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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I would never let my family stay at my home unattended[/b], so in this situation, I would just say I was uncomforatble having them stay without someone from my family being there. While some people may not feel the same, isn't that something everyone can understand?[/quote]

Not really. Why not?  [/quote]

It has to do with mine and my husband's personality. We're both private people and introverts. We get by with family staying over when we're there, but we're relieved when they're gone. Even with us not being there, it would make us feel like they are in our space. Maybe we take the extension of our private lives connecting to our homes too far. We don't have anything to be embarrassed of, but I would not want them going through our file cabinet and look through tax papers and such. We don't have any safes, so all our jewelry would be exposed. I would never think my family members would steal from us, but I don't want to take that test either. My husband is also very risk-adverse. He sees having people in our home without us being there as a bigger liability. It would almost be an impossible leap of trust and relaxing to get us to let someone stay at our home unattended. But anyways, that's just us.[/quote]

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