Buying your first home is an exciting milestone and most would be thrilled to share the achievement with their loved ones. Not Class 95 DJ Justin Ang, one-half of The Muttons with Vernon A, though.
The 42-year-old, who’s an only child, had lived with his parents his entire life and he didn’t know how to break the news to them that he and his wife, Ilona Loo, 43, a director in a market research firm, would be moving out.
So Justin and IIona kept the news from his parents for six months.
In fact, 8days.sg found out about his Serangoon condo, which he bought in 2022, before papa and mama Ang, and casually mentioned it when we featured Vernon’s new home.
Minutes after we ran the story, we received a text from Justin asking to remove the bit about his condo. We did, and thankfully, no one spotted it and outed him.
Why so apprehensive? “We were figuring out how to tell them in the nicest way without them being too upset about it,” explained Justin.
“We took them out for a nice meal and told them your small son is moving out. They were very supportive. I love my parents, they put up with me for so many years.”
If you’re wondering, Justin’s parents weren’t upset or surprised by their decision. After all, the couple had been mulling getting their own place for a decade.
“We never really had the impetus or guts because living with my parents was a dream. They have a big house and a helper, so our life was easy. Moving out meant a lot more work. I’ve recently learned how difficult it is to do laundry and have shrunk five T-shirts,” shared Justin.
“But we don’t want to be 50 years old and regret that we didn’t at least try, so when I turned 40, we decided let’s do it.”
