Posted by Chris on September 15, 2010, 20:41:46, in reply to "Re: Update"
173.74.51.200
Just reread the OP and Natalie is about my age 
. Too bad you're most likely not in my area (Tx)!
--Previous Message--
: Funny, I'm the EXACT same
: way! My natural reaction
: when someone asks me if
: I smoke is
: "nope", even
: though I have been for
: seven years. I guess
: it's because it's hard
: to label myself as a
: smoker. I have this
: clean-cut
: "all-American"
: image about myself that
: I feel like I'll tarnish
: if I come clean. Also,
: the fact that I feel
: like smoking makes me
: appear less attractive
: and maybe a bit stupid
: as it were makes it more
: difficult. The only time
: I have smoked in front
: of a friend was when I
: was really drunk at a
: club. Even though he is
: also a smoker and I was
: wasted, I still felt
: self-conscious! My
: fetish with smoking is
: two-fold. I love seeing
: attractive girls do it,
: which in turn will never
: let me quit. As soon as
: I see a girl smoking, I
: can't help myself. I've
: gotta have one! I guess
: it's something about
: doing the same as
: attractive girls. My
: family knows I smoke,
: but I don't do it around
: them, hoping they will
: just kind of
: "forget".
: Sounds like this girl is
: a closet smoker like me!
: Except that I don't even
: smoke in my own car. I'm
: very disciplined about
: that. One reason is that
: I bought it new (first
: new car ever for me and
: it's finally paid off)
: and I want to keep that
: new car smell forever,
: and also because I don't
: want someone getting in
: my car and thinking
: "ugh, smoker".
: Heck, I won't even smoke
: in front of strangers! I
: work 15 minutes away
: from home, and on my
: hour-long lunch break I
: drive home to smoke.
: Crazy, right?
:
: I with I knew this girl
: you work with. I wonder
: if she has a Facebook??
:
: --Previous Message--
:
: Natalie's smoking
: situation continues to
: perplex me. This
: morning, four of the
: ladies (Natalie being
: one of them) were
: talking about their
: weekends, etc. Somehow
: in the course of the
: conversation, one of the
: girls mentioned that her
: mom who had smoked for
: almost 40 years was in
: the process of trying to
: quit. The talk then
: turned to smoking with
: all three (except
: Natalie) chiming in
: about their opinions of
: smoking, if they had
: ever smoked, etc.
: Throughout this part of
: the discussion Natalie
: (who had been part of
: the earlier discussion)
: just sat there in
: silence. Finally one of
: the ladies, Julie, came
: right out and asked
: Natalie if she had ever
: smoked. Natalie didn't
: even hesitate- she
: simply said, "Nope.
: Never tried it. My mom
: smoked when I was
: growing up and I always
: hated it." A flat
: out denial as well as a
: lie! I can't figure it
: out. One of the ladies
: in the discussion is a
: smoker and another
: admitted to smoking when
: younger. In addition,
: several other men and
: women in our office
: smoke. It is not a big
: deal here and I've never
: heard anyone criticize
: another employee for
: being a smoker. Why on
: earth is it such a big
: deal for Natalie to just
: admit that she smokes?
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