• My son moved home after graduating from college, and it has created some complicated dynamics. • Sometimes, I feel like his roommate, and other times I'm acting like his friend. • I'm trying to get used to this new normal, so I'm giving myself space to adapt.

"Who's paying for this?" asked my 22-year-old son when I drove him to the mechanic to pick up his car after an oil change.

"You are," I said without hesitation.

As I watched him walk into the office after I dropped him off, I shook my head in confusion. Why had he asked me who would pay? It was his car, after all, and he had been working full-time since graduating from college this spring and moving back home.

However, my husband and I had paid for car repairs when he was in college and wasn't working. As I thought about it,

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