My family members won't get off my back!

[Drewps5co0tt]

I've been smoke free now for going on 1.5 years (unbelievable to me) and a few family members know that I started using e-cigs about 6 months after I quit cold turkey. Now I'm catching hell because "why are you still using those things, how long has it been since you quit?" Why does it matter? I use them because they are a tool and they help me stay off of the cigarettes by giving me what I would be missing by not having the e-cig. I don't understand why people have to be so .......n judgmental about everything...and one of these people is actually a former smoker if you can believe that!

It pisses me off big time. Just because it was easy for this family member to quit oh almost 35 years ago means that it should be that way for everyone else? I can't stand people like that...

Had to vent (they are bombing up my Facebook page with complaints as we speak because I posted pics of my juice)...

 

[tinajfreeman]

I just tell them, "I never intend to quit vaping. It is 99% safer than smoking and I enjoy it." And I drop it.

If they persist, I say, "Hey, if it keeps me from smoking, it's worth it."

You're a grownup. You have a relatively harmless adult hobby. It's nobody's business but yours.

 

[Drewps5co0tt]

I should ask her "why do you stay married to your wife beating husband?"

 

[sandybeach]

I can relate. My daughter gives me hell about vaping. She says I get nicotine on her cats fur.

 

[36tinybells]

Unfriend them for being unfriendly. They might get the message.

 

[coffee snob]

Unfriend them nothing. Block them. lol You can undo once they get the point.

 

[bobalex]

Tell 'em, "Using an E-Cig for forty years does less damage to the body than smoking for 30 days."

It's cheaper than Starbuck's, waaaaaay cheaper than cigarettes, and I've always said if anyone gives me any grief about my habit that doesn't hurt me or anyone around me that costs about a dollar a day ... I'm not sure ... but I think I can legally shoot them.

 

[HowlingBadger]

I've had the same happen to me. People bugging me that i quit smoking, but now i'm hooked on vaping. I always tell them that if i wasn't vaping, i'd be smoking cigarettes again. The important thing is not to argue with them about it, it'll usually just make them believe that they are right even more than they do now.

 

[AutumnWolf]

I feel your pain too - my mom gives me trouble all the time - "When are you going to stop that stupid vaping?" I just tell her - 'Oh probably never". She is also a former smoker who quit cold turkey many years ago. She just doesn't understand... but I forgive her...

 

[Drewps5co0tt]

Yea you know these former smokers who want to be all class 101 judgmental really piss me off...if anyone should know better it should be them. Both my Aunt & Mother both smoked for many years, my Aunt quit by pure luck (she got into a fight with a dude and for some reason something happened during the fight and it make the site of cigarettes disgusting to her) and she never picked up another one again-no withdrawl-no nothing (according ot her.) My Mom quit because her husbands Mom got lung cancer...first her husband quit and she knew she would have to whether she wanted to or not because the husband flat out ordered her to quit (I remember hearing her in the shower crying when I was a kid shortly after she quit.) But she says after a few weeks she had no trouble with it...I don't get it... I've told them both they are both seriously lucky people that they got by this issue with basically no problems. Instead of praising me for being almost 1.5 years out, one of them now wants to harp on me because I'm doing something else now. I told her "I'm an addict" on my FB page and all these people started "liking" my comment lmao...I got back at her ...! She has yet to reply back heh...

 

[Andy Thatcher]

I am a nicotine addict. Nicotine isn't as bad for me as caffiene research suggests. This is how I deal with it rather than the incurable damage smoking tobaccco does.

We all have character faults this is one of my many faults.

I support you when you make choices I do not agree with that is part of the deal when you are family. I will state my case as I expect you to however those decisions are yours to make. When that respect is not reciprocated please remember that is a two way street.

Any questions? Thought not.

Yeah been there.

 

[bobalex]

Some Anti-Smoking people have a strange Puritanical-Calvinistic Anti-Smoker attitude that I find just plain weird. The criticism I’ve received since taking up the E-Cig from some of these people doesn’t make sense. When I tried the nicotine gum and the patch there was cheerleading, but using the E-Cig brought disapproval. Y’know why? I’m not suffering. Because I was stupid enough to take up such a vile loathsome habit, quitting shouldn’t be easy. There ought to be punishment involved. That’ll teach me. Some groups say the E-Cig should be banned because of the “stress and confusion” caused when the poor innocent public thinks someone might be smoking. Well … somebody quick call a Waah-mbulance for these people so they can be sedated before they find out that SpongeBob Squarepants isn’t a real person.

Ex-smokers who successfully quit have given me grief too. I chalk it up to Vaping-envy. They had to go through hell ... how come I get off the hook?

I know two guys. One quit smoking over 20 years ago and the other 10 years ago. Both have told me the same thing. Every once in awhile they still get powerful urges to smoke. And then they have to pound down the craving One More Time.

I haven't had a "craving" to smoke since the day my starter kit arrived over 2 years ago. I'm not going to be ambushed by a smoking urge like my ex-smoking friends. I'm not going to have to deal with cravings sometime in the future like they still do.

Vaping solved all of that.

It's absurd to even consider giving up a verifiable harmless addiction. Anti-vaping people have no idea what they're talking about.

My favorite comeback/quote:

"Shut up, he explained."

 

[classwife]

Moved to General E-Smoking Discussion from Success Stories...

 

[Peachie28]

I always tell my family or friends, "Hey, it beats smelling like smoke!" and they usually back off.

 

[x7712x0ra]

My mother asks every so often if I'm still "smoking electronically".

Best thing to do with the naggers is ignore them (when they nag, not otherwise). Appear confident in who you are and the choices you make. It will take some time but you'll earn their respect if not complete acceptance.

 

[ChinMullet]

Some people view addiction as weakness. Perhaps they'd have a problem with any addiction, and yours just happens to be nicotine.

 

[Iffy]

Ummm... let me make a SWAG (Scientific Wild Azz Guess) here...

Many, if not most, of those that nag and 'preach' about vaping/nic addiction are over weight... right? Hypocrites!

"Why are you still vaping and addicted to nicotine?"
"Why are you still fat and an azzhat?"
"Bu..bu..but... (insert excuse here)"

 

[hairball]

To the OP, I would tell them to mind their own business and stay out of yours. Block them from your facebook page. Maybe, one of these days, they will grow up and act like adults.

@sandybeach .. if that was my daughter, I'd tell her to go live in a bubble with her cat so that NOTHING would get on either on of them. Sorry but I would stand toe to toe with her and have a "discussion" with me doing all the talking.

 

[ambeck22]

My very diabetic mom asked me once when I was going to stop vaping. I asked her when she was going to stop eating sugar. She responded, "When I die." I responded, "Same here." End of discussion.

 

[Butters78]

Do like that lady at the airport, as soon as anyone says a negative comment about your vaping start taking your clothes off. Trust me the subject won't be brought up again.