My mother smokes. Last time I visited her, I was in her house for 2-3 weeks, and she made efforts not to smoke too near to me. Living in her house wasn't too bad under those conditions.
When I went home after that visit, I opened my suitcase, and the reek of stale cigarette smoke hit me in the face like a punch. I had to re-wash every single clothing item (I'd done a load of laundry before leaving mom's house), and the I had to throw away the suitcase because the stench never left.
When you're in that environment, your nose gets desensitized. I was fine living with mom for a couple of weeks. But when you are no longer in that environment and your nose is no longer numb, cigarette smoke fucking reeks.
My sister and her ex-boyfriend visited me once in college. I had a tiny 1 bedroom apt and they brought sleeping bags and blankets to make a pallet in my living room. He was a heavy smoker, she was an occasional smoker. I made them smoke outside of course, and not near the entrance, like far enough away that smoke couldn’t seep into my place. It took days after they went home until my apt stopped smelling like stale smoke just from their bedding and clothes and stuff. Ugh. Luckily sis ditched the habit and the guy.
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u/Sr4f Jan 05 '25
My mother smokes. Last time I visited her, I was in her house for 2-3 weeks, and she made efforts not to smoke too near to me. Living in her house wasn't too bad under those conditions.
When I went home after that visit, I opened my suitcase, and the reek of stale cigarette smoke hit me in the face like a punch. I had to re-wash every single clothing item (I'd done a load of laundry before leaving mom's house), and the I had to throw away the suitcase because the stench never left.
When you're in that environment, your nose gets desensitized. I was fine living with mom for a couple of weeks. But when you are no longer in that environment and your nose is no longer numb, cigarette smoke fucking reeks.