Letters to the Editor
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I don't even get high and I'm not getting this.
There's a lot of presumption on Cary's part that Mom is pretty much lost to Kid, but I re-read the letter and nowhere do I see any evidence of that.
Actually, all I'm seeing from the letter is a mom who has a successful marriage, successful kids, and nice life in the suburbs, and a son who, for his own indeterminate reasons, is trying to convert her into a non-pot smoking mom. (Hmmm, sounds just like every other co-dependent relationship I've ever heard of.)
So am I missing something? To me it all just sounds like some big tug-of-war control issue going on at home. Maybe what this is really about, is that the kid with all his DARE programming is, at bottom, scared to death mom's going to get busted, and THAT would be the loss of Mom. It would be a pretty legitimate fear, unfortunately.
When it comes down to it, as regards morals, lying, weaknesses of all kinds, pretty much every parent alive is a Big Dopey Hypocrite, one way or another. One of the most painful parts of growing up (and it can take till well past middle age, or even not happen at all), is to accept it and love Mom and Dad anyway.
Hate to say it, but if Mom on pot is the biggest problem in this family, they're kind of lucky.