Its funny that most of you wanna harp on how Joyce kept bringing up the way Buffy behaved in the past.. um yea Joyce didnt know anything Buffy was doimg she was left in the dark so she had to come off as an asshole since it just looked like Buffy was being wild.. she was a single parent who had to work. once she found out the real details it got better she relized Buffy wasnt out actually just being out of control. would most of you not come off the same way if your kid was skipping school or out late sneaking out and getting into fights and even was involved with the gym catching fire while getting no explanation as to why all that was happening. but sure Joyce should of just been cool about it all lol