Smokers who live with non-smokers.....

[malta blue]

Do you smoke in the house?

:rant:

I have repeatedly asked Mr MB to smoke outside, but he somehow believes "outside" means in a lazyboy in the basement :banghead::nuke::banghead:

I got home from a 10 hour day to a smelly kitchen because he had just had a cocktail and a smoke after spending the day working from home and taking care of Little MB who was sick.....tough day :sarcasm: He woke up at 9 and just cleaned his office. She spent the day on the couch.

Okay, so I am bitter but c'mon! :mad: I have repeatedly asked him to smoke outside and all I get is a DH who smokes in the basement and tells me "It will go away"

:nuke::nuke::nuke:

[taterguy]

1. We came to an agreement before I moved in

So yes, I smoke in the house.

Of course quitting is on the agenda but I haven't picked a date yet.

[malta blue]

2. We used to smoke in the garage

in our old house (when I smoked too) and when we moved here, the agreement was no smoking in the new house at all.

He is a California boy and has found that he can't "enjoy" his smoke when it is so cold outside (we live in upstate NY) so he independantly decided to make a smoking lounge downstairs :puke:

This was not the agreement - AND - he was supposed to quit with me almost a year ago and recently informed me that there is no way he is quitting in 2008 either.... :banghead:

[JackBeck]

3. No.

It was a deal we made when we bought our first place a few years ago. I go downstairs to the front courtyard. I also don't smoke as much as I used to when I worked nights. I'm down to about 5 smokes a day.

I'll admit, though, to being weak sometimes when he travels for work, especially when it has been cold outside. But I hold my hand out the window and try to blow as much smoke as possible outside.

You sound really frustrated. I'd say, "pick your battles", but I can see how this would be one of them. Good luck.

:hug:

[malta blue]

6. I am really frustrated.

The fact that he did not quit doesn't bother me other than the fact that he is smoking in the house when we agreed that would not happen - and it's not like you blowing it out the window....

He is sitting in an easy chair in the basement smoking 3 and 4 at a time with his morning coffee or evening cocktail!

Thanks for the hug - I really do need it :hug:

[Omphaloskepsis]

4. When I lived inside the house I didn't smoke.

I live in a RV in the backyard now. I smoke inside now that I am the only one living in here (the RV). But I go out to the street if I smoke outside now because one of the people that live in the house is bothered even by a small amount coming in through a window.

[malta blue]

7. Wow - good on you.

:thumbsup:

[SteppingRazor]

5. Hmm ... I'm a smoker who lives with a smoker, and even WE don't smoke in the house.

:shrug:

[malta blue]

8. I assume your weather is cooperative to

practice outdoor smoking year-round.

I grew up in this area and hid my smoking until I was well out of college, so I suppose I was just used to smoking outside.

Next year will be one year since I quit after 25 years of smoking. The smell of it really bothers me and sets off my asthma. I just don't get why he won't suck it up!

[SteppingRazor]

9. Yeah, I gotta give you that.

I live in South Florida. If I lived someplace that had seasons that ranged from something other than "really, really nice" to "hot, sticky and humid," I might have to consider smoking indoors.

[malta blue]

10. there ya have it...

Heck I figure he can always smoke in his car :rofl:

Just get out of my basement!

[Heidi]

12. Same here.

Nor do we smoke in cars or in public enclosures where smoking is allowed. We don't like inflicting our habit on non-smokers. :shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

11. Yuck. I feel for you.

Neither one of us smokes, but I am so incredibly sensitive to the smell, it blocks me up instantly. I don't know how I'd live with someone who smoked in the house.

My mom smoked in the house and I don't recall it bothering me when I was growing up. Once I moved out, whoo boy. I can smell smoke at 50 yards. It's weird.