Household comes first.
That was the takeaway on the Oct. 12 episode of The Golden Bachelor, with an early frontrunner selecting to depart the ABC actuality collection early after receiving a name from residence. (Warning, spoilers forward!)
Joan Vassos made the difficuly determination to say goodbye to Gerry Turner a day after she acquired a bunch date rose from the 72-year-old widower.
Joan, 60, ended her relationship after receiving a textual content message from one in every of her 4 youngsters expressing that they wanted her assist at residence.
“My daughter simply had a child and it wasn’t a standard on a regular basis supply in any respect,” Joan defined. “Issues go unsuitable, and even when all the things went proper, you want your mother. My household will at all times be first. When you develop into a mother, you are at all times a mother even when your youngsters are older. Nothing is extra vital.”
The opposite ladies grew to become emotional when the non-public faculty administrator from Rockland, Md., introduced she could be leaving, and Gerry instantly started crying when Joan informed him she needed to go residence.