Do you think I will be alright?

Question

Hi,

My whole family is going on a camping trip tomorrow, and I decided I would stay home. Mostly because I volunteered almost everyday this summer, and had no time for friends. I am a mature, and responsible 15 year old, but I am worried that I will chicken out or something because I have never been home alone for 5 days by myself.

Do you think I will be fine?

Do you have any suggestions/ideas I could do over the course of 5 days?

Also, do you think I am making the right choice to stay home? It's not that I don't like my family, but by the time they come home it will already be a school night.

Thanks!=)

Answer 1

you could see if a friend would stay with you.

Answer 2

Have a friend over, or go over a friends house for a couple of the days. Just use common sense and be safe, and you should be okay. You could rent some movies, redecorate your room, go out with friends, etc.

Answer 3

I think you should go with your family.

You will always have time for friends on weekends and after school.This camping trip could be good because believe me, family time will not last forever.Before you know it, these days will be gone!

Not sure about you staying home for 5 days.Night might be a different tune for you than the day.If you do stay home and feel scared, go stay at a friends house or something.

Answer 4

you will be alright. If your parent believe that you are resonsible enough to stay alone for five days then you should have faith to trust yourself. Make you you do what you are surppose to do and don't answer for nobody that you do not know and you will be fine.

Answer 5

I'm seventeen and my mum and her husband go away a lot, leaving me in the house.

The thing is, when i'm on my own I feel a lot more vulnerable. I don't know what your area is like but while my nearby neighbourhood is okay, the town I live in is known to be rough, and I found that my house would make noises like houses generally do and I when I was on my own I would spend the whole night building it up in my head until I was convinced that there were burglars or something.

Now always get my boyfriend and sometimes other people to stay round as well. Just make sure that you trust whoever stays round your house- last time my boyfriend kept having his friends stay over as well. I know them and like them but the problem was they would destroy the house at night, then go home while he was at work, leaving me to clean it up every day on my own. That got OLD.

You sound responsible enough and I think that you're making the right choice- just make sure you do all the silly things that need to be done like locking the doors and windows at night, turning the gas off etc.

You're probably not thinking it but don't get persuaded by anyone to have any parties, either! People really don't seem to give a d**n about other people's property when it's not their house and it seems fine when it's a different house party, but trust me- you will spend the whole evening worrying about things getting broken and it's not worth it.

I would advise asking a friend whether you can stay at their house if things get a bit too much.

Rent out movies. Blast music when you're lonely. Stay up late and eat lots of ice-cream and generally just enjoy yourself in a safe manner :]

Good luck!

Answer 6

You should be fine just be really safe and kinda paranoid even. Better safe than sorry.

Answer 7

yes, you may be a little nervous being by yourself, just remember some key things, dont opent the door for anyone u dont know, and even if you do know them if you were not expecting them its probably not a good idea to open the door anyway. if you start to freak out, call your family if possible and just see how they are doing, just remember that most of the things we are sared of happening never really do. as long as there are emergency numbers for you to call, and money for food or emergencies u should be fine. you will probably enjoy the time alone. i was 15 or 16 when i was left alone because my mom went out of the country, for a month and it was fine