Wanted: Elderly couple who enjoy pushing a swing for hours and sneaking in sweets! Family advertise for stand-in grandparents for their three children
- Yvonne De'Mille and Alexandre Boutin placed an ad in their local paper
- The Melbourne couple are seeking 'grandparents' for their three children
- They hope to find a genuine couple to play board games and attend picnics
- Ms De'Mille is distant from her mother and Mr Boutin's parents are abroad
- The couple hope to break down the generational gap in today's society
As the old adage goes: you can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family.
But one couple from Victoria’s Mornington Peninsular is doing just that, after placing an advertisement in their local paper seeking ‘grandparents’ for their children.
Yvonne De’Mille, who has three children, told Daily Mail Australia she and her partner Alexandre Boutin were simply seeking a genuine couple to share time with their kids.
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Grandparents wanted: Yvonne De’Mille (pictured) and her partner Alexandre Boutin are seeking grandparents for the children, including 22-month-old Ruby (pictured)
Reaching out: The family have no close relatives nearby, and want their children to be able to learn from the older generation
‘It really is filling that role [of grandparent],’ Ms De’Mille said.
‘How cool to have a new person to learn from, someone with different mannerisms who knows different things about the world.
‘It’s something you don’t realise you miss unless you don’t have it.’
Adorable: The couple have two children together - little Dartagnan who is six months old and Ruby, who is almost two (pictured together) - and Yvonne has an older son Marco
Learning together: ‘How cool to have a new person to learn from, someone with different mannerisms who knows different things about the world,' Ms De'Mille said
Mr Boutin, who is French, only has family abroad and Ms De’Mille said she is not close with her mother.
Her father has passed away.
The couple have two children together – little Dartagnan who is six months old and Ruby, who is almost two – and Yvonne has another son, 13-year-old Marco.
Baby cuddles: The role of grandparent also comes with adorable baby cuddles with little Dartagnan
'Open and honest': The family is looking to bridge the generational gap between baby boomers and today's youth
While the couple light-heartedly said they would like someone with a keen interest in aviation (Marco aspires to be a pilot) they ultimately would just like to meet ‘open and honest’ people who would be happy to join them for a picnic.
Ms De’Mille, who is originally from New Zealand, said she had a big family before moving to Australia.
As a child she would see friends with large families who worked, spent time and built lives together, and that is something she wanted for her own kids.
Shared interests: Ms De'Mille lightheartedly suggested the perfect grandparent would have an interest in aviation as Marco (pictured) would love to be a pilot
She also hopes to bridge the generational gap between baby boomers and today’s youth.
‘Both of us have been highly influenced by our grandparents,’ Ms De’Mille said of herself and Mr Boutin.
‘Look how much has changed in just 100 years, it’s important we remember our history.’
The couple have already received some interest from the advertisement and have also set up a Facebook page – The Hunt For Grandparents.
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