Wine loosens the tongue; weed sets you free. After a few puffs, many people feel more relaxed, more introspective, or —even the toughest, prickliest types— start to open up emotionally. The right setting, next to the right person, can lead to deep, loving, and sometimes wild conversations. Smoking weed as a couple often helps you tune into each other’s feelings and drop the guard, making it easier to touch on things that might otherwise be hard (if not downright impossible) to discuss.
Shared goals? A deeper meaning to the relationship? Fears and insecurities? Alternative futures? Projects you want to lock in? Wild, uninhibited sex or even a vow of celibacy? Stuck topics that never seem to move forward? In that space, the “what ifs?” can easily become a reality. Marijuana can push the imagination’s edges and spark new emotional connections. So what about sex, desire, fantasies, and boundaries?
Of course, not everything has to be so solemn and transcendental: smoking weed as a couple can also ignite crazy conversations about past lives, aliens, conspiracies, and all kinds of absurd, hypothetical twists and turns. What was the last song you played on your Spotify? What do our pets really think of us? Do we have a doppelgänger somewhere else in the world? What happens if you mix Coke and Mentos? What do the stars say about our relationship? What if we ditched our city life and go grow coffee in the Bolivian mountains?
Experts say that cannabis can boost empathy, but also paranoia and anxiety. That’s why they suggest keeping the tone easy, respectful, and open-minded. Health pros don’t always recommend it for conversations that need a certain level of seriousness or sensitivity. Basically, it can alter your emotional state, and in that sense, it’s …
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Author: Hernán Panessi / High Times
