Today, once again I tried to convince my dad to stop smoking. And once again, while I was speaking, he lit up a cigarette and smoked until my asthma flared up and I was wheezing so hard that I had to leave the room. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my doctor told me my asthma was being triggered by my dad's smoking. He wrote a note to my dad, asking him to refrain from smoking while around me. My dad took one look at the note, then threw it in the trash, saying the doctor "doesn't know what he's talking about." FML
Today, my dad hit his mid-life crisis. When I came home and said hi, he told me to shut up, then went to the living room. He then lit up a cigarette and started muttering about having to put up with me, then went into a coughing fit, because he's never smoked before in his life. FML
Today, while driving me to the hospital because I was having an asthma attack, my mother lit a cigarette. FML
Today, my dad found out I recently tried weed. He called me a useless waste of air and grounded me for the rest of the year. Then he went outside and smoked his third cigarette of the morning. FML
Today, my parents have smoked for most of their lives and are both healthy as horses. Meanwhile, I smoked for two years, then went through hell quitting, and just had my first asthma attack and was lectured about "long term effects of tobacco, even after cessation." THIS IS BULLSHIT! FML
Today, I told my dad to go to the doctor, as he’s been hacking his lungs up every minute for a month, and I've not had a decent night’s sleep since then. He insists he’s not sick, and my mom yelled at me because she sleeps in the same room and is able to sleep through it. FML
Today, my dad thought it would be funny to make me hold an unlit cigarette before FaceTiming my mom so he could prank her by saying, "He's got a new habit." My mom did not find it funny, especially when I mentioned to her that I did not willingly participate. Now I'm stuck in this car, listening to them argue. FML
Today, I was having a cigarette in a smoking area when a mother with a pram strode towards me and exaggerated a cough to make some sort of point. Reluctantly, I put it out and walked off. I then turned around to see her lighting up a cigarette, and blowing smoke all over her baby. FML
Today, my mom found my dad's hidden stash of cigarettes. He told her they were mine and now I have to spend two hours at therapy for my "smoking problem" every weekend. I've never smoked. FML
Today, I overheard my mom telling my aunt what an “attention-seeking drama queen” I’ve been lately. All I asked was that she not smoke around me. I’ve had asthma all my life and am currently recovering from Covid. She thinks it’s all a conspiracy, meanwhile I haven’t taken a deep breath in weeks. FML
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Top comments
nix1993 41
#1 In principle I agree with you. However I would have very little respect for someone who puts their own desire to smoke above their child's health. That respect plummets zero when he deliberately lights up in front of her in an attempt to possibly trigger an asthma attack only to prove a point. That kind of person doesn't deserve anybody's respect.
KingZach 10
one small puff for man, one giant hit for mankind.
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Comments (115)
DocDrose 20
Some people just don't want to be saved, OP. It's especially hard on those who love that person and don't want to see them suffering.
Maycontainnuts 17
Or suffer themselves as this case would seem!
gearhead369 20
What a dink! But seriously, telling a smoker to quit won't make them quit. He will when HE is ready
rabid_otaku 29
With asthma, though, OP can't really wait on her father. Living in a smokehouse can be deadly for someone who already has pulmonary issues.
flopstar 21
You should let him smoke. But put down rules like no smoking in the house with your condition.
AwesomeAnyway 10
It is his own choice but it also rude he lit on up when you standing there and you have asthma
Death69 24
He will quit when he wants to. Until then, you hounding him will have no effect. Granted his smoking to make you have an attack, was a shitty move on his part.
hippodankamus 22
You should show him a picture of what smoker lungs look like. Maybe that would scare him. And inform him of the fact that he could get, you know, lung cancer and such.
JohnTheDonJuan 11
Oh my gosh, you're right! I'm sure the father, being a grown man, has neither seen nor heard of the negative effects of smoking. Thank Christ you were here to spare this man!
Ashd09 30
Although I agree that he shouldn't smoke (and definitely not around you) If he doesn't want to quit, no amount of asking, or even begging, will make him stop. I understand your concern about your father's health, but you should just respect that he doesn't want to quit, and ask him to at least avoid smoking while you're in the house
Unrecognisable 12
Your dad handled that in the most immature way.
superwhovian 16
Sorry
pharm121 21
Maybe if you get 1000 likes on fb or 1 million retweets...