Cigars & our better half...

dmiller662 · 02-01-2016, 08:59 PM

LOL.... this brought up old memories and a very LONG discussion one evening..

I have smoked for approx. 10 yrs, and very much enjoy a nice cigar on a regular basis...

My wonderful wife, has been supportive (uh for years anyway), and even tried a few here and there, bless her heart..

She has seen me start out with a very small humidor holding a few cigars to my collection of today with over 50 boxes and many singles in a Aristocrat Cabinet Humidor....

I would get the occasional question when a new box came in... "how much was that" and was always the answer " caught it on sale for like $40" or some other lame excuse. I used to get a bit annoyed.. I mean , I own a business, pay my fair share of bills, and we each buy our own things, I mean I never asked how much a pair of her shoes were.. But Honesty is much better in a 20+ year marriage , trust me.. More on that below...

Ok, I will try to shorten this up...

My wife works for a large restaurant company, she is a accounting supervisor.. Anyway, they have a few very Nice upper end Steak Houses.. With which we get a nice discount at, so do like to eat there a time or 2.. One one in particular has a very nice cigar lounge, where they sell cigars, and you can enjoy them... And she has always encouraged me to go sit after a meal. Anyway, she was taking me a few years ago for my 45th b-day for a nice steak dinner....

what I did NOT know, (being the awesome wife she is), she contacted the GM of the steak house, and let him know, she wanted to buy me some cigars for my b-day. asked what I liked, and she of course did not know.. So he said to get a few different ones and bring them by the office or the restaurant and he would see if they had in stock, or he could order for her..

Well she got into my humidor, opened some boxes (I found this out later in our discussion), and decided to take 2 cigars out from boxes I only had a couple left in, so she was going to buy me a box of one of them...

Ok, remember the $40 a box I used to say....

Well when she went by the restaurant with the 2 to show him, to buy a box..

He said..

"-----" (wifes name), this one here, you CANNOT get, trust me, take it home and put back and don't ask questions....

on the second he tells her, Uh, we sell the singles, but I can order you a box for about $300

first one I cannot name

2nd was a opusX lost city

Needless to say, as pissed as she was, I did get a few cigars, but not a box..

Im sure you can imagine the LONG discussion we had DURING dinner, and the slight smile I got from the GM that came by and wished me a happy b-day..

02-01-2016, 08:59 PM	#25
dmiller662 Just in from the Storm Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Texas Posts: 39 Trading: (0)	Re: Cigars & our better half... LOL.... this brought up old memories and a very LONG discussion one evening.. I have smoked for approx. 10 yrs, and very much enjoy a nice cigar on a regular basis... My wonderful wife, has been supportive (uh for years anyway), and even tried a few here and there, bless her heart.. She has seen me start out with a very small humidor holding a few cigars to my collection of today with over 50 boxes and many singles in a Aristocrat Cabinet Humidor.... I would get the occasional question when a new box came in... "how much was that" and was always the answer " caught it on sale for like $40" or some other lame excuse. I used to get a bit annoyed.. I mean , I own a business, pay my fair share of bills, and we each buy our own things, I mean I never asked how much a pair of her shoes were.. But Honesty is much better in a 20+ year marriage , trust me.. More on that below... Ok, I will try to shorten this up... My wife works for a large restaurant company, she is a accounting supervisor.. Anyway, they have a few very Nice upper end Steak Houses.. With which we get a nice discount at, so do like to eat there a time or 2.. One one in particular has a very nice cigar lounge, where they sell cigars, and you can enjoy them... And she has always encouraged me to go sit after a meal. Anyway, she was taking me a few years ago for my 45th b-day for a nice steak dinner.... what I did NOT know, (being the awesome wife she is), she contacted the GM of the steak house, and let him know, she wanted to buy me some cigars for my b-day. asked what I liked, and she of course did not know.. So he said to get a few different ones and bring them by the office or the restaurant and he would see if they had in stock, or he could order for her.. Well she got into my humidor, opened some boxes (I found this out later in our discussion), and decided to take 2 cigars out from boxes I only had a couple left in, so she was going to buy me a box of one of them... Ok, remember the $40 a box I used to say.... Well when she went by the restaurant with the 2 to show him, to buy a box.. He said.. "-----" (wifes name), this one here, you CANNOT get, trust me, take it home and put back and don't ask questions.... on the second he tells her, Uh, we sell the singles, but I can order you a box for about $300 first one I cannot name 2nd was a opusX lost city Needless to say, as pissed as she was, I did get a few cigars, but not a box.. Im sure you can imagine the LONG discussion we had DURING dinner, and the slight smile I got from the GM that came by and wished me a happy b-day..