For Tom, smoking is not just about lighting up but it’s more about health. Smokers now in Sydney are outlaws that are not allowed to light up at bars, restaurants and shopping centres. They must take it outside and sometime Tom feels the fags are more important to his boyfriend than him. If they go to dinner together, the boyfriend spends more time outside inhaling than talking to Tom. Clearly the cigarettes were causing more than just his clothes to stink up. Tom was ready to give his boyfriend..quit or he would quit him.
Our lunch time discussion left wondering about my own previous relationships. I probably would have put up with smoking if I really loved the guy....clearly if that was all that was wrong in the relationship...sometimes you do have to compromise. I’ve put up with a lot of body hair, low sex drive, emotionally unavailability...all because of love. But is this really worth it? Should we be ready to accept our potential partners with all their habits or addictions and compromise for love? Or should we try to change them (with patches and all). Or is a sign of addiction like smoking a sign that you are not compatible for the long run? Hmm...one more lunch time story that put me off to dating...and smoking.