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05.24.08, 17:39 PM General Topics
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spending the weekend at my mom's smallish house on Long Island. My mom smokes 3-4 cigarettes a day and today it really bothered me-- ds has a bad cold and I have a scratchy throat. I asked her if please she could smoke outside for tonight and she totally blew up at me--"When did you become such a puritan??" I'm really upset. Wish we could leave tonight. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 05.24.08, 05:39 PM Flag
 

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you kind of cannot dictate what your mother does at her own house. next time invite her to your place, then you can have her smoke outside, but unfortunately you are on her turf. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 05:53 PM Flag
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she lives in a house on Long Island and we live in an apt...I know I can't MAKE her not smoke, but you think it's really unreasonable to ask that she smoke outside for the maybe 48 hours per month we're here? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 06:05 PM Flag
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yes, but you can leave [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 06:50 PM Flag
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it's totally reasonable, but since it's her house, it's also -- technically, anyway -- reasonable for her to refuse. i wouldn't stay there again if it were me. and, i would leave now and go to a hotel. what is wrong with her? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 06:52 PM Flag
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lighten up, francis. if you live in NYC you're breathing worse than 3-4 cigarettes every time you leave your apartment. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 06:53 PM Flag
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ding ding ding! and the winner for the most unenlightened post of the day is ... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:05 PM Flag
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Three or four cigarettes is not making your child sick or bothering your throat. I agree with her that you're being a Puritan. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:05 PM Flag
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totally disagree. just one cigarette bothers many people. me, for example. but even if it didn't, i simply wouldn't allow it around my kids. when our parents grew up it was a different era. nowadays, knowing what we know, how could we not be bothered by this, even if only on a gut level? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.24.08, 07:06 PM Flag
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