Degrassi Hump Date: Drunk Moms Disappoint, But Smoking Is Still Cool

Kathleen’s mom is really cool. She’s funny (“First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Kathleen in the baby carriage.” — Hilarious). She doesn’t care about dumb things like keeping the house clean or turning the lights on. And she drinks. A LOT.

My parents were relatively sane. We never had booze in the house and the lights were always on at the appropriate times. I fantasized about having a party mom. It seemed so glam. Like, she’d probably be totally bleached out and really slutty looking. And she’d bring lots of hot/wasted guys back to the house. And she wouldn’t care if I stayed out all night because she’d be so zonked she wouldn’t even notice.

But actually: Kathleen’s mom isn’t that hot. And she’s also, like, a child abuser. So there goes that fantasy…