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It's been ages since I was here! Hope all are well and a belated Happy New Year!
I've got a cold and a tickly cough. Felt dreadful today so suspect it might even be one cold followed by another - such is life with a 4 year old germ magnet. Unfortunately, as a result of the cough, MLW's ever more accommodating stance on the cigar hobby has hit the buffers. Yesterday, the conversation went a bit like this:
MLW: you've got a nasty cough since you started cigars.
Me: umm, no, I don't think so. I've just caught a cold.
MLW: you were coughing last night and when you got up.
Me: yes, I've got a cold. You were coughing last night too.
MLW: don't make excuses.
Me: ok.
I've thought about what I should have said (if I had the balls and if I wasn't hopeful that MLW will be accommodating again as soon as my cough goes):
1) 'Our 4 year old daughter had us awake for 4 nights in a row coughing. Is now the time to challenge her about a secret cigar hobby?'
2) 'I've not had a cigar since Christmas and since then I've caught a cold and coughed a bit one night and the following morning. On that basis I should be smoking more cigars, since I didn't cough when I did.'
Not sure either would have helped my cause in the long term so it's probably best I kept quiet.
More seriously, and to be fair to my wife, I've not had a cold with a cough for a long time, so I can understand why she jumped to the conclusion she did. I know smoking cigars is not hazard-free, but hadn't really thought my current cold was any worse than any other (apart from the cough). Even if I didn't smoke cigars, I can't really expect I'll never have a cough ever again.
I also know cigarette smokers are definitely more susceptible to respiratory tract infections, colds, etc., but assumed that was due to inhaling. Like most cigar smokers, I don't inhale, so has anyone found that cigars make them more susceptible to colds, or prolong coughs and colds, even if they don't smoke any for the duration? Hopefully not, but thought I'd ask.
I've got a cold and a tickly cough. Felt dreadful today so suspect it might even be one cold followed by another - such is life with a 4 year old germ magnet. Unfortunately, as a result of the cough, MLW's ever more accommodating stance on the cigar hobby has hit the buffers. Yesterday, the conversation went a bit like this:
MLW: you've got a nasty cough since you started cigars.
Me: umm, no, I don't think so. I've just caught a cold.
MLW: you were coughing last night and when you got up.
Me: yes, I've got a cold. You were coughing last night too.
MLW: don't make excuses.
Me: ok.
I've thought about what I should have said (if I had the balls and if I wasn't hopeful that MLW will be accommodating again as soon as my cough goes):
1) 'Our 4 year old daughter had us awake for 4 nights in a row coughing. Is now the time to challenge her about a secret cigar hobby?'
2) 'I've not had a cigar since Christmas and since then I've caught a cold and coughed a bit one night and the following morning. On that basis I should be smoking more cigars, since I didn't cough when I did.'
Not sure either would have helped my cause in the long term so it's probably best I kept quiet.
More seriously, and to be fair to my wife, I've not had a cold with a cough for a long time, so I can understand why she jumped to the conclusion she did. I know smoking cigars is not hazard-free, but hadn't really thought my current cold was any worse than any other (apart from the cough). Even if I didn't smoke cigars, I can't really expect I'll never have a cough ever again.
I also know cigarette smokers are definitely more susceptible to respiratory tract infections, colds, etc., but assumed that was due to inhaling. Like most cigar smokers, I don't inhale, so has anyone found that cigars make them more susceptible to colds, or prolong coughs and colds, even if they don't smoke any for the duration? Hopefully not, but thought I'd ask.
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