Bachelor Richie will take it slow out of respect for Alex Nation’s son

SIX weeks after choosing Alex Nation as his girlfriend, Bachelor Richie Strahan says he still hasn’t met her son in person.

Richie Strahan and Alex Nation. Picture: Bohdan Warchomij

SIX weeks after choosing Alex Nation as his girlfriend, Bachelor Richie Strahan says he still hasn’t met her son in person.

Nation, 25, is a single mum with a five-year-old son named Elijah. “We chat on the phone a lot,” Strahan said.

“I haven’t met him (in person) as of yet. It is difficult in that Alex spent time with me in Perth straight after the show, which was fantastic and from that she has been back in Melbourne and I’ve had other engagements as well so it has been really hard for us all to get together and say g’day.

“We want to do it in the right way in our own time so it is something that we are working on.”

Bachelor Richie Strahan. Picture: Justin Lloyd

Strahan, 31, chose Nation over Perth’s Nikki Gogan at the end of the last series of The Bachelor mid last month. The rope access technician is now preparing to move from Perth to Melbourne to be closer to Nation.

We are having the time of our life

“We are having the time of our life,” Nation said, adding: “We are just enjoying each other, it has been amazing actually.

“I won’t be moving to Perth any time soon, this guy will probably be moving to Melbourne.” Strahan said: “Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later. There are a lot of things I’ve got to tie up in Perth but I’ve got a plan in place.”

But the couple won’t live together just yet.

“With Elijah, that is something he needs to be integrated in to a little slower. I think moving in together straight away would be a little too much for the little fella. Things like that shouldn’t be rushed.

“I will probably be over there all the bloody time.”