg out on Netflix forever and out. You know, just, I don't know. If you can find. I think you can. I think you will. I'm optimistic for you. Oh, thanks. Well, Patty, thank you so much for coming on Happy Hour and talking to us. We really appreciate it. And honestly, I wish you the best. Oh, thank you so much. Love you guys. Thank you, Patty. Thanks for coming on. Thank you to all our listeners for tuning in. We have exclusive and new episodes every week. So make sure you check us out. That's our Happy Hour. Don't forget to subscribe. Bye. and now I'm seriously suspicious.

Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend's been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Hold up.

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