I never smoke inside. Usually on the back deck with doors and windows closed. Inevitably my wife comes downstairs and complains that the house stinks. She must have super smell. And we are talking one bowl a day at most. It's really irritating. Other than giving her COVID (Gd forbid), I'm at a loss. Maybe if I stop showering that will distract her. Or time to convert the garage into a smoking den I guess. Sorry, just venting.
How to Disable Wife's Sense of Smell
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I completely understand your predicament. My wife, on the otherhand, actually likes some of the aromatic room notes and is tolerant of me smoking in my office or in our parlor. Pipe smoke tends to dissipate pretty quickly which is nice because I doubt she'll like it lingering for days on end. However, I do try to smoke outside any time that the weather is nice enough to permit it.
For your situation, perhaps smoking downwind of your home would prevent the smoke from filtering in somehow. Maybe it's the power of suggestion or maybe she smells it on your person?
For your situation, perhaps smoking downwind of your home would prevent the smoke from filtering in somehow. Maybe it's the power of suggestion or maybe she smells it on your person?
Just one good swift punch to....nevermind.
My wife can smell a fart from three rooms away. I understand your problems. I'm also banished to the outside world.
My wife can smell a fart from three rooms away. I understand your problems. I'm also banished to the outside world.
Try a different tobacco. 1Q is a good tobacco for inside the house for a bowl. Moderation is the key to smoking in the house and keeping your family happy! ?
My wife has a nuclear powered sniffer as well. It is what it is. No changing her mind. lol
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Lots of beans is my suggestion with a healthy serving of cabbage once or twice a week and some chili and pickled eggs will solve the problem. Just a word of caution if you go to far you might have to move out to the garage
Mine is similar. Can smell tobacco odour a mile off. I'm an outdoor smoker. As briarbuck says it is what it is.
I suggest material bribery and/or trying to figure out if she minds the smell or if it's a problem with smoking a pipe in general. Good luck!
not much you can do. I don't think she's got any amazing skills. People who don't smoke can really smell this stuff. Maybe get her into nasal snuff.
I'd suggest finding the most polite way of telling her tough shit. Perhaps she could put some Vick's on her upper lip.
As the old straw goes, you can't live with 'em and you can't live without 'em. I was married, then a widower, and now remarried again, and by some odd chance, both wives were heavy cigarette smokers who eventually quit. I've never been asked to smoke outdoors or not to smoke, though I quit smoking in solidarity with my first wife in quitting a really heavy cigarette habit. Rarely my second wife will comment on the smell of a blend, mostly positive, sometimes negative. I was surprised at how many Forums members smoke entirely outside in consideration of their wives, but that's what I'd do if asked. If your wife can smell your smoking on the porch, I'd smoke further away from the house. If she's still smelling your pipe, it is likely on your clothes. You could have a special jacket to leave hung outside under shelter. After that, I think your wife is getting far-fetched and just doesn't want you to smoke, which is a different issue. The positive spin there is that she fears losing you to tobacco related health issues.
Women are the proverbial pain in the ass. When they develop their standard "know-it-all" sense about ages 55-65 you are hosed. Couple this with the slightly less frequent sense of "you can't tell me it isn't" and life becomes hell.
I might smoke on the porch all the time if she moved all her room fresheners & candles (which habit predates my pipes) outside too. They'd need to be on the other side of the house though. Urgh!
I have never understood the going outside to smoke. I smoke wherever I want last time I checked I live there too I dont complain when she watches some chick flick. But I have a great wife who never complains about my drinking large amounts of alcohol or smoking or chewing I did these when we met and wont stop now
Get her bunch of lilies. Smell so bad, she won't notice anything else.
herion works too. She'll smell things but won't care, problem is that she generally won't care about much but it's good to know you have options right?
How to disable a wife's sense of smell:
I'm thinking that this, as with many problems of the sort... may fall back to proper pipe laying. If I try to be totally honest..
I'm thinking that this, as with many problems of the sort... may fall back to proper pipe laying. If I try to be totally honest..
I married a little late for my generation, and I was a widower for about ten years. So I've been single and I've been hitched, and believe me friend (in general) hitched is better.