HELP Girlfriend (nonsmoker) wants a PV

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Myrany

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Damn straight I'm an expert, but that doesn't help her at work, when I'm not around, when she forgets stuff in the AM. I can do all I can do but I work 2 jobs and am not there 24/7 to see her through. I am more concerned she will not be SATISFIED with the vape and return to smoking. That is all. I have started, under my supervision, about 30 people vaping. 7 have stuck with it. They have called me, I have loaned gear, I have shown how to's at homes, on skype etc...Sometimes people dont want to play with something for 20 min to see if it works better when they can just light a smoke. Has no one else experienced this trying to convert a friend?

Actually learning to deal with the gear and its problems is part of becoming a vaper. You can help her avoid some of the pitfalls by starting her on a good kit. You can teach her the process fro troubleshooting gear. After that it is up to her. What you cannot do is protect her from herself. Maybe vaping is a slippery slope to smoke or maybe it isn't. You can't decide that only she can.
 

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If she wants to and she is dead set on it just pushing for her not to will just drive a wedge between you two. Your kids won't pick up the habit just because you and your wife were, that is incorrect. Just help her get good equipment and feel good that she decided to vape instead of possibly going back to smoking.
 

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Ok,
Lets break this down in to logic....
So, by your definition is set forth " If I watch my dad drink beer, then I will drink to" or how about " If I see my brother ride a motorcycle, then I will to". The logic of association of habbits is really a false logic, one that is often times uses as a scape goat to hide one's true reasons for doing and or not doing (insert item here).
As for helping your wife, she is an adult and either 1 of 3 options will happen....She will go stir crazy and end up sharing in what you've got, She will get an E-cig at <insert nic lvl here> or end up back on the Cigs. So, I'd say that helping her will do two things, firstly show that you care in her personal affairs and life at this moment, and also support her in her times of need. Reguardless of if you quit for one day or 20 years, you still never loose that urge to smoke as it alters the chemistry of the brain (look it up as numerous studies have been done on it).
So, you have a hobby that helped you quit, isn't the joy of being a vaper yourself is to share in helping others stay off the Cigs? Its not a cool kids only club that you've joined in, its a lifestyle, that has saved lives, so share that responsibly and with others that are in need of assistance.
Breaking it off, what the <censored> are you seriously thinking. I mean really, ok so yes she would like to vape, she came to you, and your...I really don't have a good response for that one except I'd not approve of going that pathway. Selling your stuff wouldn't get any other result other then she would still go out and buy an E-cig (sorry to dissapoint but this is the truth).

Help her out is all I'm going to say.

As for what would happen if all my vape gear dissapeared tomorrow, I'd just not vape. Understand that I'd have a pencil, pen...something to chew on, or bubblegum, but I can live without vaping. Its nothing more for me then an enjoyment activity I do.

Well said and I appreciate the response. I worry for my daughter as grew up in a troubled household with 2 alcoholic parents and think about drinking every day.
 

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are you single? ;)



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she is old enough to be your live-in gf and have a child but not old enough to protect herself from herself?
vaping does not lead to smoking.....smoking can and usually does lead to vaping tho....

i have a friend that didn't smoke for 9 years...now she vapes...she actually planted the ecig seed by coming around with a cigalike...i got vapegear and introduced her AND her husband to the world refillable/rechargable/VV devices.....and he is off of tobacco altogether

i have another friend that quit smoking for 20+ years....yep..she smokes again...she never vaped...but she started smoking again and hasn't stopped for the last 3 years

for me being told "i can do this but you can't...", chances are i'd already have gotten a better setup than what you use LOL

believe it or not...i think little girls look up to their daddy a whole lot more than their mommy so that "she's a woman thing" is just silly.


help your gf or she just might find a new bf that will...like Lerxst LOL

Good point and thank you.

As for the girls look up to their daddy thing? Maybe in a few years. first words outta my kids mouth when I pick her up...''Is Kaylee gonna be there?'' then we walk in and she follows her around like a dog telling me it's a girls only party!

Gotta love living with 3 women lol!
 

