[theqoo] Dating show 'Heart Pairing' shocking age gaps between contestants + professions revealed

Lee Jeyeon, born in 1995

Lawyer

Bae Chaeeun, born in 1996

Researcher at the Economic Research Institute

Joo Haneul, born in 1998

Dancer and beauty model

Moon Jiwon, born in 1999

Semiconductor Engineer at Samsung Electronics

Park Changhwan, born in 1984
Pilot (Boeing 777 First Officer)

Shin Woojae, born in 1990

Painter/artist

Lee Chanhyeong, born in 1992

Physician by day,
Healthcare startup CEO by night

Ahn Jimin, born in 1992
Samsung Electronics Strategic Planning Team

original post: here

1. The man being born in 1984 is oba

2. That's the PD's fault though

3. No but their age gap is oba...

4. What's with the age gap? Although their specs are similar

5. What's with the 84 liner???

6. Both the man born in '84 and the female contestants must've had a mental breakdown learning about their ageㅠㅠㅠ Seeing the teaser for next week, he said that he wasn't able to approach the female contestant that he liked.. the producer is too much...

7. What's with the age gap?

8. When they revealed their ages, the man born in '84 grabbed the back of his neckㅋㅋㅋ This was the producer's mistake

9. The man born in '84 does stand out in terms of age but overall, there are a lot of couples with more than 6 years age gap

10. They all look so mature compared to their age...

so this is bit tmi for those who haven't watched anything yet

but Jiwon and Changhwan end having most dates together till now

she was born in 1999 and he was born in 1984

this is her reaction when his age was revealed

face don't lie lol

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Quote from TheHeretic

These kinds of shows are always stupid and scripted - but the age difference here is not large enough to merit such faux K-Netz outrage. Nobody is being forced to say "yes" to anyone. and Jiwon is 26 - not exactly an innocent child.

Still the fact that oldest male contestant was born in 1984 and oldest female contestant was born in 1995 is already big gap don't you think? This is 11 years after all.

The fact that oldest man and youngest female were paired that was their own choice of course.

Still it would be different if for example there would be one female contestant Born in 1987 or 1988. You know that would even things out.

Quote from xx-jenn-xx

I find people who use ageism to be weird. Shes well above a consenting adult age. If she has a problem...maybe dont do the show. But anyone who complains about a 10 or 11 yr age gap is weird too. Pilot just wants to find love and has to deal with being judges for his age. So weird

it's just cultural difference things

+ age gap in this case is 15 years

Quote from xx-jenn-xx

Its not that big of a deal. Cultural differences or not.

At one point it isn't a big deal

I guess everyone has the 'different point' set in mind

I saw some comments on twitter saying:

"everyone is adult in this show"

then in Poland you are adult when you are 18

let's say girl is 18

and man is 33

for me it stinks

and I guess just at one point that bad smell is gone, just question is when

Quote from xx-jenn-xx

*shrugs* when your an adult of legl age youre able to make your own choices. Me personally people have to be at least 21 for me to think of them as an adult. anything before 21 nope. If you aren't old enough to go to a bar or club you're not an adult. With that said once you hit 21 age is just a number as long as it's 21 and up. Sorry not everyone is going to see this as an issue.

see that's the thing

here you can go to club, drink, and drive a car when you are 18

it's just life, everyone can have different opinion

as for show itself... I will say once again this was producers mistake, they should just add one more/swap one of mid age girls to older one

this way they could later say hey but there is also one noona here for 3 other men and there is age gap too, so what's the problem?

they could also say that they've had hopes that the oldest contestants would be interested in themselves etc.