Paying my way

I've been hanging out at my mother's house for a couple of weeks, and I'm counting that as a visit.

But in the near future, I'll be at her house for a month or so. 

A conversation about money was necessary.

This involved wrestling her to the floor on the subject of my paying rent while I stay at her house.

She said she doesn't need the rent, which is true, but I explained that this was irrelevant. If I don't pay her rent, then I'm not living rootless, I'm just living rent-free. Not the same thing at all.