Smoking a Pipe at 36

[kgs]

I am 33. I first smoked a pipe in my early 20's, but only at home and only occasionally. I began smoking cigarettes in high school and I smoked them heavily until this past year. Now that I no longer smoke cigarettes I smoke my pipe as often as I can.

I have transitioned to pipe smoking during this pandemic and, consequently, I have not been around many people with my pipe. I smoke while driving and around my home and neighborhood. I haven't gotten many reactions. Nobody has said a thing to me. I think that a lot of people don't actually notice.

I feel a little shy about smoking my pipe, but I am addicted enough to do it anyways.

 

[brew]

I started when i was 14, I'm 44 now. I'm probably the youngest person who was in the The Universal Coterie of Pipe Smokers. it can get a bit tedious to have inane conversations,"is that a cherry blend", " is that weed". Ironically a lot of people think its some weird vape these days.

 

[Ethan]

Hi everyone

So I am 36 and smoke a pipe. People find it hilarious and make fun of me but I love it.

Anyone else on here in their 30s that smoke pipes? If so what kind of reception do you get from people when they see you smoke from a pipe out and about?

I bought first pipe in my early 20s, am now in my mid 40s. There have been times in between I did not smoke, I don't think I got less odd stares or comments as a result though.
One of my favorite quotes for occasions like this I believe belongs to Winston Churchill:
"When you’re 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place."

 

[telescopes]

I bought first pipe in my early 20s, am now in my mid 40s. There have been times in between I did not smoke, I don't think I got less odd stares or comments as a result though.
One of my favorite quotes for occasions like this I believe belongs to Winston Churchill:
"When you’re 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place."

Absolutely.

 

[sablebrush52]

I bought first pipe in my early 20s, am now in my mid 40s. There have been times in between I did not smoke, I don't think I got less odd stares or comments as a result though.
One of my favorite quotes for occasions like this I believe belongs to Winston Churchill:
"When you’re 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place."

While I agree with this in the main, I also think Winnie was being disingenuous. He always wanted people thinking about him, and made sure that they did.

One of the compensations for becoming a survivor is that you largely cease to care about what anyone else thinks of you. Live long enough and you eventually realize that people think whatever they've been programmed to think.

 

[GCW]

You can add me to the 36 with a pipe club. Though in April that number will go up. First picked up the pipe Nov. 2015.

Time has flown since that first bowl of Carter Hall.