HEY RON! - MY DAD SWIPED MY WEED

Trouble likes to present itself on Tuesdays, and Ron is always to the rescue like a superhero-cum-debt-negotiator-for-a-magazine come to life. He is all the courage a fretful teen needs to tell his dad he’s sorry for smoking marijuana. And that’s exactly what our problem is today. Keep reading for the resolution to this age-old dilemma.

Hey Ron!

My dad busted me with weed. He took, like, $40 dollars worth of pot from me (which is a lot to 16-year-old me), but the worst part is that I broke his li’l heart in seven. It feels like a whipping every time he gives me an ashamed look. I dunno what to do to make my parents forgive me, dough. They want me to show to them that I’m responsible, but how do I do this? I want to keep smoking, but I suppose I’d maybe be kinda willing to sacrifice if it meant my dad would love me and we could watch How It’s Made together like old times.

The first thing I would like to say is that you are only 16 and already smoking weed. You are too young to be getting high because you don’t even know who you are yet. You’re also smoking weed without being sure of what it is or what it does. Unless you are growing it yourself you should leave it alone.

Second of all, of course your dad is hurt. He sees bigger and better things for you and here you are smoking your life away. What’s the next drug? Is it coke, maybe crack? Drinking after school or drinking during school? He is unsure of your future because you’re starting off your life this way. You are too young to make decisions like this for yourself so your dad knows what’s best for you. Listen to him. He still loves you and in order for you to get his trust back you definitely have to stop smoking and hanging out with the people who you are getting high with. I’m not saying they’re not your friends, but right now this is not the place you should be.

It’s like that show Made. I know it isn’t the one you’re taking about in your question, but if you’ve seen it you know that in order to be made you’ve got to do the right thing. Nobody who does this show is negative. The objective of it is to do something positive with your life, and in order for that to happen you’ve got to put yourself in a position where you can stop doing drugs.

He took away your $40 worth of drugs—boo hoo. Don’t whine about it. As long he isn’t smoking it and he just throws it away, then he did something right. If he took it and starts to smoke it, then you’ve got bigger problems. Or he could be your biggest client because he’s a hypocrite. But I think your dad has your best interest at heart. It’s going take a minute for you to earn his trust back. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you; he will always love you because you’re his son. Believe me, he has been around the block more than once.

Love,
Ron

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Comments

[Sean]

Step one is not using "dough" in the place of "though."

[rcheck]

If you're 16 you probably arent smoking enough weed that it would be hard to stop smoking.

[anonymous]

at the ripe old age of mid-20s i am beginning to see what parents are talking about. it's all fun and games but they really do want you to be all you can be and i know you think this isn't the case but weed does get in the way of that. i should know. during high school and college i smoked more than i could ever think of smoking today. get your shit done first, if you do everything up to the level of best shit ever, then go ahead and smoke. if your parents are mad after that, then show them your work and if you can prove it doesn't turn you into a slacker piece of shit then you know you're going to have be be more careful about when and where you smoke.

[comeon]

Thousands of kids smoke weed all the time without their parents finding out about it. If you cant pull it of, then you should probably not do it.

[@rcheck]

oh please. weed isn't hard to quit smoking. just quit. especially when you are in high school. obviously this kid isn't smoking at home. it might be a different story if you're in school and living with potheads but then it's up to your strong will. just quit. shit ain't hard. just don't put the bowl/blunt/joint/bong to your lips. pretty fucking simple.

[well]

tell him it was your friends. be vague.

[come on, comeon]

parents are like snowflakes. mine were strict and i think his are too.

[MF]

Shit just isn't going to be like it used to with your parents. You're in that phase. It sucks. The good thing is in a few years from now you will be better buds with them than you ever were before and you can talk about grown-up shit and smoke to your heart's content if you still are into it. Patience is a virtue. Until then, have fun and don't become a stoner loser asshole and shit will work out just fine.

[Sam]

The first time I smoked weed was with my dad. He showed me how to turn the joint around ("Careful, don't burn your tongue.") and blow the smoke into a frozen mug through the hole in the middle of a CD, so that the smoke sinks and swirls like a liquid. Then you just tip it back and drink it, no smoke wasted. Nice one, dad. At the time he was the mayor of my town, and our dining room is surrounded by windows that look out to the street, so I was pretty nervous. But he was totally high. Some of my friends came over and he invited all of them in but Stephen, the fat kid, who my dad said was "a narc" and had to wait in the back yard by the shed until we were done.

[Hank]

I haven't done the cold mug trick in years. Actually, I had forgotten about it. Thanks.

[poozer]

we used to call that a milkshake.

[em]

what he needed was an older brother getting him unbelievably high at ten years old, then take him to an auto parts store. that is true education.

[swing-atcha]

the name"hey ron" sounds like the way black people say "heroin." :Like, "I gotta get me some motherfuckin hey-ron!"

[awwwww]

hey ron, sixteen is in no way too early to start smoking weed. if anything this kid got caught (and is now bitching on the internet) because hes the kind of kid who didnt start smoking untilhe was sixteen. either a nerd or a little bitch.

[AM]

let the kid smoke if he wants to, hes just gotta recognise when his consumption levels are slowing him down or dulling his mind, or else he'll keep headin down into that shitty stoner wasteland. manage your consumption, know when to back off and let your mind recover a bit. And as for pops, he'll get over it, just dont rub it in his face. Never heard of the cold mug trick, guess im putting one in the freezer when i get home

[TC]

What is this shit? When the fuck did vice get all after school special on me?

Just tell your dad to stay outta you coke stash. The white stuff is a butt load more expensive than even the stinkiest weed.

[dylan]

You must get bust doing hard drugs first, so that when they catch you smoking reefer then they like, thank god!

[anon]

@ TC: Try to keep up, it's only the hottest blog column on the internet right now. If you want fart and dick jokes, there are plenty of other sites out there for you.

[Jetpack]

Since weed is a trash drug, maybe your dad is just trying to prevent you from being trash.

[bean pate]

@Jetpack: And what, pray tell, is not a trash drug? Coke? Meth? Ecstasy? Uh...

[Jono]

Come on man, $40 worth of weed? When i was 16 i gave $40 bags to cute girls for free. Get yourself some good grades and a cut girlfriend and bring both of those around the house. Then your dad will ease up on the weed smoke.

[jermajesty]

Are we talking about Mary Jane here?

[graeme]

popewatchnow.wordpress.com is awesome

[allison]

btw, I'm the person who wrote to hey ron... which is me, is A GIRL. I don't know why ron assumed I'm a boy.

[Pharoh]

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