My girlfriend & I are both 28 yrs. old. We've dated exclusively for nearly 4 yrs., and for the past 6 months, we've been living together. Ever since we met, she was aware of the fact that I drank and smoked marijuana, and I was aware of the fact that she thought drinking and marijuana was wrong(she sees it in the same category as heroin). Over the yrs. my use has become less & less (once a month, if that).
We broke up awhile back, and when we got back in touch months later, she wanted to get back together, and she wanted to get an apt., and when i said, well, I enjoy having a few beers now & then, she said she didn't care, that's fine. A joint and a beer are the same to me, so I figured that she really opened up her perspective.
So we moved in. I have a full time job, I don't go out and party. I'm a homebody and like to kick back with my g/f. I don't smoke in the house. However my car died out a few weeks ago, and i had to move my weed from my car, to the closet. It was chronic and obviously I didn't store it well enough b/c, she smelled it, and searched through my things, finding a couple grams of bud and my little bong.
So, now she thinks i'm a drug addict. She views getting stoned for a couple hours a month (and when i got stoned in the past , it was never in her presense, it was always when i took a walk alone) as being an addict.
She's putting me in a position to "choose" her or the drugs as she puts it. But it's far from that. I love her so much, but I also want the option open to smoke a joint once in awhile. I don't want someone to dictate that for me. She views it as destructive and wrong.
The other night, during a work break, a friend came by and smoked me out a bowl. It didn't cut down on my work productivity, infact I was more focused and got more done being stoned. And by the time my shift ended, I was clear headed again, and my g/f didn't even notice.
Sometimes, I would come back from running errands, and I would still be a little stoned , but she never noticed.so my question is this....Should I conitue to smoke in secret once in a great awhile? I mean she's going too far calling me a drug addict. I don't want to lose her, but I don't want to agree to what she wants, and "never" doing it again.
On a sidenote, she has had a weight problem ever since i've known her. she loses then she gains. And i've never confronted her, saying, shed those extra pounds or i'm breaking up with you, b/c it's unhealthy. But she is saying this to me. Any advice for those who've been there?