2 funny/gross notes

[Wickedwench]

I haven't smoked an analog since early last September. I wanted to point out 2 side effects:
1. Yes, my sense of smell has returned, but no one warned me about some of the stinks cigarettes had been covering up! Really, people? Between the husband's barking spider and the idiots who think a perfume overdose is better than a wash in a heat wave...eugh!!!
2. Today is the first time since I quit that I have washed my windows! OMG!!!! I cook a lot of pasta and the nicotine ran rivulets down the glass! The stench of the cleaning water would knock a snipe off a gut wagon!

To anyone else trying to dump the butts...its all worth it, promise! At least all that crud is being washed away!

 

[SirKillawatt]

I can agree to you, farts and other... undesirable smells are enhanced by the effect of quitting analogs. hope it's bearable enough to stay off of them!

 

[thinkingaboutit]

I said that one time when I went cold turkey for 6 months. I think what I said was "the world stinks".

 

[Vapira]

I discovered my dogs stink really bad and there's some weird smells in my house!

Vapira

 

[Iffy]

The most humorous, and probably most numerous, inquiries have been, "Does vaping cause a stronger urine odor?"

Ummm... well, yes, thanx to our improved 'sniffers'!

 

[dnakr]

I use to threaten that I would go back to smoking cigarettes because of all of the awful things I could now smell. Even the building that I work in smelled awful. I couldn't believe I never noticed those smells before.

 

[Tiny]

Cleaning up after my dog when we're on a walk has become a test of how long I can hold my breath.

I think the worst situation I've run across is standing in line next to someone who just had a cigarette, not only does it stink but I'm embarrassed that I used to smell like that.

 

[vlis]

All of my friends still smoke, when I started vaping I noticed when I got home the smell on my clothes... something I NEVER noticed before... too funny.

 

[Myk]

I've said the same thing. I now know non-smokers who've been making a big fuss about cigarette stink are making a big deal out of comparably nothing. Not that it doesn't stink but everybody poops, I know they've smelled worse things that they don't try to ban.

Getting stuck near a diesel at a stoplight is horrible.

 

[Wickedwench]

Tiny: upside is your lungs healing as well so you can hold your breath longer!

 

[dmj4]

After 15 months, I still LOVE to smell someone else smoking a cigarette. I may always love the smell of a burning cigarette. I like the smell of someone else smoking better than taking a puff of my own.

 

[Feuille]

Me too dmj4.

My sense of smell was always better than most people I encountered, so I knew the world stank before I quit, and my nose would wrinkle at other smokers whilst I was puffing away, but certain noxious emissions and cosmetics are notably more pungent.

 

[HawkeyeFLA]

I never really smoked inside, so thankfully my apt didn't need to be deep cleaned. But ohhh my car. 2 days after I quit cigarettes I got in my car and almost gagged. Several bottles of Odor Ban later and it's pretty much all gone. The key to remember when cleaning the car is to get the headliner. Cigarette smoke wafts up, so it gets into the hl pretty bad.

 

[samwest]

All of that and more for me. But now my hair and fingernails grow faster than a wookies! What's up with that?

 

[bander68]

Vaping for 17 months, and i'm actually wondering if the vaping increases my olfactory skills....My wife still smokes, and the ashtray is the most vile thing I've ever smelled. And talking to a smoker right after they had one-omg, their breath smells like an ashtray! Eewww....

 

[luvinit]

All of that and more for me. But now my hair and fingernails grow faster than a wookies! What's up with that?

OMG... I noticed this too!!! I've also discovered how truly awful my husbands gas issue really is!

 

[Myk]

OMG... I noticed this too!!! I've also discovered how truly awful my husbands gas issue really is!

My little Dachshund has that same problem.

I am so glad I smoked while my 70lb Springer was old. He got so bad before he died that it would wake me up (with him on the floor and a ceiling fan going). I probably would've literally barfed if I could smell like I can now.

 

[DukeBlue]

I never realized how bad my sense of smell was affected by smoking. I work in a grocery store and a little over a week after I stopped smoking cigs the smell of the fresh produce was coming through strong. I must have looked like a nut going around sniffing all the fruits and veggies. Then one day I got this awful smell and started looking around trying to find out what it was. I hadn’t smelled that in a while. It was some guy who smelled like he hadn’t taken a shower in a week, wow man take a bath! So yes having a great sense of smell isn’t always a good thing.

 

[Wishdog]

Dunno, sometimes ashtrays smell good to me.

 

[Orobas]

>> I've also discovered how truly awful my husbands gas issue really is!
>> My little Dachshund has that same problem.

And our beagle.

It's like sensory overload for me. My nose was already pretty keen, now it's overwhelming. I can smell it if someone has some kind of infection. I can smell it when the other women in my house are having ladystuff. I can smell the garbage disposal from the dinner table. I can smell my nephew's monumental diapers from my bedroom.

But there's perks, too. Oh the smell of fresh produce from our garden. I've rediscovered my love for my favorite perfumes ("Fetish" and CK one), mmm the smell of a new book.