I had a craft show today, sometimes if it's a show close to her house, my sister will come halfway through the show to give me a bathroom break -

(and used to be a smoke break, too).

 

She came in and sat down & the smoke smell nearly gagged me!

 

I looked around because I felt like my fellow crafters sitting beside & behind me were probably ready to hurl also.

 

Normally it doesn't bother me at all.

 

I was actually embarrassed.

 

The smell dissipated after awhile, but YUCK.

 

I sure am glad I never smelled like that!!!!!! 

Hi Beazel, it's GREAT to hear from you! Glad your craft show helped solidify your quit  

Edited July 21, 20188 yr by jillar

The last time i was around smoke the next day i was all congested. The smell is flat out NASTY now especially when its stale smoke.. That odor is a reminder ... Holy Smoke X2 

It's funny for me because if I walk past someone who is smoking, the smell, as long as it's from a reasonable distance, is kind of pleasant to me. Maybe it's just a reminder of what used to be for myself? But like your reaction at the craft show, if someone comes into a room I'm in after they have been smoking, the smell if strong and grosses me out. I guess that stale smell of smoke is what I really don't like. Of course I was oblivious to it when I smoked - lol. One more benefit of quitting

Nice to hear from you Beazel. I didn't like that smell even when I was a smoker, but fortunately my sense of smell wasn't too good back then.

Beazel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...... I've only just started noticing it and its really hard not to be rude and cover your nose.

O.M.G...the amount of smelly hugs I gave out....gross...

On 7/21/2018 at 6:57 PM, beazel said:

I had a craft show today, sometimes if it's a show close to her house, my sister will come halfway through the show to give me a bathroom break -

(and used to be a smoke break, too).

 

She came in and sat down & the smoke smell nearly gagged me!

 

I looked around because I felt like my fellow crafters sitting beside & behind me were probably ready to hurl also.

 

Normally it doesn't bother me at all.

 

I was actually embarrassed.

 

The smell dissipated after awhile, but YUCK.

 

I sure am glad I never smelled like that!!!!!! 

So glad to hear from you!!

Yup, the smell is horrific.  I was a closet smoker,in my mind only  because I realize now that everyone knew from the smell!

I am not shy about telling people they smell awful with cigarettes.  I don't go up to strangers but, people I know I will certainly tell.

Why should the truth be withheld ?  To save someone's feelings while their obnoxious odor invades my nose ?  Truth is just truth, it is not a judgement.

pfffttttt.

 

Ugh... I was at the orthopedist with my daughter last week, and we sat down in the last chairs left in the waiting room, and the guy next to me reeked so terribly from smoke that I had to breathe through my mouth until he left.  Gross...

Eww Beazel unfortunately we all may have smelt like that or similar at one point. Glad we don’t anymore. 

Beazel, you sure have come a long way from that self-doubting girl I remember way back when. Happy to see that you made it!

On 7/27/2018 at 9:29 PM, Giveintowin said:

Eww Beazel unfortunately we all may have smelt like that or similar at one point. Glad we don’t anymore. 

 

Sadly though peoples' lifestyles do carry a certain "fragrance". Drunkards, smokers, stoners, just whatever.

Yes, stoners too. Stoners smell like someone ate a skunk and spent the night farting out the odor.

 

What is strange though is that smokers who are otherwise clean (like showering each day) tend to not smell as bad. When it is some gross-ass nasty haired hasn't changed clothes this month looking slob, THOSE are the ones that typically stench the worst of tobacco.

 

But yeah sometimes i would smell some nasty smoker and think, "Do I smell that bad?"

That alone should be reason enough to quit smoking. Not be STANKIN'

 

Edited August 8, 20188 yr by Jetblack