My wife and I decided to go away for the weekend and we left our son’s home alone.
Both of our boys are teenagers and one of them has a driver’s license.
We knew they would be able to handle an emergency if something came up. My parents live close to, just in case they needed something important. My wife and I left on Friday evening after work. We told the boys not to invite anyone over unless they called us first. Jack, our 16 year old, called me later that afternoon to see if his girlfriend could come over and spend the night. I called her parents to make sure they knew that I was not going to be home all weekend. After they found out that there would be no adults in the house, they reconsidered the offer to let their daughter go to the house. My son was very unhappy that I called her parents, but I wanted to make sure they knew there were no parents in the house. My son didn’t answer the phone when I called later that evening, which really aggravated me. I called again the next morning before we went to a wedding. My son was upset because the AC unit in the house wasn’t working. He said it was 90° inside of the house. I had to call three different AC repair companies before I found someone that was willing to repair the problem without an adult in the house. Most of the AC repair companies would not go to the home without someone over 18 present.