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me and my gf of roughly the same time as you and her both vape (we were both smokers when we started dating) and its become something we enjoy together we sit down and look at new mods that come out discuss weather or not its something we would be interested in. i got into DIY juice so now we sit down and browse wizard labs picking out flavor concentrates and then i make juices and have her try them and she enjoys giving me input on them and seeing what i do to try to make them better.

think about it, wouldn't that be nice to do with your girl?

or would right rather fight and bicker at each other over it.

to me. the choice is clear lol.

You lucky skunk.;)
 

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If she was my GF I would take her on a whirlwind shopping spree and buy her the best device/juice/accessories I could find. Then I would take her out to dinner and vape over desert.

That's what I'm thinking. Vaping would be such a good experience for her she wouldn't need to smoke. Vamo, eVic, Provari if need be. A run through all the tops I've been through over the years to figure out what works best for her and new and modern versions of what works showing up by next week.



That looks like the only alternative. I can't help but feel that I am responsible though. I don't like vaping, I enjoy it, but I wish I wasn't chained to a PV all day, fiddling with juices and extra batteries every morning, running out in the middle of the day, .... is a pain. This is what I fear she will fail at even with help and just buy a pack. I'm not trying to control or berate her for the last time. I am trying to explain that it's not worth the hassle and frustration/temptation if you've been as strong as she is.

Thanks for all the replies, still love all my folks at ecf.....Happy 4th.

Why are you running out in the middle of the day after that long of vaping?
I fiddle maybe once a day now and I've only been back at it for a little over a year.

Her desire to vape should be telling you she's not as strong as you think she is and she's picking vaping over cigarettes. I think you're too busy being impressed that she has quit smoking for so long you're not able to focus on what the fact that she wants to vape because of stress is really saying.
 

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Why are you running out in the middle of the day after that long of vaping?
I fiddle maybe once a day now and I've only been back at it for a little over a year.

Of course I don't now, it's a science. But in the beginning you will, even with a mentor you think ''I have enough" no need to get outta bed and charge that battery. Or when running late to work, you forget that 10ml bottle. we've all been there.
 

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Originally Posted by Jfaria1891
me and my gf of roughly the same time as you and her both vape (we were both smokers when we started dating) and its become something we enjoy together we sit down and look at new mods that come out discuss weather or not its something we would be interested in. i got into DIY juice so now we sit down and browse wizard labs picking out flavor concentrates and then i make juices and have her try them and she enjoys giving me input on them and seeing what i do to try to make them better.

think about it, wouldn't that be nice to do with your girl?

or would right rather fight and bicker at each other over it.

to me. the choice is clear lol.
You lucky skunk.;)

Haha, i was waiting for that XD
 

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Her desire to vape should be telling you she's not as strong as you think she is and she's picking vaping over cigarettes. I think you're too busy being impressed that she has quit smoking for so long you're not able to focus on what the fact that she wants to vape because of stress is really saying.

This.

That's exactly what it is. I could never quit, I had to vape. She cold turkeyd the .... out of cigs, I couldn't. She is stronger than me, maybe she can vape and not smoke. If she was able to avoid cigs for 3 years she should have the strength to not smoke if she has to go a few hours without vaping because of a mishap.

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This.

That's exactly what it is. I could never quit, I had to vape. She cold turkeyd the .... out of cigs, I couldn't. She is stronger than me, maybe she can vape and not smoke. If she was able to avoid cigs for 3 years she should have the strength to not smoke if she has to go a few hours without vaping because of a mishap.

Thank You

*Starts The Slow Clap*... waiting for others to join...
 

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I just heard a thundering sound, as if a million people facepalmed in unison. Cut your GF some slack, vape outdoors away from the children and take your GF out to dinner as an apology.

That may have been the sound of you fapping at home all alone?

If you can dish it out you gotta take it:p
 

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Let me tell you something... I was a non smoker for 2 years and HATED my life. Went back to smoking. Vaping has saved me, givin me something to replace smoking, given me something to even out my moods from hormones and meds and made me very happy. No nicotine isn't 'good' for you, neither is coffee, sugar, fried foods or McDonald's.

Not sure about this one...
 
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