Daring, you and H are interacting quite a bit and getting along well. I don’t see any problem with offering him son’s room as a temporary cost saving option. You just have to do it right.

No pressure.
No sign of expectations.
Decide ahead of time what rules/boundaries you think would be best to have in place.

If it were me, I’d mention the idea casually, after HE brings up the housing issue. I’d also include something like “If you think you’d be interested then let me know and we can discuss it further”. This way he knows you expect to have a say in how it would work out, and aren’t desperate for him to return.

I hope others offer you some advice regarding this issue.


M: A really long time.
Crisis: 5 years.
She's still worth it.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl