<div dir="ltr">PerhapsĀ the explanation is as follows - Chazal clearly have gradations in terms of the requisite and/or permitted level of participation of people in the Hadlakah of the Bayis. <br>1) One who is just eating a meal at another's home cannot be considered living there at all, and must go to his own home to light.<br>
2) One who is an Achsenai - a guest who will be staying there for the night, but not a bona fide Ben Bayis, cannot be yotzei with the baal habayis directly, but must be mishtatef (how this works is a matter of discussion).<br>
3) One who is a bona fide Ben Bayis can be yotzei with the Hadlakah of the Baal Habayis. However, he has the option of considering himself as 'less than a full' ben Bayis and lighting his own Menorah. Even kids will eventually be building their own homes, and in a sense, albeit remote, they are "transients" in the home.<br>
4) The husband and wife are defined as the Bayis itself ("Bayso Zo Ishto"). The woman cannot separate and define herself as less than a full bas Bayis. Ishto Kegufo.</div>