windywave wrote:
So the boss and I hate winter here and are thinking of getting a place in FL to pop down to for long weekends or a week or month or some indeterminate amount of time.
I'd like to get a condo in a resort area. Figure we can rent it some depreciate it etc etc. Just in the germination stage.
Anywho I want to get a three bedroom because I want two little breezes. I figure once the breezes are in HS or college they could pop down with some friends and have nice kids weekends with 6 or 8 people (6 in beds two on a sleeper couch).
The boss thinks I'm a crack head for even contemplating letting HS or college kids go alone (HS I can see so I offered we could go but then need a third room for the friends obviously but college I think would be fine). I'm also assuming the breezes will be of moderate intelligence and responsibility.
Anyone have a vacation place they let their kids go to with friends unsupervised? Good or bad outcomes? Am I a crack head?
My friends and I were using our parent’s lake houses and boats unsupervised starting about junior year HS. Of course, this was a long time ago and a lot of things have changed, but for what I can see there are still plenty of at least college age kids running around in their parent’s boats and presumably using their houses.
My kid turns 11 next week, but he already really knows his way around a boat and a dock and if he continues to improve his skills and demonstrates some responsibility I’ll probably let him use the place when he’s old enough.
The good boat will probably be off limits without my supervision but he can run his friends around the other ones.