Fair?

Painted · Post by **Painted** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:30 pm

The other day I asked my mom if she would try and quit smoking. Her response was one of discust. Well I told her it would mean a lot to me and she threatened me with..."If you don't stop bugging me about this you're grounded." I didn't think this was very fair to me because I am only worrying about her health. Also my friend's parents don't want her coming over because my mom and the rest of the house (excluding me) are all smokers. At least if they wouldn't quit they should go outside. Well I talked to her about that and she said, "If you don't want to smell the smoke why don't you go outside?" So I have given up. I hate the smell so my room and books should get me by. My friends have told me of many things to do, but if I ever did them, my mom would probably sell all my belongings.

The List:

1. Put a fire cracker in it....not only dangerous, but stupid.
2. Wash them down the toilet....brother would get blamed.
3. Drench them in vinegar, let them dry and see if they want to smoke a cigarette after the first one.
4. Snap them in half....I would prefer not touching one.
5. Put super glue all over the cigarette tops...it leaves incriminating evidence on your fingers.

I think my favorite would be the vinegar, I would like to see the persons face....hehe.

Post by **bio** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:01 pm

She would be able to tell immediately if you put vinegar on her cigarettes just by looking at them.

When they get wet, they leach out color all over the paper... kinda like how tea turns the water brown when you brew it.

Painted · Post by **Painted** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:38 am

Darn it! Hehe. I have never tried it, and I don't think I ever will. I could just imagine how fast she would be chasing me to beat me, but I can't picture the object she would use to beat me.

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:03 am

Painted wrote:but I can't picture the object she would use to beat me.

Reminds me of the Blue Collar comedy tour. One of the guys got thrown out of a bar and they had 6 bouncers do it...He squared off with them outside...then said, "I don't know how many of them it would take to kick my ass, but I knew how many they were going to USE."

As a smoker with a child that doesn't (she better not), I can see both sides of the struggle. Quitting smoking is not only hard, some say nearly as hard as heroin, its scary. You gain weight, turn into a first class asshole, and you don't know what to do with your hands anymore. I've quit twice, and started three times. Its tough, don't poison your moms smokes...just let her know that you would really like it if she quit. Then be patient. Meanwhile, try to keep the smoke from bothering you if you can. My daughter won't let me smoke in her room, not even for a second.

Painted · Post by **Painted** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:10 am

I won't poison her cigarettes because I don't want to harm her. I won't let any type of tabacco or any substance like that in my room.

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:29 am

Painted wrote:I won't poison her cigarettes because I don't want to harm her. I won't let any type of tabacco or any substance like that in my room.

Sorry, poisson wasn't the right word...mess with, dip in vinegar etc.

Good on you on the room thing. Just like she can tell you she isn't pleased with something you are doing, but is willing to let you continue, but will voice her displeasure with it...you are free to do the same.

Timing is everything...constant badgering doesn't help.

Post by **miftah** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:37 am

I quit three months ago. And I was a pack and a half a day. The first-class asshole status, well... some would say there was no change there, but it goes away. Well, except when I'm in the grocery store and some jackass is in the middle of the aisle.

The rest of it was no problem. As for it being worse than kicking heroin, its a lie invented by smokers. There are very few events you can live through worse than kicking heroin, and most of them involve chronic pain along the spinal cord.

The bottom line is that it is like anything you have to do that is hard. If you want to do it bad enough, you can quit. But its true, badgering her is useless to this cause.

Painted · Post by **Painted** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:03 pm

Thanks for the bagering advice...I will take it. I guess if she decides she doesn't want to I only have 2 more years.