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Meet the ‘Meanest Mother in Wyoming’ — Another Example of Good Parenting?

Jan. 10, 2013 10:00pm Mike Opelka

This advertisement in the Northern Wyoming Daily News is burning up the Internet and will probably end up being featured on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno.

The Meanest Mother In Wyoming Sells 16 Year Old Sons Ford Truck

Image: Facebook

The six-line ad told a powerful story:

VERY mad mother selling 16 yr. old son’s 1993 Ford Ranger. Drove 3 mos. before son forgot to use his brain and got caught driving drunk. $3500 OBO. Call meanest mother in Wyoming, 307 -2**-****.

We had to know what happened.

At first we thought the ad was too good to be true. After all, it was brought to the web by a Casper, Wyoming radio station. A dozen phone calls to the number in the ad went unanswered and the voice mailbox was full. Text messages were the only way we were able to break through and connect with Angie, the self-proclaimed “meanest mother in Wyoming.” The telephone interview that followed gave us the inside story on a used truck ad that has gone viral.

Angie is a divorced mother of two boys, 19 and 16. The youngest son is the one she said “forgot to use his brain” and ended up getting arrested for driving drunk. When her youngest turned 16, Angie bought her son the 1993 pickup truck featured in the ad. She told TheBlaze that this gift did come with a couple of conditions. He was supposed to:

Keep his grades up
Stay out of trouble (Angie said that her son was basically a good boy. However, he had one friend she feared might lead him astray.)

The young man was holding up his end of the bargain until New Year’s Eve.

That night, Angie was home, waiting up for her son to return from a date. When he missed his curfew (something he rarely did) she became concerned and sent him a text message. The reply she received was not typical. In fact, Angie told us that her son’s text message to her made her worry that he was intoxicated. She asked if he needed a ride home. He said “No, I’ll be home in an hour.”

Ninety minutes later, there was no sign of the boy. Like so many people, Angie’s son was caught up in the night’s revelry and ended up getting arrested for driving under the influence. The Wyoming State Police called the boy’s mother to come and get him and it was on the ride home that she decided to sell the truck to teach her son a lesson. Her ex-husband did not want her to sell the truck. She offered to let him buy it. He refused.

The next few days brought impassioned pleas from both her son and her ex-husband. Angie said that she held firm and placed the ad that ran on Wednesday in the local paper. A day later, the story hit the internet and Angie’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing.

Before the ad caught fire on the web, Angie did get a several calls from serious potential buyers, but as of Thursday night, she was still looking for a buyer.

Do you think Angie’s “tough love” parenting is appropriate or would you have given her son a second chance? Weigh-in below in the comments section and take our Blaze Poll.

TheBlaze removed the phone number from the ad.

(H/T – FM 107.9 The River)

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Comments (187)

californiapatriotmom
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 1:20pm
The problem, as I see it, with the above poll and the number of people who feel he should be given a second chance, is that the second chance could end up in his death, or worse, the death of an innocent bystander. It’s usually not the drunk driver who ends up being killed. I say sell the truck. He can buy another one when he’s 18 and on his own. If the mom is paying the insurance, she could be liable in a lawsuit by a victim or victim’s family.

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Klem Kadiddlehopper
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 1:16pm
Good for you Mom !

As my football Coach to use to say…”Some people will only react to pain”…or as a wise man (my Dad) reminded me…”I can’t make you do it, but I can make you wish you had.”

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Boomchucker
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 1:09pm
No wonder she hasn’t sold the truck yet. A 20 year old Ford Ranger for 3500 bucks? It wasn’t worth much more than than when it was new!

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Michelle44
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:21pm
She should have gone to get him! that would have embarrassed him, that would have been punishment enough,, but,, she didn’t know he would drive either,, she had her suspicions, can you base all of this on that? he also had a date,, both drunk. Irresponsible ,,,. She did the right thing by selling his truck, he got caught and no one was hurt only his pride,, I bet he does not do this again.. Can’t blame it all on the mother,, he is supposed to have a brain..

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dolly2827
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:21pm
Let this little bundle of JOY – buy his own and pay for his own insurance – but with this on his record will be very expensive – DWI – in Texas cost avg $ 20,000.00. A mother with morals and rules – unheard of !
YOU are never to deny a child anything and never use the word NO !

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dolly2827
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:18pm
Let him – earn and BUY the next one with HIS MONEY ! His earned money – ha ha
Second – he has accident – mother’s provided vehicle and insurance in her name – she
gets sued and loses everything for her little bundle of JOY !

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bankerpapaw
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:13pm
She’s a wonderful mom!!!

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Conservative_T-Rex
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:57am
good for her!!!! I didn’t have a car til I was 27. he can bum rides and find other ways to get around for a bit. well done mom. i hope she’s not bluffing though… seems like if she was serious she would’ve sold it for real. i have spoken, it is so.

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txannie
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:45am
Exactly what she should have done. The next vehicle needs to be bought by the kid AFTER he grows up and earns it. Mom has a duty to be his mother, not his “friend”. If he can’t go and operate the vehicle responsibly and like he promised he shouldn’t have it. And I don’t care how old he is. If he drives drunk he deserves to be put where he can’t do it.

