My adult kid ate an edible, freaked out, and called his mom. That's me.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually love this, OP. I'm so glad you have the kind of relationship where his first call when he freaked out was to you - and that he knew he could trust you to be helpful and not freak out in turn.

Good job.

#parentinggoals

And enthusiastic +1!

[Anonymous]

This happened to my now husband at a super bowl party. We went to a party at some cool older friends of ours. Thought it would be a good time. He tried some brownies off of the potluck table that turned out to be special brownies and get this, they were not labeled!!! We had to leave before kickoff and drive 1 hour back home as he was going into panic attack, "I'm gonna die" mode. Then those cool friends tried to make it about him, how he didn't ask whether they were special brownies, and how it wasn't the brownie-maker's fault at all (why do people do this?). Then a sign mysteriously appeared shortly after the incident and we skedaddled home. I still laugh about it, but I guess it's not all that funny in how my husband was treated in the moment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happened to my now husband at a super bowl party. We went to a party at some cool older friends of ours. Thought it would be a good time. He tried some brownies off of the potluck table that turned out to be special brownies and get this, they were not labeled!!! We had to leave before kickoff and drive 1 hour back home as he was going into panic attack, "I'm gonna die" mode. Then those cool friends tried to make it about him, how he didn't ask whether they were special brownies, and how it wasn't the brownie-maker's fault at all (why do people do this?). Then a sign mysteriously appeared shortly after the incident and we skedaddled home. I still laugh about it, but I guess it's not all that funny in how my husband was treated in the moment.

That's really awful, PP. Those "friends" are terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"And I kind of want to shout to the parents of little ones, "OH YEAH?!?" But that's stupid and petty."

Huh? What do parents of little kids have to do with any of this? Did you know that life is not a competition? And hey, if you want a gold star for having a harder life than me, here ya go! Here's your gold star! I'm glad to admit other people have it harder than me!

Oh relax. I know that. It was scary until I figured out he had eaten an edible.

[Anonymous]

Am super confused by the part about wanting to shout at parents of little ones…can you explain? It’s so out of the blue that I was trying to figure out if a sentence got cut out or something

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"And I kind of want to shout to the parents of little ones, "OH YEAH?!?" But that's stupid and petty."

Huh? What do parents of little kids have to do with any of this? Did you know that life is not a competition? And hey, if you want a gold star for having a harder life than me, here ya go! Here's your gold star! I'm glad to admit other people have it harder than me!

...Oh, what the hell. Ahem:

How old are your kids? And this is why we have an adult kids forum. So we can talk about this stuff. Because parenting shenanigans do not end at 18.

[Anonymous]

My brother did this at Christmas…took one too many hits and got paranoid. He was fine jsut needed some air and I was working on calming him down when my mom walks over and asked what was up…and he just told on himself.

I have to imagine high people tell on themselves fairly often, which is why I think it’s a way healthier drug than alcohol. (But still a drug!)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"And I kind of want to shout to the parents of little ones, "OH YEAH?!?" But that's stupid and petty."

Huh? What do parents of little kids have to do with any of this? Did you know that life is not a competition? And hey, if you want a gold star for having a harder life than me, here ya go! Here's your gold star! I'm glad to admit other people have it harder than me!

...Oh, what the hell. Ahem:

How old are your kids? And this is why we have an adult kids forum. So we can talk about this stuff. Because parenting shenanigans do not end at 18.

Who said they did?

[Anonymous]

Good old DCUM needs to turn every commiseration into some sort of...something. See the part about my acknowledgement that the instinct to roll my eyes at folks with younger kids was petty and stupid.

FFS. That's why I posted HERE.

[Anonymous]

OP needs “I am a proud parent” bumper sticker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happened to my now husband at a super bowl party. We went to a party at some cool older friends of ours. Thought it would be a good time. He tried some brownies off of the potluck table that turned out to be special brownies and get this, they were not labeled!!! We had to leave before kickoff and drive 1 hour back home as he was going into panic attack, "I'm gonna die" mode. Then those cool friends tried to make it about him, how he didn't ask whether they were special brownies, and how it wasn't the brownie-maker's fault at all (why do people do this?). Then a sign mysteriously appeared shortly after the incident and we skedaddled home. I still laugh about it, but I guess it's not all that funny in how my husband was treated in the moment.

That's really awful, PP. Those "friends" are terrible.

Seriously, that's terrible! I'm so sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am super confused by the part about wanting to shout at parents of little ones…can you explain? It’s so out of the blue that I was trying to figure out if a sentence got cut out or something

I just figured it was a variation on “little kids little problems; big kids big problems”- except this sounds like it ended up being a big kid, little problem.

Parent of little kid who had a little problem (pooping on the table) turn into a big problem - brushed up against the stove while looking for paper towels and caused a fire! Was showering with my toddler who hates showers and baths when I smelled smoke!! Fortunately the cabinet nearest to the stove just got singed and and did not catch fire and I was able to put it out. Air quality in the home was terrible afterward… but we were so so lucky.

Feel free to shout away though - I do worry about the big kid big problems stage 😀

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Anonymous wrote:Good old DCUM needs to turn every commiseration into some sort of...something. See the part about my acknowledgement that the instinct to roll my eyes at folks with younger kids was petty and stupid.

FFS. That's why I posted HERE.

Then why do you still post?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP needs “I am a proud parent” bumper sticker.

Or "My Lightweight Son Survived an Edible Overdose" bumper sticker.

OP: was it indica or sativa?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP needs “I am a proud parent” bumper sticker.

Or "My Lightweight Son Survived an Edible Overdose" bumper sticker.

OP: was it indica or sativa?

Lol. OP here. No clue. I asked. He was too high and panicky to answer. Y'all...it was SCARY to get that call...until I realized what had happened.