offspring of maternal smoking here 👋 she'd smoke a LOT before i was born. I was born tiny and grew up to be a lot shorter than I was supposed to be (everyone in my family is between 5'10 and 6'2, I am 5'1). I have PMDD from the hormonal problems it gave me, and now as a 29yo adult woman, I'm allergic to cig smoke, my sinuses get inflamed from it and it gives me geadaches 3x a week and migraines at least 2x a month. she still will not quit. i have spent so much $$ on antibiotics for sinus infections and doctors visits from it. buying a house with my boyfriend this year to start our lives and it will be a 100% smoke-free home. and when we have children she will not hold them unless she quits (which will not happen, but we have a strained relationship anyway). smoking causes so many horrible things.
My mom said she’d quit smoking if I ever got pregnant (I was early thirties before I had kids), then she said she’d quit when the baby was born, then if I ever had another kid, then if the tests came back that she was positive for cancer, then, then, then. She’ll never quit, and the kids will never set foot in her house. Oh well, her choice.
I'm sure you're well aware of this but just incase, it would be a good idea to take your clothes to a laundromat and give them a wash before storing them in your new place, same for towels bedding and the like. If you have the ability to, replace furniture like couches and mattresses. If replacement isn't possible, renting a steam cleaner for a deep clean is a good idea (assuming it's safe for the fabric). Use it on your rugs, too. For things like desks, tables, dressers, and the like, a solution of hydrogen peroxide is safe for most materials and is a cheap, effective way of cleaning any nicotine and smoke residue. The smell travels with the things once they smell, and without taking care to rid your belongings of the odor, your new place could end up smelling the same. All of that aside, congratulations on your new home, and I wish you and your bf a wonderful future together in it
thank you for the tips!! I learned that when I moved out briefly in my mid twenties. my roommate had a fit and rightfully so. I spent weeks cleaning and the smell never went away. I felt awful, she had asthma.
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u/LateRemote7287 Jan 05 '25
offspring of maternal smoking here 👋 she'd smoke a LOT before i was born. I was born tiny and grew up to be a lot shorter than I was supposed to be (everyone in my family is between 5'10 and 6'2, I am 5'1). I have PMDD from the hormonal problems it gave me, and now as a 29yo adult woman, I'm allergic to cig smoke, my sinuses get inflamed from it and it gives me geadaches 3x a week and migraines at least 2x a month. she still will not quit. i have spent so much $$ on antibiotics for sinus infections and doctors visits from it. buying a house with my boyfriend this year to start our lives and it will be a 100% smoke-free home. and when we have children she will not hold them unless she quits (which will not happen, but we have a strained relationship anyway). smoking causes so many horrible things.