Would date a smoker?

filmbuffboy · 05-07-2012 12:37AM

this thread should be renamed: Would you date an ashtray? Answer: No!!:D

validusername1 · 05-07-2012 10:58PM

Yeah, I would. I don't smoke myself. But the smell doesn't bother me, and I don't think kissing someone who smokes is as bad as some people make it out to be. I've shifted guys who were just after having a cigarette and it wasn't horrible like some people think it is. Can't say I really notice much difference from kissing non-smokers tbh. I don't like the taste/smell of smoke but I don't particularly dislike it either so I guess it's just never something that I pay attention to.

Giselle · 05-07-2012 11:25PM

Onixx wrote: »

And smoking, no matter how much attention you pay to hygiene, does make you, your clothes, your surroundings smell. It's pointless smokers themselves saying they don't think the smell is that bad - because they wouldn't would they?

Its the lingering smells in the house and on textiles and hair thats the most annoying factor.

I'm currently working with someone who smokes, then has a tic-tac to neutralise the smell. She must have no idea how much worse it makes it, the aftermath of smoke mixed with mint is ten times more nauseating than the smell of smoke alone.

I think smokers who think they don't smell from the habit, do so because smoking had clouded their sense of smell.

RainMaker · 05-07-2012 11:41PM

Gave up smoking myself about 2 months ago after 19 years (pause for congratulations

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To be honest when I am on bus/luas/dart and some smoker gets on, I notice the smell immediately and find it disgusting. I never thought I would be a militant ex-smoker, but the attitude of some smokers really disgusts me at this stage - and it is an attitude, a mentality that society is wrong and "i'll do whatever i want" or at least that's how i felt as a smoker. As an ex-smoker, it just seems so selfish. When I was a smoker I dated smokers, but now I wouldn't even consider it

05-07-2012 11:43PM

As a non-smoker, if the person is a chain smoker or a heavy one, then I can't. I can't stand the smell that lingers on my clothes, on them, or in rooms, and the taste in their mouths as you kiss them. If they're just a light/occasional/social smoker, then it mightn't bother me as much, as long as they understand I'm not.

Though I'd much rather date a non-smoker.

Abi · 05-07-2012 11:47PM

Princess Peach wrote: »

boomkatalog wrote: »

Thread needs poll.

I have, and wouldn't again. For a start, I need my inhaler after being around smokers. Secondly, the smell off your clothes, and thirdly kissing someone that tastes of fags is rotten.

Yeah I've never dated a smoker but I kissed a few, bleuch! Actually had to stop one once cause I thought I was going to be sick.

And I've been around enough smokers to know most of them smell bad, they just don't realise it. Was doing a group research project before with a smoker and another girl. Me and the girl would take turns to sit next to the smoker, he smelt so bad it gave me headaches.

If it was a serious relationship I would honestly expect them to quit. They can't smoke around me because of my asthma anyway, which I made really bad by a brief stint of smoking when drinking a few years ago.

Same as.

As a teenager I kissed someone who smoked and thought I'd be sick on him if I didn't stop. I've never been with one since. I think I was already off the idea with two smoking parents, but the taste was the nail in the coffin for me. I tried to push my boundaries at one stage and wanted to find out what was so great about them. How people can get past the point of it tasting so foul to an addiction I will never understand.

I don't want it to seem like I'm attacking smokers, I'm not. Bad breath in general is a bit of a turn off for anyone. It may be different smoker to smoker, but for those that never took to it, it's harder accept.

Kissing and being close is important in any relationship, so a non smoker with little dating experience with smokers may just be the clincher.

/honest

Carbon Bootprint · 05-07-2012 11:47PM

Having smoked for years I have a hard time accepting people around me whose clothes reek of the stuff. If a chick is hot, maybe a quick ride but nothing more.

KenSwee · 25-07-2012 11:57AM

No, the clear winner. Thanks for posting.

BraziliaNZ · 25-07-2012 12:00PM

I have no doubt everyone would date a smoker if they were drop dead gorgeous and sound

--Kaiser-- · 25-07-2012 12:05PM

The only thing that really disgusts me about smokers is the way they fling their cigarette butts everwhere

qwert2 · 25-07-2012 12:10PM

Spent a year in UCD. The amount of attractive girls who smoke is staggering. They become half as attractive when smoking

KenSwee · 25-07-2012 12:46PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I have no doubt everyone would date a smoker if they were drop dead gorgeous and sound

You're wrong, I wouldn't.

--Kaiser-- · 25-07-2012 12:56PM

KenSwee wrote: »

You're wrong, I wouldn't.

I'm sure if Scarlett Johannsen sashayed up and propositioned you with a cigarette in her mouth you'd tell her where to go

kfallon · 25-07-2012 12:56PM

If they are prepared to 'smoke the Wavin' then yes I would

BraziliaNZ · 25-07-2012 12:56PM

KenSwee wrote: »

You're wrong, I wouldn't.

