SMOKE THIS
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Powerful stuff Ironpeddler. Enjoyed. Thanks
My five year old actually told me the other day he thinks it is 'ok if you smoke as long as you moderate'
I grew up in cigarette and cigar filled rooms with the family playing mahjong and cooking food. None of the dozen or so kids and grandkids have any asthma problems, nor cancer. Divorce and gambling problems, yeah, but nothing that a little alcohol and smoke wouldn't fix.
My wife still smokes cigs and I quit cigs after 28 years, my littlest one had childhood asthma growing up, but we threw her in the water and the swimming strengthened that up. She's all of 13 now and doesn't need any medicine.
I'm not saying cigars and cigs do no harmful damages, but we don't blow the smoke directly at the kids, nor keep the room closed without any ventilation. It's about strengthening the kids to face ALL types of challenges life will bring from emotional, physical and, and mental adversities.
I tell guys that look at my marriage and just say, "She's the only one that can handle me."
Then we wonder why the kids we hire at our businesses are all demanding and soooo praise needy. I had a talk with an other business owner a few months ago who said when they did their annual evaluations for managers a big portion of the remarks read that they are not receiving enough recognition and praise. He said WTF, they are doing a job and we are paying them for it what more do they want....
Did you or would you stop smoking when you had kids? NO
For those of you with children, Was this an issue and how did you handle it?It was not an issue. I don't smoke in the house only outdoors.
I BTW do smoke around my kids. I just make sure I don't exhale directly at them.
If one of my daughters comes out on the balcony, I don't go "OMG" and throw my cigar in a bucket of water.
Your kids get a lot more posion walking down the street with cars, buses, and motorcycles driving by.
All this second hand smoke sillyness is starting to piss me off. Human have been smoking for hundreds of years and the life expectancy keeps going up, not down.
If it was as bad as all the WHO nuts are trying to make it sound, the human race would have died out by now.
Very true John, our wives and girlfriends must honor our 'Passion'...as we would equally support theirs...that is THE key aspect of any relationship...mutual respect for each others personal endeavors. To try to 'change' someone to fit or match your own personal beliefs is more of a slippery slope than they care to admit.Very nice Gary! Very, very nice!
My kids and wife all know I smoke, and they don't complain one bit. Of course I'm respectful, and don't blow smoke in their faces, or smoke in our vehicles.
My wife is especially supportive of my passion and this is important to the health of our relationship. In general we support each other in all of our pursuits and this is what makes it work. You can't marry someone and figure you can change them as you go along, that only ends in a relationship that is resentful, or just doesn't work at all eventually.
She often says she associates cigar smoking as a sign of someone who knows how to relax, and cigarette smoking as someone who does not know how to relax. ....... I've done both and I can tell you I don't need any study to tell me there is a world of difference between the two.
I can see it if you were chain smoking cigarettes, or downing a 5th of Jack Daniels every day. However, I don't think a cigar every day or once a week will hurt one bit.
They will John, that I will guaranty. If you raise your children in a loving home where there are so many pleasant & happy thoughts within their lives, you can't miss. All the cigar smoke does is TRIGGER those happy memories...so the onus is always on us as parents to continue to create those happy moments!Incredible story, Gary. Thank you for posting that.
I hope my kids grow up and eventually realize those kinds of memories, too.
-John