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When adult children move back home and boundaries blur

My adult son moved back home during the pandemic and never left, and we're both struggling with the boundaries between treating him like an adult roommate versus falling back into parent-child dynamics, especially around household responsibilities and his dating life.

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Two adults who share a deep history are trying to renegotiate their relationship while living in proximity that makes old patterns feel both familiar and problematic.

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