Strayvector
Like what you smoke, smoke what you like
For those of you who wishes that your wife/girlfriend smokes cigars with you, a quick cautinary tale before you try to convince her.
A quick background. My wife and I are both ex smokers. When we were expecting our first child, we both quit smoking and haven't smoked cigarettes for about 7 years now. One of the things that we missed about smoking was the time that we would spend out on the patio chatting while having a cigarette or two.
About 4 years ago, I started smoking cigars and tried to get my wife to join me on several occasions. To her credit, she tried, but was never very enamored with the taste of cigars. This of course left me to smoke on my own or with the guys on poker nights. Then about 2 years ago, I discovered something known as ISOMs. Of course, I had heard plenty about this phenomenon, but never actually had the chance to partake in it until one fateful poker night. A buddy brought with him a few sticks to smoke while I was dutifully taking his money. In a fit of frustration, he handed me a stick and said, "Curse you! Smoke this and stop calling my bluffs". I looked at the stick and thought, "Wow, this is a beautiful looking smoke." It was a VR Unicos. Needless to say, it was the best cigar that I had ever smoked up to that point. True enough, that present ended up being a curse because although I kept winning his money that night, my buddy had just condemmed me to spending much more money than I had ever taken from him. The next day was the start of a new obsession. I took my winnings and immediately found a vendor and ordered a box of Unicos and to this day, it is still one of my favorite smokes.
So anyway, back to the wife thing. Once I started smoking Cuban cigars, I gradually lost interest in other domestics to the point that I've only smoked 2-3 non Cubans this past year. Of course with this great discovery, I tried to share it with my wife. She tried it, did not like it, thought that it was way too strong and in retrospect, I probably should not have started her off on a Unicos for her introduction to Cubans. Last year, on our 9th Anniversary, I handed her a Choix Supremes and told her that she had to try it so that we can once again share those patio days smoking. She lit it up, and WAM! She was hooked. She made me buy her a box of Choix Supremes just for her. Since then, she has gradually smoked other cigars in the humi and on certain occasions, prefers the stronger sticks like the Unicos and the BBF. Her current fave is also mine...the PSP2.
So now you're all thinking. "Hey, whatcha complainin' about. That's hella cool. Wife smokes cigars, you get to share this passion, and it's damn sexy when a Betty smokes a stogie." Yeah, yeah...that's all fine and dandy and...true. Well, here's the cautionary part. My job requires me to travel quite a bit and everytime I come home, I find my humidor a little lighter and always missing a few of my favorite sticks.
It's now so bad, that when I get home from a trip, I have to do an inventory of the humi to figure out what I need to replace. She doesn't seem to get that there are sticks that need to age and some that are for special occasions. Oh well. So here's the big impact. Before she started smoking, I was spending about $150 USD a month on my habit. Now it's more than doubled (she stays home, I travel). Before, I get sticks for my birthdays and anniversaries, now SHE gets them. I've just put in a order for $500 USD worth of cigars for our 10th anniversary next Friday because SHE wants to try the Sublimes, Trinidad Robusto Extra, and Hoyo DC (go figure, she must still think that bigger is better...although in the case of the Trini, she's right 
).
So all you men trying to get your significant other to smoke. Be careful what you wish for, it may come true. For me, it's still a dream. Can't wait to get back to the Tucson next week and share an evening of Havana Club mojitos and Trinidad Robusto Extras (among other things of course) with my wife of 10 years.
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A quick background. My wife and I are both ex smokers. When we were expecting our first child, we both quit smoking and haven't smoked cigarettes for about 7 years now. One of the things that we missed about smoking was the time that we would spend out on the patio chatting while having a cigarette or two.
About 4 years ago, I started smoking cigars and tried to get my wife to join me on several occasions. To her credit, she tried, but was never very enamored with the taste of cigars. This of course left me to smoke on my own or with the guys on poker nights. Then about 2 years ago, I discovered something known as ISOMs. Of course, I had heard plenty about this phenomenon, but never actually had the chance to partake in it until one fateful poker night. A buddy brought with him a few sticks to smoke while I was dutifully taking his money. In a fit of frustration, he handed me a stick and said, "Curse you! Smoke this and stop calling my bluffs". I looked at the stick and thought, "Wow, this is a beautiful looking smoke." It was a VR Unicos. Needless to say, it was the best cigar that I had ever smoked up to that point. True enough, that present ended up being a curse because although I kept winning his money that night, my buddy had just condemmed me to spending much more money than I had ever taken from him. The next day was the start of a new obsession. I took my winnings and immediately found a vendor and ordered a box of Unicos and to this day, it is still one of my favorite smokes.
So anyway, back to the wife thing. Once I started smoking Cuban cigars, I gradually lost interest in other domestics to the point that I've only smoked 2-3 non Cubans this past year. Of course with this great discovery, I tried to share it with my wife. She tried it, did not like it, thought that it was way too strong and in retrospect, I probably should not have started her off on a Unicos for her introduction to Cubans. Last year, on our 9th Anniversary, I handed her a Choix Supremes and told her that she had to try it so that we can once again share those patio days smoking. She lit it up, and WAM! She was hooked. She made me buy her a box of Choix Supremes just for her. Since then, she has gradually smoked other cigars in the humi and on certain occasions, prefers the stronger sticks like the Unicos and the BBF. Her current fave is also mine...the PSP2.
So now you're all thinking. "Hey, whatcha complainin' about. That's hella cool. Wife smokes cigars, you get to share this passion, and it's damn sexy when a Betty smokes a stogie." Yeah, yeah...that's all fine and dandy and...true. Well, here's the cautionary part. My job requires me to travel quite a bit and everytime I come home, I find my humidor a little lighter and always missing a few of my favorite sticks.
It's now so bad, that when I get home from a trip, I have to do an inventory of the humi to figure out what I need to replace. She doesn't seem to get that there are sticks that need to age and some that are for special occasions. Oh well. So here's the big impact. Before she started smoking, I was spending about $150 USD a month on my habit. Now it's more than doubled (she stays home, I travel). Before, I get sticks for my birthdays and anniversaries, now SHE gets them. I've just put in a order for $500 USD worth of cigars for our 10th anniversary next Friday because SHE wants to try the Sublimes, Trinidad Robusto Extra, and Hoyo DC (go figure, she must still think that bigger is better...although in the case of the Trini, she's right ).So all you men trying to get your significant other to smoke. Be careful what you wish for, it may come true. For me, it's still a dream. Can't wait to get back to the Tucson next week and share an evening of Havana Club mojitos and Trinidad Robusto Extras (among other things of course) with my wife of 10 years.
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