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Will an occasional cigarette damage your health? Even if you smoke only occasionally, you are still exposed to long-term risks. It's holiday season, so many of us are partying a bit more than usual.
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Sport Big Bash League fans to get free tickets after being left in the dark at the Gabba. Disability advocate labelled 'fatty, porky' as hospital stoush tears town in two. Evie Amati jailed for nine years over 7-Eleven axe attack. I think you may well end up leaving her. I can imagine you resent being put in the bad-guy role, I would! I know someone who is an alcoholic. I've seen him go through a steady stream of girlfriends, really nice women who've tried to care for him, look out for him and persuade him to give up the stuff that is killing him. But he has withstood them all and gradually they've moved on, having suffered heartbreak in the process at seeing him destroy himself.
They were understanding, they tried to support him, they gradually had to step forward and be the bad woman who was out to spoil his fun and eventually it got to them and they left. As far as I know, none of them pulled him up from the start and gave him an ultimatum, they were too nice about it. He could play games for months, hiding things, transgressing here and there then apologising, what a nightmare for them! An ultimatum would have saved them all this, provided they enforced it. Any transgression after that would be it. The above is hard to do because the temptation is to be understanding if they lapse but what is the point?
If you don't want her to smoke, then draw a line and say 'that's it, if you smoke any more, we're splitting up'. The sad thing is that you are forced into this position and who wants to start out having to lay down the law with someone who is supposed to be an equal?
Also, even if they give up for weeks, months, years, there's still no guarantee that once the polish has worn off the relationship they won't be back on the fags again. Don't know if this has helped at all but I feel for you. Last edited by spiderowl; 9th February at I feel sorry for you. You were sympathetic to her despite her lying. Well she's going to have to quit at some point. Tell her the reasons you don't like smoking, and tell her the health benefits of quitting.
Research quitting techniques and medicines and try to work out something between the both of you to get her to quit get her on nicotine patches or whatever else there is , see if you can work it out. If she doesn't stick to a quitting regime then you'll have to say that you need her to quit.
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It won't work obviously if you're the only one who wants her to quit. She lied to you and lied to herself. Don't stand for it. I'm an ex-smoker and it's an insidious diease. There must only be yes or no answers--no "yeah, but If smoking is a deal breaker, you have to make that decision. You cannot force anyone to change, nor should anyone be forced to change against their will.
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You are the one who has decided you cannot live with a smoker! You are the one who needs to enforce that decision.
Some women can accept that, some cannot. When I want to quit smoking, I will do so for myself and only myself, not because someone else pressured or guilt tripped me into it. Oh, and I don't have kids so save me the secondhand smoke argument. My exH is a smoker. He was an 'ex-smoker' several thousand times during our 14 years together. He 'gave up' initially because I said I wouldn't live with him unless he gave up.
He didn't smoke for two years and then something stressful happened and he started again. The pattern continued all the time we were together with the 'ex-smoker' periods getting shorter and shorter, until he stopped trying to give up altogether. I found it disgusting and a complete turn off. We talked, I suggested therapy, bought him books, spent a fortune on patches and 'pretend' cigarettes, I was the kind supportive wife, I bullied him, begged him, threatened him - you name it.