| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 12:57:43 PM | If the woman/man of your dreams was a non-smoker and couldn't tolerate the smoking, would you consider quitting for them?
A friend of mine would quit every time he got a new luuuuv interest, not by the girl's request, but just because he knew she would appreciate it. He's currently in his longest/happiest relationship and it looks like he's quit for good. Thoughts?
Non-smokers: If the man/lady of your dreams was a regular smoker, would you be able to cope? | |
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7times
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Joined: 10/27/2005
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 1:00:41 PM | | 7times- OK that is clearly cheating! Lets say they WERE the perfect match for you, except that the smoke really bothered them! (they didn't hassel you about it, they were just allergic to it or something...) | |
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7times
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Joined: 10/27/2005
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 1:03:54 PM | Yup,I'm doing it. Not just for my "dreamboat" but all the other great things that come with not smoking. More money in my purse, tasting food again, better lung capacity, longer life, etc...
This dreamboat wins the "will you quit" fight because he said "I don't like that you smoke, I love you even if you do, but I would like to spend as many years as possible with you." and left it at that. No harrassing, no nagging, made his claim and dropped the subject. I'm doing the Welbutrine (sp?) so it's a slow process...oh...and he doesn't know. He only knows that it's an anti-dpressant (we went through a family loss reccently). So it's a surprise...SHHHHhhh!
~M.A~
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 1:10:11 PM | this is an interesting question from the opposite perspective. i mean i don't smoke but i have dated smokers in the past. i don't think i'd make someone quit to be with me but the person would have to be mighty special for me to overlook that they smoked. and then there are the smoking parameters like i don't want them to smoke in my house and not around my son, etc. my sister is a smoker and we get along great but she is also very respectful about where she smokes, etc.
of course, then there are different kinds of smokers - there are those who smoke only when they go to a bar or socially vs those who smoke often....i guess it would be easier for a non-smoker to go out with a social smoker since it would be outside the home for the most part.
i am interested in reading others thoughts on the topic. | |
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 1:27:37 PM | Heck Ya!....I'd quit smoking
My Dreamboat; 32ft Whaler Craft, Twin 175hp Merck Engines, Full gallery, sleeps 6, 10 deep sea fishing poles, deep sea bait well, which I be fully in change of...that's why my crew would perfer to call me the MasterBaiter..........
Oh!, does this include Pot...in that case never mind.. | |
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 1:29:35 PM | I'm a smoker and I would absolutely quit if my "perfect match" didn't and it bothered him.
On a side note: My mom was a smoker when she met my Dad (I'm talking like 2 packs a day here) and she quit because he didn't like it! She just needed something else to keep her mind (and mouth  occupied). | |
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supper
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Joined: 12/8/2005
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 1:42:25 PM | DIzziej- That's cute! My mom was a smoker when she met my dad (she started before they knew it was "so bad" for you, ~1962) but he encouraged her habbit by always bringing home boxes of cigarettes, trying to be thoughtful. It was when they decided to make babies that she quit cold turkey!
hartmcgin- If that cake in your display picture was ANYWHERE near me right now, it would be gone in 30 seconds.
commonsens- What does that mean? :l | |
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Joined: 4/7/2006
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 1:45:30 PM | | I have to agree with you. If someone really loves you they should love you for you and not be looking to change things about you. I would'nt change anything for a man. I am who I am and also a smoker. Take me as I am or not at all. | |
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supper
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Joined: 12/8/2005
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 1:56:31 PM | terry480- I'm not talking about someone wanting to change you, so much as you wanting to change yourself for someone (and for yourself goes wtout saying). I get what you're saying, but to me this question is comparible to "Would you get into shape for your perfect match?". I'm not one that jogs and hits the gym regularly, but if I met someone who swept me off my feet and did, then I would easily adopt that lifestyle because it would be win-win: keep up with Dreamboat, and lead a healthier lifestyle! But I absolutely agree that if someone was actively trying to change me then I would not stick with them!
muay thai- Good for you! I know what you mean, I have many friends who are former smokers and have a very difficult time in social situations where everyone else is smoking!! Luckily around here that is limitted to peoples' homes, and outdoors. | |
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 2:03:16 PM | I'm a nurse, non-smoker and grew up with second hand smoke when I was younger. I really can't stand the smell and the fumes give me a headache if I'm surrounded by people who do smoke.
I would never ask anyone to stop smoking for me but it probably would be a factor of not being together.
Luckily my sweetie is quitting right now. :)
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 2:11:13 PM | I would absolutly stop smoking if I knew it please my love interest. Now I am not a smoke maybe that is why it is easy for me to give it up. In the past I had smoked and still would have dropped it for my lady freind. I can not really think of the good to not giving it up. I can think of the good of making my special someone happier though. It would in turn make me happier.
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 2:19:37 PM | Oh yes - that's easy - for sure.
I'm down to 7 or 8 cigarettes a day and never smoke indoors - even in my own home.
The last girl I dated had issues with smoking so when we spent time together - the gum came out. Well on my way to giving it up but then WE didn't work out and I fell back into it.
So apparently she wasn't my 'dreamboat' - yet I was giving it up - there you have it. | |
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supper
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Joined: 12/8/2005
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 2:21:03 PM | hell gibson- Lets say they have never asked you or expected you to quit, you just KNOW that the smoking bothers them, or that it would make them very happy if you quit. (ie. THEY are not trying to change you into a non-smoker, but would you consider becoming one FOR them?)
waterlooricktoo- Not smoking in your home sounds like a good trick to quitting! -- that way you don't smell it as frequently and that might help the cravings? | |
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 9:40:27 PM | Having smoked for 19 years, I never really believed i'd quit. Then along comes a spider.. spinning her webs.. I gladly let myself stick to her world. Now smoking is going bye bye. It's hard as hell to kick, with still having cravings, and occaisionally taking a few drags rather than whole cigs themselves, i'm quickly on my way to full quit. I love her too much to let something suicidal like smoking keep me from her. I'd die quicker with not having her, so smoking can just go out the window. :)
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| Smokers: Would you quit smoking for your dreamboat?
Posted: 4/21/2006 10:17:50 PM | I would love to be able to say I would quit if I met my dreamboat and he didn't smoke.
But the reality is I would probably find myself smoking in bathrooms or just not around him. Hiding out like a drug addict. See, It's really got to be somthing someone is ready for. And just because someone great comes into your life, it's still not something you can just put down, no matter how much they mean to you. People say they do, but being a long-time smoker, I'm pretty sure they would also be sneaking a cig. here and there any chance they get. I'm sure a true love could help and encourage you, but a person really has to want to quit and also be ready to face that challenge. Beacue it is truly a challenge. And a challenge I have not be able to meet yet. | |
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