Virgin Smoke: What and When

I have a home in Baja and do a lot of fishing there. As fathers sometimes do, they bang heads with their son(s), and I am no exception. About 3 years ago on the way down to Baja, I stopped off at the Costco in Ensenada, B.C. and bought a box of TeAmo cigars for no particular rhyme or reason other than they were cheap. My knowledge of cigars was zip-nada-nothing at the time. I wasnt even a cigar smoker then, but, I must have had it in mind to offer a cigar to friends when they came down to fish! I really dont know, other than I bought a box. What I know about cigars now, I dont think I would have bought Te Amo, but, that is another story. About a week later my son visited me in Baja to go fishing and the first evening, I broke out the box and offered him one. Neither of us knew anything about cigars, but, we smoked a cigar every night for about a week out on the deck and talked about everything, never having a cross word between us. Since then, we have stopped banging heads, learned alot about cigars, call one another at least once or twice a week and our relationship couldnt be better. As I said before, that was 3 years ago. Was it the cigars? Did I mellow out as a dad? I dont know, other than I have taken up the hobby very seriously and so has my son and we get along very well now. Since then, I have read lots of articles about the psychological benefits of smoking cigars with others. For me, it worked with my son!