First cigar experiences

Last night, a friend of mine went with me to the cigar club. I was lucky to light up a delicious Rafael Gonzalez (thanks Dan!), and gave my friend a My Father Le Bijou Petit Robusto (his first cigar). We are sitting there smoking, and he's just getting used to drawing the smoke (instead of when he first inhaled it and started coughing and gagging). He told me that he was starting to get a bit of a buzz, and I suggested that maybe his first time he not smoke it down to a nub. "No no I'll be fine." Needless to say on the drive back he looked a little green and wasn't saying much. Immediately when he stepped out of my car: followed by . Thinking he was done, he said "Wow I shouldn't have eaten so mu..."

What were your first experiences with cigars? I know I was pretty green. I barely was able to hold off puking as well.