When I do rarer household chores, like changing lightbulbs, cleaning dishwasher filters, assembling furniture, etc., I often ask my teenage son to help me. I always say, “You should learn to do these things so you know how to do them when you move out to your own place.” I always get sentimental, thinking that my baby will soon be so big he’ll move out. I feel anxious, almost tears in my eyes.
He looks at me with a weird, amused expression. I’ve always thought it means that he finds it funny because I get so emotional.
Today I got a horrible idea. What if it really means that he thinks, “Yeah, so you think now that I’ll move out some day”?
