It is so weird to me the way the parent-child dynamic alters over the years.
My siblings in addition to I have all long since moved out of our folks home.
All of us have our own careers, our own families, in addition to now all of us interact with our parents in a honestly different way. I have to wonder if our parents are still changing, in addition to adjusting as they age, or if they were always like this in addition to just keeping it hidden from their children? At the same time, some things I used to keep secret from them I no longer bother to hide. Why would I care if our mom sees me smoking cannabis? I am far too old to “get in trouble” with my parents for using marijuana, and it is technically medical grade weed now. Last Easter, just before the sizable meal, I snuck outside to smoke a little bit and work up my appetite. Much to my surprise I found both of my parents, who had also snuck outside to smoke some cannabis. They had a fat sack of Orange Kush, which was something I had never entirely tried before. Instead of talking about it, all of us just passed the joint and got legitimately ripped in addition to giggling for Easter brunch. That experience of smoking cannabis with our folks for the first time was transformative, and made me look at them differently. I am not suggesting that you should try and smoke cannabis with your parents, but maybe you should at least bring it up.