TODAY I joined the Webkinz Insider forum after having read posts for at least a week. I find we are not alone—it looks like about half of the membership are adults. Many are parents, a few of whom "care" for their kids Webkinz pets during school hours, but the majority got hooked just like Jerry and Sue did and purchased their own pets.
There are also college students, young professionals who saw a younger sibling or relative enjoying themselves and bought one, people who sold them and wanted to see what the fuss was about (one Hallmark clerk told us she was deciding which one to buy), etc. There are many tales of people hooking their adult parents on the critters (one woman has bought her mother two Webkinz; Mom is seventy). The people who run the site are adults as well.
(I would think a Webkinz membership would actually be fun for someone older. You hear them say repeatedly in the news, on health websites, and in health publications that thinking is one of the things that keeps people young. I would think that a website with so many different games and activities would be useful for keeping your wits sharp.)
Not Alone