I'm no wrong, you would!

Super Poppa Smurf · 25-07-2012 01:05PM

Kissing a smoker is like kissing an ashtray so no.

mattjack · 25-07-2012 01:08PM

Super Poppa Smurf wrote: »

Kissing a smoker is like kissing an ashtray so no.

How do you know ?

KenSwee · 25-07-2012 01:11PM

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

I'm sure if Scarlett Johannsen sashayed up and propositioned you with a cigarette in your mouth you'd tell her where to go

Ehh yes, I would. The majority of my original post is about that.

KenSwee wrote: »

No matter how attractive they were I always drew the line with they drew a cigarette. I turned down some great opportunities and walked away from some beautiful women but I have no regrets.

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I have no doubt everyone would date a smoker if they were drop dead gorgeous and sound

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I'm no wrong, you would!

Assuming I am part of 'everyone', then you are wrong. Looks are nothing when you smell disgusting and look like you've drawn 10 pints of blood from your face. Although drop dead is a good term to use there.

BraziliaNZ · 25-07-2012 01:12PM

KenSwee wrote: »

Ehh yes, I would. The majority of my original post is about that.

Assuming I am part of 'everyone', then you are wrong. Looks are nothing when you smell disgusting and look like you've drawn 10 pints of blood from your face. Although drop dead is a good term to use there.

I'm not going to argue with you but I think you are totally and absolutely full of sh*t

CL7 · 25-07-2012 01:19PM

My lady smokes so yeah. I'd rather she didn't but it's her choice.

Duggy747 · 25-07-2012 01:21PM

I've dated smokers before..........maybe because I've met them in the smoking area of places :pac:

Gf I'm with now is a non-smoker and I've no problem not smoking around her or in the house. The way I see it, it helps me to cut down on them, which it has since I don't smoke nowhere near as much a day as I used to. (I'm down to 5-6 a day

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BUBBLE WRAP · 25-07-2012 01:23PM

If I met a girl and I was attracted to her. Her habits wouldnt even cross my mind. But as a smoker if a girl has "issues" whit me smoking, its her problem, not mine. Id be better off without her.

dgt · 25-07-2012 01:30PM

Smokin hot: yes

Smoker: no

Gave em up, don't want back on them again

war_child · 25-07-2012 02:18PM

dgt wrote: »

Smokin hot: yes

Smoker: no

Gave em up, don't want back on them again

So let me get this right , u used to smoke and then you gave em up. Hmmmm so your one of these born again high horse people, smokers were ok when you were smoking but since YOUVE given them up you have now copped a holier than tho attitude.....

pot kettle anyone ...lol

saa · 25-07-2012 02:23PM

I did smoke for a few years, now I'd have a few smokes once or twice a month when drinking so if I started dating a smoker I'd probably end up smoking all the time again but its not a deal breaker.

Ms.M · 25-07-2012 02:28PM

I'm already married to one so no.

swimming in a sea · 25-07-2012 02:37PM

my girl is an ex smoker now, only thing that bothered me was her heading off outside to smoke when out for dinner, shed pull me out too. Or after getting off a plane she would be dying for one so even though we had an interconnecting flight to get we had to do a 15 min walk to get outside for her to light up. :mad:

so thankfully that's over with, the world is not smoker friendly any more.

swimming in a sea · 25-07-2012 02:41PM

Super Poppa Smurf wrote: »

Kissing a smoker is like kissing an ashtray so no.

I've kissed a smokers and it was a nice experience, I'll have to go look for an ashtray:D

BUBBLE WRAP · 25-07-2012 03:23PM

war_child wrote: »

So let me get this right , u used to smoke and then you gave em up. Hmmmm so your one of these born again high horse people, smokers were ok when you were smoking but since YOUVE given them up you have now copped a holier than tho attitude.....

pot kettle anyone ...lol

I think you took it up wrong... :pac:

Esoteric_ · 25-07-2012 03:36PM

I find it funny that somebody says kissing a smoker is like kissing an ashtray.

I started smoking again at 21, after several years off of them (I started young). In my time not smoking, I dated some smokers that did taste like an ashtray, but the majority were sensible enough to not smoke around me, have chewing gum, deodorant, etc. One guy I dated for three months, I had no idea he smoked.

Now that I'm smoking, my boyfriend didn't realise I was a smoker until I told him. I never smell or taste like cigarettes. You might say that a smoker can never tell if they smell like it, but most of my non-smoker friends didn't realise I smoked until one day when I lit up in front of them on a night out.

If you're careful with hygiene and how much/often you smoke, there is no reason why kissing a smoker would be like kissing an ashtray.

With that said, I'd happily date a smoker or a non smoker. Even if I quit smoking again, I don't care about my partner smoking. I never smoke in my house anyway, and I would expect any smoker I'm dating to respect that rule. That's the only real stipulation I have when it comes to dating a smoker.

Would date a smoker?

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