Weed Lifestyle

Cannabis Is a Friend to Romantic Relationships, Source: http://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/images/stock_photos/male-female-couple-marijuana-bed_7628.jpgThere has been a long standing joke that turns out not to be such a joke at all. The joke is that going to Ikea is a taxing experience on a relationship. The moment you walk through those blue and yellow doors accompanied by a loved one, a fuse has been lit. Eventually you’re going to detonate, leaving a greasy spattering of the love you once shared festooned to the Swedish-wallpapered sample room islands that populate the warehouse.

I’ve always thought it was a funny, but not quite accurate, joke. Are my wife and I somehow immune to that level of trauma? Not likely. However, I do admit that, when we go to Ikea, I am nice and baked and I have an ok time.

That stirred me into wondering, generally, if cannabis could be good for relationships. What are the major causes of relational strife outside of infidelity? Many couples can genuinely love each other, yet still fail to make it through difficult times with their relationships in tact. Often, it’s not even something especially difficult that causes woe. Sometimes it’s boredom, monotony or pent up gripes that spill over and feel way more serious than they are.

Cannabis Is a Friend to Romantic Relationships, Source: http://d21no8zvelat5l.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/couple%20smoking%20pot.jpg?itok=GfqWch_hCannabis is great for de-stressing and fostering a sense of peaceful energy. It’s also has a strong ability to help me enjoy the simpler things in life and it keeps me from being hyper-critical and competitive. As my college roommate said to me once, “I like stoned Raylan better than non-stoned Raylan; stoned Raylan is less likely to yell at me for using a fork the wrong way.” That was a bit of hyperbole on his part, but the point was clear. I’m just a kinder person when I’m stoned.

That’s not to say that I’m a total dick when I’m sober, I think I am a pretty nice guy in any state. But I will say that it’s a lot easier to stay out of the red when I’ve had a bit of green. That’s why it’s kind of ironic that there is a strain of bud named after the Incredible Hulk because if the Hulk smoked weed, he’d spend a great deal more time as Bruce Banner.

I’m not saying cannabis keeps my relationship thriving, but it does help me to let the petty things roll off my back, and the petty things can be a slow-motion poison oozing across the fragile scaffolding of romantic love.