my daugher wants to rent a holiday house for her 16th birthday party with BF?

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she's planned this with her best friend, whose mum is fine with it trusting her daughter completely. they've found somewhere 6 miles from home and I'm the only one raising concerns. am i being unreasonable?

YANBU! As others have said, whether or not you trust your daughter isn't the point. It's a party with her friends and someone'll put it on Facebook and whomever signed the contract will be paying to fix the place when they're done.

And sure, they could just be planning a quiet weekend with boardgames but if that were the case, they'd just do that at home.

So no. Not just no, but hell no. :)

How about hysterical side splitting laughter followed by 'oh you weren't joking' whilst wipIng a tear from your eye And bursting into laughter again

No chance, no chance in hell. My other half tells me he could have parties all the time when he was under 18 (and never damaged the house) though all his friends lost their virginity at young ages (like 13-14 average) at these house parties and they were allowed to drink, only WKD's though (CAUSE THAT MAKES IT OK?!!) funnily enough his mum wasn't all there, she was an alcoholic at the time that would sod off to the pub. No sodding way!!!!

There's no way anyone will rent their holiday home to 16-year-olds, which means the other mum has to do it. I'd tell her to go right ahead, but she pays for every bit of it and is responsible fr the damage as the signatory.

Hahahaha

No.

I have a 16 year old. She is mature, sensible, trustworthy. Can't remember her doing anything stupid since she was about 3. But she would only need to let one person know on facebook who had their privacy set to friends of friends, and before you know it, there are 100 random teens turning up with alcohol and god knows what else.

I wouldn't even be entering into debate.

put yourself in the place of the person who owns the house. they probably have a no under 18's without over 18's policy so someone other than your daughter and her friend have signed the agreement on it or they have lied about their age. the owner may have no idea of what is happening. the first they will know is when neighbours complain about the noise from the party. they will also have to do the cleaning up afterwards. Not really fair is it. why do they want a party 6 miles down the road rather than in one or other of their houses unless they intend to do something they shouldnt like get completely hammered or have huge numbers of guests. there is no debate here. she is 16 it has to be a no. i would find out who rents the home and tell them who is intending to stay in it. i would also talk to the friends mum.

mummymeister makes a good point.

If motives are so pure why do they need to be six miles away from their parents?

Recipe for disaster.NO.

Hahahah ....NO!

Who on earth came up with this mad idea in the first place, OP?