Cigars & our better half...

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I hid my cigar hobby from my girlfriend for awhile, only smoking when I was not around her. One day she saw my coolidors and asked why I had all these coolers in my basement and then I had to tell her. I didn't want her to think I was hiding bodies or something.

So when we moved to Dublin last June and I discovered JJ Fox I would grab a cigar almost every day and that's when she found out. After initially saying that it was a gross habit she has come to understand that there is a large difference between cigarettes and cigars and she has become a lot more understanding. When we were in Cuba in December she even started to sit out with me while I was smoking. She's come to understand that it's a hobby that I am passionate about and that it brings me happiness.

I'm driving her and my mother around Niagara on the Lake all afternoon for wine tastings, so she got me a groupon deal at the B&M there so I could grab a couple of sticks to smoke while they are doing their tastings.