How to explain I smoke

Hey, a bunch of my friends don't know I smoke pot. The friends who don't know also don't like the idea of smoking. So, I was just wondering how to explain to them that I smoke without discouraging them or losing their friendship when the time comes.

 

You don't have to tell them shit, if they’re not cool with it. Then why open up a can of worms.

 

i've got to ask how old you are, how important said closed-minded friends are to you, and how big a deal they think smoking is.

plenty of people dont like pot and hate stoner culture who don't necessarily hate you because you choose to do something they dont like.

in high school, i had a lot of friends who thought smokng pot was rediculously stupid, yet so long as i didnt smoke in front of them or wasnt completely obliterated around them they didnt care at all.

most people i have run into dont care THAT much even if they dont like it.

then again a former employer wanted to persistantly drug test a coworker, and even considered requiring rehab, when he found out one of us smoked pot (little did he know that 85%+ of the staff smoked, and many times we smoked together or traded in the store)

he fired someone for finding out the guy had gone to hookahville

some people dont like it but dont care much, some are psycho about it.

there are lots of factors that go into this.

also, how much do you smoke?

(i am surprised its such a big deal if you're in bloomington. it seems like such a cool, laid back town)

 

fucking exactly theres no need to tell them that type of shit. keep it on the downlow trust me.

 

Yeah why can’t it be your secret?

 

yeah dont bring it up unless its really necessary, i mean if they ask you if you smoke weed then maybe it's different but if no ones asking i wouldnt even say anything about it

 

personally, i can keep it secret from people i work with if i really must.

but when it comes to friends and immediate family, fuck it. i can't be bothered keeping up with many secrets or lies. its too much work.

i feel much more comfortable with being open and honest.

but then, most people i am so close to really dont care.

so i guess it really matters how important these people are to him/her, how important weed is to him/her, what the friends reactions would be.....and so on.

why not keep it secret? well, why keep it secret? if someone doesnt like me and is mean to me or avoids me just because i smoke pot (and i have the courtesy not to do it around nonsmokers) then i think they're petty and narrowminded and not really worth caring so much about anyway (though it may still bother me slightly)

i dont know. maybe its lazy to not want to keep up a portrayal of a false identity. maybe its naive to not like the idea of lying to people about who i am and what i like.

but if it were me, i wouldnt treat it like its a big deal when i told them. because its not. it can come up in conversation, or it can come up through just joking around...but generally i make some kind of comment about it before saying i smoke, so i can kind of judge their reactions. not so much so i know what i can or can't say, but to give me an idea of what to expect. once in a long while i realize i just dont want a certain boss or teacher or whoever to know.

i dont know. if youre overly nervous and concerned about telling a particular individual, a good idea might be to make a small joke or something about pot if the opportunity presents itself, and judge from their reaction to it what they might think about it.

this method would be by no means foolproof, so just use your best personal judgment!

 

alright dude what you gotta do is try watching a movie like half baked or something that has to do with weed, then be like i kinda feel like smoking right now, then they would probably say they want to aswell then work on it from there

 

If you want to tell someone you enjoy marijuana, but fear their reaction, just be very honest and open about it. Just say "I just want you guys to know I smoke weed recreationally, I respect and like you enough that I don't want to keep this a secret from you, we never have to bring it up again, and if you have any questions about it I would love to answer them!"

If they are douchebags after that kind of talk then they are not worth keeping as friends imo.

 

I think he should add: "or if you want to join me. . . " to that sentence.

 

lmao that's right.:spliff:

There's really no reason to tell your friends. Just keep it to yourself and your pothead friends.

 

or tell them and see if they're real friends. I think that if someone doesn't want to be friends just cuz you smoke pot, they wouldn't be a good friend anyway

 

Just spark up a blunt in front of them and ask if they want to join in.