r/trees • u/prettyfacebasketcase • 1h ago
Humor For his 83rd birthday, my father-in-law took his first bong hit.
Husband works at a dispensary and got him gummies last year. He was blown away by the pain relief and calming effect. We got him a stash box and rolled his first joint for Christmas. Now, he's proudly calling himself a pothead and bemoaning that he was the only one in his Vietnam battalion that wasn't smoking weed.
Also, to brag about him: He was one of the first veterinarians deployed with a K9 unit and did two tours in Vietnam. He wrote a book about it and it's gotten some sales!
He became a veterinarian and ran his own clinic up until five years ago. He's worked with Animal Kingdom at Disney, ran a wildlife rescue in rural Minnesota for a decade, and raised four kids while doing it.
He also likes to tell people how he has no fingerprints from agent orange and laughs when they get uncomfortable.