Nick Viall

And again, this is not like a rip on Pfeiffer, but I think it sounds like you came to learn that once she got outside of this bubble and got back to her life,

she maybe realized that, like, you know what?

Age is playing a role in why this relationship can't work out.

I'm not ready for what Derek has or his lifestyle.

Are you more, less likely or about the same, your willingness to date someone younger than you?

Let's say you meet someone, they're younger than you.

I'm curious, how going forward will you protect yourself and your heart from the same thing ending up?

Because a lot of people have bad partners.

Pfeiffer talked about a bad ex.

And it wouldn't be surprising to me that you meet someone younger than you and they're like, oh, this Derek, he's a great guy.

You know, there's a lot of reasons why you seem appealing, but how will you protect yourself from meeting someone like Pfeiffer?

Which again, no disrespect, you know, talks about when she gets older, like you seem like a great guy, but maybe just isn't in the place in her life to actually meet you where you're at.

It's tough, yeah, because there is that moment where you guys were talking about moving, you know, and I've said this many times.

As I've gotten older, I realized that my 20s were me living up to the expectations I had when I was like a teenager, right?

Right.

And you're like, this is how I had planned.

This is what I had planned.

And I remember hearing Pfeiffer saying things like, I made this promise to myself.

I promised this to myself.

And you're on the other end being like, listen, we'll just figure it out as we go.