issue 28 // volume 40

   

 

By Thinkstock

Loser parents still living
at home with adult kids

» Local 50-somethings still don’t have a

humour // 23

 

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place of their own

Brad McLeod
Contributor (The Peak)

I a trend which has become
all too common in recent
years, a local family with three
grown children currently in
university has opted to remain

has garnered ridicule for the
nearly 50-year-old parents.

Although believing
when they first had kids that
they would be completely
independent by the time they
reached 45, Mary and Herbert
Winfried say their transition
into autonomy hasn’t been as
smooth as they thought.

“Oh man, when I was 34,
I was sure I would be living
away from the kids by this
point,” explained Herbert,
thinking back. “I pictured us
being totally independent,
being able to just buy like one
carton of milk a week and only

couldn't wait.”

Unfortunately, things just
didn’t work out as planned and
the couple remains under their
own roof with the kids, a reality
that they claim has puta real
damper on their social life.

“We can’t stay out late,
or have wild shindigs, and—
worst of all—our friends won't
stop making fun of us,” Mary
explained. “Everyone we raised
kids with is off travelling the
world or taking sailing lessons

While the Winfrieds do

to still living at home, like not
having to pay for their kids

to live in residence, they say
they’re really hoping they can

: get out soon, or at least get rid
: of their kids.

“My friend Marty lives in

: aretirement plaza in Florida

: and says he can totally hook us
: up with a place there” Herbert
: said. “I don’t know if I want

: to do it though, I mean I still
living together, a decision which : kind of like it at home, not that
: T couldn't live alone, I’m just

: waiting for the right time.”

Despite what their friends

: might think of them, the

: Winfrieds say that at least they
: have the support of the kids

: they support.

“I dothinkit’sa little pathetic

: that they still live with us, but if
: they're not going to kick us out
: that’s okay, they just need a little
: more time than some parents,”
: the couple’s oldest child, Bill,
: who just celebrated his 29th
: birthday, told the Peak. “They
: probably would just be lost
: without us though, I don’t know
: what mom would do if nobody
: was asking her to make lunches

doing a load or two of laundry, 1 : a
: every morning.

Although they continue

: to look at themselves as losers

: who will probably live with their
: kids forever, there is hope for

: the Winfrieds. While statistics

: show that almost half of parents
: in their 50s still live with

: their kids, the number takes a

: dramatic dive when they reach

: their 60s.

“No matter what people

might think, our situation
: is fine for now,” Herbert
and we're stuck here like losers.” : concluded. “Maybe I could Just
: ask my parents to move in, then
admit that there are some perks } at least we'd be cooler than ;
: them, I mean can you imagine,
: still living with your kids at 80!
: They’d be such losers!”

 

 

 

 

DOUGLAS DOES

FASO

OMBRE FOOT FILT

By Sharon Miki, Trend setter

 
    
    
   
 

 

hat's been spotted on chic feet

on the street this season?

lads and lassies on campus are
all sporting the uber-stylish "ombre foot
filth" look to show off their outdoorsy
bohemian fashion sense.
"To get that authentic ‘ombre' look on
your feet, you've really got to be
dedicated to the west coast style,"
explained local foot fetishist Mindy
McPie. "Real ombre comes from walking
around outside barefoot in a variety of
different sediments. Think dirt, sand,
grass—anything for style, darlings!"