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Tax Revolt
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:45am
13A; this kids “second chance” is the fact that he did not die nor did he kill anyone while driving intoxicated. Every action has a consequence. This action cost him his truck. He should be thankful that is all it cost him.

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gbgreta
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:33am
Who’s gonna get stuck with the court costs, fines and drunk school tuition for the “Wunderkind”?

Mom.

Sell the truck, but sadly Hon, a 93 Ford Ranger isn’t worth $3500.00. Put the kid to work bagging groceries after school to pay for the mess he made.

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RonThundrEagle
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:17am
13A he is 16 and was drunk I figure he used up his second chance right there. I think she did the right thing and since she bought it and said there were two rules and he violated the one rule he should not have oh well. She was right by selling that sucker and let him take the bus to school and explain why he is. 16 and drunk? WOW! And NO I never drove drunk until I was well old enough to drink and I didn’t get a second chance when I got caught. But now I’m glad they didn’t give me another chance. I didn’t deserve one.

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proudrepublican
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:59am
More mothers should take a page from this mothers book. This is what is wrong with society today. Doing wrong should have consequences, and most often there are none. I’ll bet it will be a very long time before this boy goes against his mother’s rules. I applaud her. Mother of the year comes to mind.

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proudrepublican
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:55am
All mothers should take a page from this mother’s book. The trouble with society today, is there seem to be few consequences when it comes to matters like this. My guess is this boy won’t be drinking underage for a very long time.

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armyalex
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:53am
My younger brother got arrested for drinking and driving got a second chance drove drunk again and died. Sometimes parents need to do things to get through to their children or they wont get a second chance. This mother is being a parent not a friend thats her job!

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CitySlicker
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:42am
He made a deal with his mother; he reneged in the worst possible way. Deal is over and this mother is correct in what she has done.
My son bought a used car while a senior in high school…once he was in college, he got caught up in the credit card scheme they entice freshmen with. We warned him, but he didn’t listen. A few thousand dollars later, he was in trouble with it. We said we would bail him out but he had to sell his car. He did and as the new buyer drove away, I held my hand out for the check. I will never forget the look on his face. Lesson learned; he is now a hard working and fine young man.

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LadyChief
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:34am
This Mom is wonderful! I applaud her integrity!

Our son screwed up when he was only 15 with a car he had gotten for FREE. We sold the car and he had to buy the next vehicle with his own money. He had to wait an additional 6 months after he turned 16 to get his license. He is now under super-strict-parental probation and he knows even one incident will cause this vehicle to also be sold and he will be walking anywhere he wants to go. No more job, extra curricular activities or social life. Driving a vehicle is a privilege and any teen who does not show the maturity to handle it should not be allowed to drive. Yes, kids screw up all the time, but the use of a vehicle puts way too many other people in danger.

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LadyChief
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:29am
This Mom is wonderful! I applaud her integrity!

Our son screwed up at 15 with the car he had gotten for FREE and before he was even legal to drive! We sold the car, and he had to buy the next one with his own money. He had to wait an extra 6 months after he turned 16 to get his license and he is now under severe-super-parental probation. If he slips up even once, he knows this vehicle is gone and he will be walking anywhere he wants to go. No more job, extra curricular activities or social life! Driving is a privilege and if a teen is not mature enough to handle it, they should not have it. Yes, kids screw up all the time, but with a vehicle they are putting too many others in danger.

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Plutos_Pal
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:26am
Some offenses deserve being given a second a chance. With others a swift lesson needs to be taught immediately. A sixteen year old who is drinking and driving needs an immediate lesson, not a second chance to kill himself and/or others.

Besides, he will get a second chance eventually. This isn’t a lifetime ban on driving.

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Apple Bite
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:25am
I do believe I was 21 before I started driving on a regular basis. Teens take things for granted too often, for their own good.

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gunkgy
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:24am
13A, did you actualy read the article ? to quote you “She suspected that her son was already drunk (by the drunk texts he was sending her) and then she tells him to drive him anyway. Wow. Awesome parenting there, Angie”

Here is what the article actualy said:
Angie told us that her son’s text message to her made her worry that he was intoxicated. She asked if he needed a ride home. He said “No, I’ll be home in an hour.”

She asked him if he needed a ride. He said NO. She did not tell him to drive. I will give you a 2nd chance, pull your head out, scroll back to the begining and reread the article.

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American_Made
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:23am
It is not ok to drive drunk. Great job Mom. Sell it and let him walk the next couple years. Bad choices deserve hard knocks. Wont be able to afford the insurance anyway.

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rosegrower
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:21am
Mom did absolutely the right thing. Drunk driving isn’t like speeding or getting a parking ticket – the kid could have been killed or could have taken someone else out. The kid needs to learn that mature judgement is more important than the state’s giving you a license to drive when you’re behind the wheel of a 4000 pound death machine.

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grimjack3791
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:13am
He is entitled to a second chance after mama sells that truck and he suffers for a while. Maybe help him out after his probation and community service is over.

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leavingpa
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:07am
13A 2nd chance for drunk driving? That’s what the driver that killed my niece had when he decided to drive drunk again, hitting the vehicle that she was in causing it to flip numerous times during which she flew out of the vehicle and was killed instantly. What 2nd chances did her daughters get having their mother home every night? Your liberal attitude sickens me.

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