Most of the time I am shockingly surprised when I work up the courage to bring out my PV in public. People mostly don't seem to care as long as it doesn't bother them. 99% of the people I know really seem to be receptive, interested, or downright delighted.
It is, of course, unfortunate when your wife is the 1% who seems bound and determined to hate it. We were both once smokers and it took her a pregnancy and me vaping to quit. I've discovered a few things about the Antis, I live with one, that simply astounded me. She doesn't think it's unhealthy, she doesn't think it's comparatively expensive. She simply thinks that it's a "cop out" that I should have had the will power to just "quit". She points out that I'm "addicted" as if all dependence on a substances is to be deplored. She is concerned about what it means about the quality of who I am, what it means in my head, she's not OK that I'm OK with it. Ive seen in her that the Antis have somehow translated , in some part, a concern for health into an outrage or hate for the concept of vaping and are no longer willing to have a rational discussion. The force of it is so strong that she has found every juice that Ive ever used to smell bad. I have never had any sort of complaint of smell from even the most frank people I know.
There is an upside. vaping is so innocuous that she has to make a concerted effort just to notice it. I've won the war because she's gotten used to it, and there isnt any ashtray, or smell to remind her of it. The problem seems to have solved its self. Perhaps even most of the antis will have to cool down one day. There just isnt much to complain about.
Note: My wifes problem with vaping was a relative surprise. I'm contractually obligated to say that she is both a loving and caring person. She is skeptical about deciding without the facts and is willing to change her mind when presented with better evidence. She never really acts this way about anything else. Perhaps it just goes to show that no mater how intelligent and reasonable we might be, we all have the ability to develop prejudice.
It is, of course, unfortunate when your wife is the 1% who seems bound and determined to hate it. We were both once smokers and it took her a pregnancy and me vaping to quit. I've discovered a few things about the Antis, I live with one, that simply astounded me. She doesn't think it's unhealthy, she doesn't think it's comparatively expensive. She simply thinks that it's a "cop out" that I should have had the will power to just "quit". She points out that I'm "addicted" as if all dependence on a substances is to be deplored. She is concerned about what it means about the quality of who I am, what it means in my head, she's not OK that I'm OK with it. Ive seen in her that the Antis have somehow translated , in some part, a concern for health into an outrage or hate for the concept of vaping and are no longer willing to have a rational discussion. The force of it is so strong that she has found every juice that Ive ever used to smell bad. I have never had any sort of complaint of smell from even the most frank people I know.
There is an upside. vaping is so innocuous that she has to make a concerted effort just to notice it. I've won the war because she's gotten used to it, and there isnt any ashtray, or smell to remind her of it. The problem seems to have solved its self. Perhaps even most of the antis will have to cool down one day. There just isnt much to complain about.
Note: My wifes problem with vaping was a relative surprise. I'm contractually obligated to say that she is both a loving and caring person. She is skeptical about deciding without the facts and is willing to change her mind when presented with better evidence. She never really acts this way about anything else. Perhaps it just goes to show that no mater how intelligent and reasonable we might be, we all have the ability to develop prejudice.
