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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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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jiggleboy 9
Smoking dad is a dick to things.
HighasaCloud 46
It's obvious that he lit up just to get you to leave so he doesn't need to listen to you, so for your own health, stop nagging someone who doesn't care to quit.
SkiBunnyBB96 11
I guess he doesn't care what health risks his smoking poses for you and himself :/ sorry you have to go thru that OP
Gaydino 0
That's awful :(
Classy_Sassy15 18
sorry op
Kyyav13 1
Did you know cigarette smoke has been proven to have absolutely zero effect on asthma? If someone is a smoker and someone near them has an asthma-related problem during their smoking, it is purely a psychological response because their brain tricks their body into believing it will make it happen.
toyhenoctus 16
Wow, to each his own but that's f**ked up, especially if you have asthma. I caught my dad smoking once when I was really little and the look on his face when he saw me is burned into my brain. He quit just for me; never smoked another day after that
emmshemms 5
That's horrible, I hate when people smoke around me, knowing that I have asthma and bronchitis. It sucks, I feel bad for you:(
2retz 11
the height of disrespect in someone smoking right around a book smoker is shocking. you dad is a jackass for doing that. sure, he has ever right to continue to smoke. but around you like that and affecting a medical condition like asthma.... jack ass.
TallMist 32
I got a feeling he does this on purpose.