Whenever I’m out in public, I like to be as discreet as possible.
I’m not the biggest fan of drawing attention to myself whether it’s with the way I dress, the color of my hair, or massive tattoos displayed on my skin.
I understand that many would call me prudish, but this is just simply how I was raised. I wasn’t even allowed to purposefully burp in front of the rest of my family. If it ever happened by accident, we were expected to excuse ourselves excessively. This is a tough environment to grow up in as a child, no doubt. When I see people getting loud and excited in public, there’s a part of me that always feels second hand embarrassment at a subconscious level. My conscious mind doesn’t care, but there’s always that part of my mind that is deeper down which experiences a visceral reaction to these stimuli. When I started using cannabis in college, I was always extremely paranoid about public use. My friends would pull out bongs in moving cars during broad daylight and I would nearly lose myself in response. It would freak me out and worry me that a cop would see and pull us over immediately for possession of cannabis. Nowadays you can purchase cannabis oil pens which are extremely discreet by comparison. They resemble nicotine vape pens and are extremely easy to hide when you’re in public. As long as you aren’t making a big deal out of it, a cannabis oil pen is extremely discreet around others. I’ll keep buying cannabis oil pens if I need something for public consumption.