My profession is my curse...

[Weedhound]

I just read something else in your post. You said you turned down a high paying job.....perhaps that high paying job would have set you up financially so that you DID have a bunch of time to indulge in your passion.....perhaps in a pricey greenhouse somewhere.

It's all about choices......make them carefully.

[xcrispi]

Growing isn't a viable "profession / job" . :wtf4:
Would you want to get attached to someone w/ the distinct pos. of getting caught up in the middle of a pos. raid or even worse arrested along w/ them ? Listen long -n- hard to what Weedhound just said about choices .
Crispi :stoned:

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

Y'all are bumming me out. I'm gonna make like an ostrich, and persistently fantasize about a world in which nobody snitches, and people are free to make choices based on what their heart tells them.

/la la la I can't heeeaaar youuuuuuuu!:abduct:

[4osiris]

Y'all are bumming me out. I'm gonna make like an ostrich, and persistently fantasize about a world in which nobody snitches, and people are free to make choices based on what their heart tells them.

/la la la I can't heeeaaar youuuuuuuu!:abduct:

Amen, sister!

[stinkyattic]

I just thought of one of the sweetest threads I've ever seen on the site...
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-loun...vest-love.html

[Zcomp]

Because it is good here! Even in this "arm-pit" of an area! Mendo and Humbolt are much nicer, but the kids here NEED me (I am a teacher's aide/tutor). So here I'll stay. The cops are "rather corrupt", so I still act like I'm illegal. One of these days, it will be better here, but until then, I'll just keep my head low.

OK- I have a legit medical problem relating to a head trauma, but I would be smoking pot no matter what. At 19, I found pot helped a lot with the migraines! But it is my experience that most of us have some problem that pot helps.

So why should other people suffer (pain or imprisonment) when moving would take care of their problem? I look at it like severe allergies. If you were severely allergic to a pollen found in your area, it would make sense to move! Same way with laws- I'm "allergic" to prohibitionist laws! Come to Cali, get "legal", and look at the Cali forum and dispensaries as "happy hunting grounds" for friends and lovers. - Granny:hippy:

LOL In Japan people moved from territory to territory trying to escape to the least oppressive place. Funny that here in 2007 we in the USA do the same.

[Unknown American]

You know I was reading through this thread again and I was thinking...

It is really messed up! My profession has cost me many things. Relationships, friends, a normal life. And yet I know I will not change or compromise my lifestyle for any of these things. Wow that is fucked up. But I choose it.

I accept that I live in a shadow culture with incredible risks. Yet the lifestyle appeals to me. I have to believe there is someone for everyone...even for outlaws.

I have cut down on my risk factors. I do not do my "profession" at my house. I do not post anything about what I do in any targeted areas on the Internet. My normal friends do not even know that I smoke.

Yet I know if I ever do find someone special again that I need to tell them about it. I mean they have a right to know. I believe in honesty but have been burned before because of it. But if I tell them they might not like it.

Aarrggh! Why don't people come with instructions?

How can you know? You can't. You are dammed if you do and dammed if you don't.

Fortunately I am not looking for anything serious as far as relationships go right now. So I don't have to deal with it.

But one day I will have to face this again. I hope I choose wisely.

[Weedhound]

You find out in baby steps. You trust them with something small....then move up. That's pretty darn normal in my opinion......it's how I do it anyway.

As for how can you know? You don't get to. That's what it is ALLLLLL about. That's why relationships are risky. And take alot of work.

Sorry unknown, no easy answers and only one piece of advice. Study the hell out of your mistakes so you can learn from them. It's the one thing that will keep you from repeating the same error over and over.