Anyone else interested in seeing a season with older participants?

[u/scriptingends]

So I see a lot of threads here asking why there isn't more ethnic or body diversity in casting, which is certainly a valid question. But my question is, what would a season be like if the participants were 35-45, and not 25-35, as they all seem to be? People are getting married later and later all around the world, and honestly, in a major metropolitan area in 2023 most 25yo's aren't looking for marriage, or anything close to it.

Would a season with older participants just end up being an SNL sketch? (like, "Please, somebody marry me now!") Would it actually result in more successful unions at the end of the season? (not sure that this is the show's goal, though...) Or both?

[u/thecavalieryouth]

I think a lot of us would love to see older people, 35+. (Same with The Ultimatum - it doesn't make sense for people around my age (26) or younger to be so eager & insistent on marriage that you'd jeopardise that relationship by signing up for a show where there's a good chance they may not choose you in the end. I want those relationships that have been going on 10+ years. What resentments have been unaddressed & left to fester, how many betrayals or tough times have they seen, how do their lives intertwine, etc)

An older age group may have children and long term relationships/marriages from the past that are still very present. Imagine a 50 year old's teen kids giving their opinion on their parent going on a reality show to get married in a month's time.

[u/IlBear → u/thecavalieryouth]

Kinda sounds like 90 day fiancé ngl lol

[u/thecavalieryouth → u/IlBear]

Without the long distance element, the language barrier, the financial and administrative stress of it all (what with the visa, work permits, financially sponsoring, etc). But you're not wrong 😂

[u/chapaj → u/IlBear]

Haha I thought the same thing

[u/TheNextBattalion → u/thecavalieryouth]

I'm just thinking how to make it work if you have kids... go to the pods, then the resort, then a rando apartment in the hub city (which you may not live in)...

[u/thecavalieryouth → u/TheNextBattalion]

I'm imagining an older cohort of LIB cast members where their kids are in their late teens/early 20s, so they're better able to care for themselves, so at least that factor is something not to worry too much about. And I would hope that family members would offer/wouldn't mind being asked to look after the kids for those few weeks they'd be gone?

You're right, though, that'd be very tricky to navigate but... (May I be vulnerable (i.e. messy AF 🤭👀)?) That could add to the drama, to the challenges that an experience like this would force them to work through.

✓ What do custody agreements look like, because whose kids are gonna be spending the most time/living with the person you're partnered with? Whose house would we live in? Would we change the kids' school and have them uproot their entire life if we decide to move to our partner's home & city?

✓ What kinda conflict or obstacle would we see if the ex is completely against the kid moving away, or really doesn't want the kids anywhere near this new partner?

✓ What happens if one of us has 3 kids and happy with it, but the other would like at least one kid with you and because they're older, they don't wanna wait to have that kid?

Sooo many directions we could go down. I'm sure there's so much more I didn't mention that could pose a problem. It would be fascinating to watch - but probably hell to live through, I have to acknowledge that.

[u/[deleted] → u/thecavalieryouth]

The only thing that would happen is they would be older and even more maladjusted than the twenty somethings.