Sort of an immature question- kinda like the "mom dad Im gay" coming out thing but I gotta know if anyone can give me statistics or whatnot:

I present you exhibit [a]:
+Strict mother. Realizes son is 18, but son still lives in house. Protective, does not like idea of drinking or drugs. Korean-raised, so I have no information her background with marijuana- if she even knows what it is. Ridiculously controlling, wanting to know every detail of her 18 year old son's life. Born in 1952. The more "idealistic, controlling" parental style. Bases most assumptions on wives tales, myths, popular belief (still believes cold temperature induces cold-related sickness), the news.

And coupled with exhibit (b):
+Loose father. Military. College drop. Now an overseer at a naval weapons lab. Born in 1952. I've seen photos- wouldn't surprise me if he has done it before. Conservative, white middle class man. Realizes 18 year old son's freedom to associate with friends, do what he wants within parental and legal boundaries. The more "realistic" of the parental styles.

Bring you exhibit [c]:
+Me. 18 years old. Job-searching, graduating high school, going to college. Would live with others by now, but problem: money. Like I said- I'm still job searching.

And we all live in exhibit [d]: A tiny-ass town in the middle of the desert in California. Everyone here smokes bud. Everyone. On 4/20, every single gas station and convenience store was lined up with kids buying munchies. A tiny town of 20,000 people and miles and miles of mountain and desert offers roads of 75+ MPH, brushfires, highway 395, and many many places to party, cause mayhem, blow shit up- anything say, you'd do in Mexico after 9 PM and not get caught.

Can anyone give me the odds of my parents being accepting that I smoke pot? [PS] All my friends' parents are all very cool with their sons and daughters doing it- as long as it doesnt become a heavy habit of dependency and whatnot. It gives me hope for my parents, but yet-... not.

I dont think I could've hit a worse hand of cards with my parents- they're very unpredictable and any way I work with them could work for me or against me equally, the way I see it. I plan on telling them sometime... and of course, if I plan on growing... then...

"Lucy, you have some 'splaining to do."

Anyone have stories to share, or advice, or the best way to go about this if I am just itching to break the ice with my parents- and naturally, with drugs, its a ltitle difficult to break the ice without letting them read you and know you've already stepping waist-deep into it.

Also- theres a reason for this climax of potentially unfortunate events:
I have a plant growing. So far, its tiny, sprouting- and I just told my mom that a friend told me to hang onto it and grow it, and told me it was some flower. Given the inevitable- that I will be growing it into pot and all that--- it really is a matter of time until they know (the smell will be the dead giveaway- in fact, if it didnt smell, they probably wouldnt think twice that its illegal bud and just say its an ugly lookin plant). I dont know- I hate when this happens- my mind thinks of all these scenarios...

i'm 40. my parents disapprove. i was throw out of christmas dinner, this past year, for talking of marijuana. i haven't spoken to them since.

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Ive been smoking for a solid 7 years and my rents still don't know I smoke pot. Granted I don't live with them any longer but I see them every weekend.

say fuc* em, do what you want. tell them you are who you are and you do what you want, let them you still respect them to the fullest though

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they tell me how proud they are of me and my accomplishments, "we just wish you didn't smoke pot".

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That's fucked up man, my dad smokes crack and i would still never throw him out my house, u got to to be there for family no matter what. I guess that's just how the older generation is tho...there's no difference to them if u smoke weed, crack, meth, b/c to them they're all dangerous drugs and even if all u do is smoke weed they're going to think you're a drug addict...which is precisely y u should under no circumstances tell your parents u smoke weed circle of joy.

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i was just wondering about your name...a circle of joy...that's a weird name...i hope that isn't some kind of homosexual reference to circle jerkin'.
edit: just thought about it... it's a reference to sitting in a circle smoking weed, right? sorry about that man i didn't mean to question your sexuality or anything.

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family meeting.

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that's what we call it. oh, the irony.

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As I see it, you are an adult and can do as you wish. However, you are still living in thier house and you should respect your parents wishes. After you get a place of your own and are paying your own way, you can grow to your hearts content. If your parents do not approve of you growing in thier house, then you should not. If for some reason the pot was found in their house by the cops, your parents could get in trouble. After you are out on your own there would be no reason to discuss it with them and avoid the tension that it may cause. Good luck.