Very positive day today.
I work security at a hospital, 12 hour graveyard shifts on the weekends, so I sleep during the day.
When I got up today found the wife home alone. She took our little one to one of her little friend's house for a play day leaving us home together, so I took the plunge.
She was in a good mood so I told her I wanted to talk. Asked her if she could be opened minded and she agreed, though hesitantly.
Asked her if she ever heard of electronic cigarettes, said no. So I went on to explain what they were, not too heavy with it. she knows when something interests me I really read up on things and research it online.
So its all going pretty positive and she is getting receptive, then it gets down to the bottom line, "how much is this going to cost?", quickly followed by "is it under $200?" (hmm, she must have $200 stashed somewhere, he-he-he).
At that moment if you could look inside my mind you would have seen a slot machine getting it's arm yanked and the dials spinning wildly, all stopping on vaping jackpot. (I'm thinking how can I parlay this into a nice juice collection and a mod!)
I say no-no, like around 50-60 to get started and at least half what I spend on smokes, if not less, to maintain. She says ok if that is what it takes lets go for it. I then explain I had some cash stashed and made the plunge and as of today it has been 8 days since I smoked.
She was quite happy and told me she was proud. Her only concern was if there is any nic in the juice. I explained there is but I would work on weening and it comes in different levels and all the other info on nic and it's use in an e-cig.
I was so relieved! I went on to be honest and explain to her I was hesitant to tell her about it as I didn't know how she would take it, if she would support it or not. Explained how I had read about others having problems with some people close to them not being too accepting of the change or having issues dealing with it.
Her words really struck me, "why wouldn't anyone not support someone close to them trying to stop doing something that will kill them?"
That really got to me and I felt very grateful at that moment.
She wanted to see my 510 so I showed it to her, vaped right next to her. she flinched at first when I exhaled, then sniffed it. Said it kind of smelled like clove cigarette to her (wondering why it smelled like that to her?). I vaped some more and she didn't complain. I took it apart and showed her everythig, the box, the unit (I mean e-cig!), how it works.
I think she was interested because she has been harping on me so long to quit that something was actually finally working. We talked a little about NRT, and how I felt this was better, and that I truly believed and had faith in e-cigs, and had I the funds I would sell them or start some type of group to help people stop smoking using these. I really opened up unlike I have in awhile. I think it really touched her.
Finally it all culminated in my going out to the car and getting my last remnant of a pack that I had been saving since I quit. there were 7 left in there, and I stood in front of her and snapped each one in half and threw them in the trash. She started to cry. Just them some dust must of flew off the ceiling fan, aggravating my allergies, because something got in my eyes too.
Only negativity was that she wanted me to pour water on the broken cigs so that they couldn't be retrieved (duh! thats why I broke them at the filter)
Now moods change, and people have their moments, so we'll see how things go in the long term. I am no saint by any means, but she definitely has her faults, so its not all red roses and rainbow inicorn sunsets all the time, but at least it feels like it has been a very, very good day. Feels like I had a weight lifted from me, glad its not a secret anymore and glad she was so receptive. It's more productive to be able to share a positive experience rather than suppress it.
I work security at a hospital, 12 hour graveyard shifts on the weekends, so I sleep during the day.
When I got up today found the wife home alone. She took our little one to one of her little friend's house for a play day leaving us home together, so I took the plunge.
She was in a good mood so I told her I wanted to talk. Asked her if she could be opened minded and she agreed, though hesitantly.
Asked her if she ever heard of electronic cigarettes, said no. So I went on to explain what they were, not too heavy with it. she knows when something interests me I really read up on things and research it online.
So its all going pretty positive and she is getting receptive, then it gets down to the bottom line, "how much is this going to cost?", quickly followed by "is it under $200?" (hmm, she must have $200 stashed somewhere, he-he-he).
At that moment if you could look inside my mind you would have seen a slot machine getting it's arm yanked and the dials spinning wildly, all stopping on vaping jackpot. (I'm thinking how can I parlay this into a nice juice collection and a mod!)
I say no-no, like around 50-60 to get started and at least half what I spend on smokes, if not less, to maintain. She says ok if that is what it takes lets go for it. I then explain I had some cash stashed and made the plunge and as of today it has been 8 days since I smoked.
She was quite happy and told me she was proud. Her only concern was if there is any nic in the juice. I explained there is but I would work on weening and it comes in different levels and all the other info on nic and it's use in an e-cig.
I was so relieved! I went on to be honest and explain to her I was hesitant to tell her about it as I didn't know how she would take it, if she would support it or not. Explained how I had read about others having problems with some people close to them not being too accepting of the change or having issues dealing with it.
Her words really struck me, "why wouldn't anyone not support someone close to them trying to stop doing something that will kill them?"
That really got to me and I felt very grateful at that moment.
She wanted to see my 510 so I showed it to her, vaped right next to her. she flinched at first when I exhaled, then sniffed it. Said it kind of smelled like clove cigarette to her (wondering why it smelled like that to her?). I vaped some more and she didn't complain. I took it apart and showed her everythig, the box, the unit (I mean e-cig!), how it works.
I think she was interested because she has been harping on me so long to quit that something was actually finally working. We talked a little about NRT, and how I felt this was better, and that I truly believed and had faith in e-cigs, and had I the funds I would sell them or start some type of group to help people stop smoking using these. I really opened up unlike I have in awhile. I think it really touched her.
Finally it all culminated in my going out to the car and getting my last remnant of a pack that I had been saving since I quit. there were 7 left in there, and I stood in front of her and snapped each one in half and threw them in the trash. She started to cry. Just them some dust must of flew off the ceiling fan, aggravating my allergies, because something got in my eyes too.
Only negativity was that she wanted me to pour water on the broken cigs so that they couldn't be retrieved (duh! thats why I broke them at the filter)
Now moods change, and people have their moments, so we'll see how things go in the long term. I am no saint by any means, but she definitely has her faults, so its not all red roses and rainbow inicorn sunsets all the time, but at least it feels like it has been a very, very good day. Feels like I had a weight lifted from me, glad its not a secret anymore and glad she was so receptive. It's more productive to be able to share a positive experience rather than suppress it.
Glad everything turned out alright for ya!
