| I think it is fair to say that you are the | | | | burns our eyes, or the odd disgusting |
| person the rest of us dread being near. We do | | | | cigarette floating in coffee left for us to |
| not want to share an office with you because | | | | discover. We nag about how the house we live |
| we either have to keep the window open at all | | | | in smells. This nagging makes us hate |
| times (which becomes problematic on the days | | | | ourselves, so you know. So we, too, start to |
| when the temperature dips below freezing or | | | | think about ways of getting out of the house |
| soars above scalding). We may have to beg for | | | | so we can breathe. |
| mercy and ask you not to smoke around us, or | | | | |
| maybe we compromise and ask you to cut the | | | | We do not like being out on the town with you |
| number of cigarettes you do smoke around us. | | | | much. So many places do not allow you to |
| It is not the basis for a fantastic working | | | | smoke and so our choice is either to sit |
| partnership. We might also change offices. | | | | alone while you go out and feed your habit, |
| | | | or to stand out on the street with you so we |
| We do not want to sit in a car with you. The | | | | do not feel so alone. There have certainly |
| prospect of you lighting up makes our stomach | | | | been fights that have erupted over this |
| curl up in a ball. In this case, even if the | | | | issue. What if you decide to flaunt it and |
| windows are open, the smoke still wafts past | | | | smoke in places where you are not supposed |
| in great clouds on its way out. So when we | | | | to, the movies, the hallway, the hospital, |
| get out of the car we smell like you do, | | | | the restaurant. That is not fun either. We |
| gross. God forbid we have to be the car with | | | | are co-conspirators without consent. |
| the windows closed. It is just a place we do | | | | |
| not want to go to, to be honest. | | | | We are better off really, staying away from |
| | | | you. It is safer, physically and emotionally. |
| We hate sharing living space with you. It | | | | We are better off looking for someone who |
| makes life at home a total drag. Some of us | | | | wants to live this life on more of an equal |
| start finding ways to not be at home so much. | | | | footing. Someone we can be assured will be |
| It is our way of being more at ease, in case | | | | there in years to come, and will not be our |
| you want to hate us. Some of us opt to stay | | | | patient to care for. |
| at home, and start nagging, about the full | | | | |
| ashtrays, about the constant smoke which | | | | So what do you do then? |