No wonder he has sex in windmills and waterfalls — he can’t exactly take women back to his place, can he?
Yes, Peter Weber, this season’s Bachelor, is supposed to be one of America’s most eligible bachelors — and yet, he also still lives at home with his parents even though he’s 28 years old, something which would be a dealbreaker for a lot of women.
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However, he also has someone in his corner to defend the decision: his mother!
Weber’s parents, Barbara and Peter Sr. were guests on Rachel Lindsay and Becca Kufrin’s Bachelor Party podcast this week, and Barb was keen to explain exactly why it’s not weird for a grown man with a career to still live at home.
She begins:
“First of all, we are a very, very close family. Very close… we’re basically one. We support each other in every which way, and we’re each other’s best friends, not just parents. We’re everything to each other.”
OK, that still sounds like red flags. What could she possibly say to make that seem chill?
“People forget: I’m Cuban, OK…”
Dang, that’ll do it!
“In old time Cuba, the kids would be at home and in their 20s they would get married, and they would still live at home. They would have children, and the grandparents… it was one big happy family. Everybody living at home, so contrary to what a lot of people say like, can’t wait to get rid of the kids… our culture is a little bit different, and not that one is right and one is wrong, we want to keep that family tie, that unity together. And that’s one of the reasons that Peter and my other son Jack are still living at home, because there’s no reason really to move out.”
That actually makes a lot of sense to us — obviously — but for a lot of women it’s going to come across as a big impediment to dating, right?
Not so far… but then again, he’s never home. As a pilot he’s on the road — er, in the sky — over half the week anyway. Barbara explains:
“Let’s say for Peter, he works four days a week. Then he has four days off, and he goes with his friends away, like they take a little mini vacation wherever. And then he comes back, and he goes right back to work. So is that really smart to be paying a lot of money, monthly, until you can buy a house?”
We suppose that makes a lot of fiscal sense, too! And it’s worked so far, as his mother points out:
“So I always tell him it’s best to save your money — which, he can buy a house tomorrow if he wanted it. Responsibly, he can do it, but I’m just looking for the right place for him when we do decide that he’s going to take that step… but we’re very happy living at home, everybody together.”
Sounds he’s not planning on moving out any time soon — except maybe for the right woman.
Now if only Mom could explain his ex-girlfriend’s claims he applied to be on The Bachelorette while they were still together then totally ghosted her to go be on the show and hook up with someone else on national TV.
Would a guy living at home at 28 be a dealbreaker for YOU? What if it was Peter the Pilot??
See what the contestants have to say about it when The Bachelor premieres on Monday, January 6 on ABC!
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