| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 1/30/2009 5:07:45 AM |
I guess that POF has so many perfect people signed up that they can bash and put down and say how nasty we are.
I've tried to find the perfect woman, but every one I've met is unfortunately human. | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 8/7/2009 11:06:01 AM | I don't know if this is correct, this thread thing about cigarette smoking or whatever. This will be my first writing on something on the internet about something and it is about smoking.
The first thing I look at in an ad is the picture of course. I click the picture and the second thing I definitely look at is do you smoke. Today you have to look at that question. A often is what I answer, pack a day maybe more sometimes. Even an occasionally is ok but a never is not so good. I also look at people in the events pof has and if there are plenty of people with often smoke (which there is not) I go. (That's another point I would like to discuss places to hold an event which include smoking indoors.)
Ok I read the ? again and yes some non-smokers if they choose to let you know, but I see pof doesn't have that question out to answer that. I did see a non-smoker say no smokers please and that's ok. Even if someone says to the other smoking is ok I still rather prefer an often smoker.
My dad stopped smoking and a week later he smelled the difference and he was an often smoker. He couldn't stand it. Some people can but still I keep things simple I smoke I hope you do. | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 8/21/2009 2:41:24 PM | After looking at their photo, one of the very first things I look for in someone's profile, is, does she or doesn't she smoke?
My parents, grandparents, ex wife, and a number of friends, all passed away from smoking related illnesses, and thank goodness, I was able to kick a 3 pack a day habit almost 25 years ago. With what we know today about smoking, it just seems like common sense to me to quit. So, try the patch, hypnosis, or any other means available to STOP.
So, my answer to the question is, I really would not want to get involved with anyone who does smoke. I've lost enough people that I really cared about, because they did smoke.
By the way, after stopping, I noticed that food tasted better, I had a clearer sense of smell, and I no long woke up with that horrible taste in my mouth, like someone had walked across my tongue in their socks after having been standing in mud all night. | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 8/23/2009 11:42:26 AM | I would add my vote for the Non-smokers. It's a deal breaker with me. My mom smokes and when I was younger (and still actually) it bothers me that her breath is horrible. Once it's in the lungs after years of smoking, no amount of gum or mouthwash or flossing can remove it.
In the upcoming Hobbit movie, Guillermo del Toro could get a true and honest facial reaction from the actors, when they first meet and smell the lair of the dragon Smog, if he could have some special-effects guy duplicate my mom's breath after a cigarette and blow it into their faces. (Not to insult my mom, I love her, but she could never kick the habit. I hear it is a very difficult thing to stop for many people even if they want to quit.) | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 8/25/2009 8:59:07 PM | wow,
i have seen less hostility on the political forums. smokers, take a smoke break and non smokers please calm down, your going to have a heart attack!
im sure that everyone on this planet has some flaw that someone else really dislikes, there is no real need to act with such callousness towards your fellow fishies!
smile, there is always teeth whitener! | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 8/28/2009 12:00:10 PM | SunnySnow ... I don't think what anyone is saying is 'hostility' or 'callousness.' ... sometimes one has to look beyond what is being said or how it is being said, and discern WHY it is being said.
When I read these postings what I read is "I loved this person, or that person, and because of smoking something horrible happened that I wish never happened, and I was powerless to prevent or stop it. I never got over it and it hurts me to this day. I never want to go through it again. Or, maybe perhaps by posting here I might affect change in someone who does smoke to realize the harm it might do to them AND others whom love them." ... Well, that's what I read. I don't see hostility. I see heartfelt concern.
I didn't see anyone saying smokers are terrible people just because they smoke. If I were to turn that attention to myself, my earlier posting about "The Hobbit and dragon breath," may have crossed the line from attempted humor to insult and for that I wish I could 'edit' the posting, but I can't. | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 9/8/2009 4:15:46 PM | I personally cannot stand a smoker as someone I would date. The aroma alone is nasty and reminds me of my childhood where I grew up on a farm among the dairy's. If you are in it then it doesn't bother you. It's like an acquired smell. People would visit and walk around the farm with a rag over there mouth like the smell of cow poop was somehow the most grossest thing ever. Years later I returned to what was once home and being away from those farm smells for such a long time it seemed almost revolting, like being near a sewer plant for too long.
The same thing goes for smoking. Smoky bars are a turn off. I spend about 5 minutes in one and my eyes start to burn. When I leave I can smell the residue that has set into my clothes and my long hair. At least when I leave the farm I don't continue to smell like poop.
Being with a smoker is a deal breaker because of that reason. | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 9/9/2009 11:29:59 PM | | For me it's like this. If you're a smoker, I can date you. The smoking doesn't really bother me much physically unless you light up in the car when it's raining or something and can't roll down the windows. But you'll have to deal with me trying to get you to quit. I'm not going to be a jerk about it, but I won't stop trying. If you can deal with that, I can deal with you being a smoker, until I can convince you to give it up :P | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 9/17/2009 3:42:03 PM | This is my 1st time posted on this site so bare with me..........................
I'm a ex-smoker of 17 years. Hasnt even been a year since I've quit 4/20/09 . But I will say I'll NEVER smoke another cigarette again. Now as far as "Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker" I'd perfer to find a non-smoker simply due to the fact I can nolonger stand the smell of cigarette smoke. | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 9/18/2009 8:29:46 AM | | I'm the same way ANK. I smoked on and off for years, and quit in 1986. What I really hate is the way smoke stays in my hair and clothes if I go to a smoky establishment. Breathing second-hand smoke gives me headaches and a hangover-feeling. I don't like the smell of smoke on someone's breath. I've had people stand next to me who smoke and I can smell it on them and it repels me. I did date someone for a while who smoked and didn't tell me and was shocked because he hid the smell of it so good. Once I knew he became a chimney. I once had a cigar smoker ask if I minded if he lit up in the car. I said I'd prefer not but he said it would be no problem with the window open, he lit up and the smoke still went in my face and up my nose. So NO I won't date a smoker but I understand it's not as big a deal to others. | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 10/1/2009 10:31:15 PM | You can possibly get a date but why? It's always going to be a subject of contention. Why not just date people like yourself? Or give it up....hey, that's another option.
My roommate's bf smokes and refuses to stop doing it in the house. I have found that most smoker's addiction overrules their thoughtfulness. Someone who is normally a nice person will do it when you've asked them not to because they HAVE to. I have asthma and allergies to smoke and he doesn't give a crap. Either does my roommate when he's around...she does it too. My mom's dying of emphasema, so I'm probably biased. I wish they were never thought of. | |
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| Can a smoker get a date with a non smoker?
Posted: 10/1/2009 10:32:52 PM | | Oh yeah.....and I've seen that 95 percent of people at POF gatherings smoke....but 95 percent of people on this website say in their profiles that they DON'T. Things that make you say "hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm". I thought so. | |
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