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Would you pay to stay for one night in your childhood home

117 replies

WhaleSharkBootySweat · 09/08/2023 17:49

.... because mine is on air bnb!
It looks unrecognisable!
Tempted but also think I would find it sad.
I would never tell my parents I did it. I think they would find it weird.

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dullandgrey · 09/08/2023 21:45

Also no cos my parents still live in mine Grin

Thepollonator · 09/08/2023 23:54

Not in a million years!

RichardsGear · 10/08/2023 00:00

A 1970s semi in new town suburbia in the NE of England - no thanks! It was a good place to grow up but you wanted to get out in the wider world by 18.

Catsmere · 10/08/2023 01:46

No, there were half a dozen, one of which was demolished years ago, and I'd hate to see what's been done to the only one I really liked and remember!

keffie12 · 10/08/2023 01:59

No way in hell would I. My childhood was very unhappy, so I wouldn't want to revisit in any way, shape, or form

Trevellion · 10/08/2023 02:26

No. I don't find revisiting my past very healthy.

ChangingMode · 10/08/2023 02:30

No. I couldn’t wait to leave, no way I’d want to go back. Too many awful times.

Beeswood · 10/08/2023 02:37

My deceased parent's home is currently up for sale for the first time since they died and we sold it 13 years ago.
It has changed so much since they bought it, but I felt a bit sad looking at the rooms and thinking 'That was my room' etc.
I woudn't really like to stay there again, it would be too sad.

sjpkgp1 · 10/08/2023 02:50

I'm the sentimental sort and had a happy childhood (albeit in a very small and quite modern 70s house). But still no. I think it would ruin my memories of it. Same with a house that we moved into when we first married. which was a listed building and quite beautiful. We took our first two babies home there after being born, happy times, but still no. You move on for a reason, and unless you can be completely dispassionate about it (or love the family that have made it their own) I'd probably think it would mess with your head.

LordSalem · 10/08/2023 03:02

Only if I could walk from room to room setting it on fire. Then sit on the pavement outside and watch it crumble.

Kabbalah · 10/08/2023 03:05

I had a very happy childhood and luckily my parents only live 10 minutes away so I drop in to see them on a regular basis. They both work full time and have no intention of retiring. Family is very important to me. It’s sad to read so many comments of woe.

Draconis · 10/08/2023 03:09

I still stay in my childhood home from time to time because my mum still lives there. And it's free.
If she didn't, I couldn't care less about it. I have a lovely family and had a happy childhood but I'm not sentimental at all.
So, no.

Spanielsarepainless · 10/08/2023 06:44

I still stay in mine a few nights every couple of months, as my parents are living there, nearly sixty four years on.

LBFseBrom · 28/11/2023 10:06

Never in a million years, too many unhappy memories. I have slept at my cousin's house which is next door and adjoining my late parents' home so exactly the same only the other way around. I was OK there.

FourChimneys · 28/11/2023 10:13

I would, but I have been there several times since my parents died.

We sold it to people we know and have visited to see their renovations and just to have a catch up with them. I'm sure they would be happy for me to stay over if I wanted.

I love seeing the house being loved and developed, and they love hearing about how it used to be in the 60s and 70s.

Ketzele · 30/11/2023 12:02

Only if they've put an inside toilet in.

goodgriefsean · 30/11/2023 12:08

No. It was a shithole dark damp freezing cold council flat in a horrible run down scheme full of drug addicts and neds. I hated it there, it didn't feel like a safe home. I got out of there as soon as I could and I'm glad the whole area has been bulldozed.

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