3 year olds and cigars.....

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by Aero95

My little 3yr old boy tells me to grab a cigar when we go out to play in the yard. I just tell him this is an adult activity.

Wait, you don't already have a cigar when you go outside

Looks like he's got YOUR priorities straight.

[Aero95]

Originally Posted by Bill86

Wait, you don't already have a cigar when you go outside

Looks like he's got YOUR priorities straight.

Luca my boy usually shrugs his shoulders and says come on and then points to a cigar and says now come on lets go outside.

[MurphysLaw]

Great pic Carlos!

Great advice here. As for me, I've been smoking cigars since my son was young, so he's seen me smoke many times. Since I only smoke cigars, it's easy for me to defend. He's gotten the "smoking is bad" classes at school, and when they were in those, he was telling em I shouldn't smoke and that it's not healthy. I told him that I don't inhale, like a cigarette, and that I don't have enough of them for it to be very bad for my health. As I said that, I was thinking "I'm healthier than the people teaching that to him, with the races I do." LOL

And as far as the girls comments go...we have an almost 13yr old (hers with her ex), so I'm on the doorstep (though she's been acting like she was 20something since she was 4). I feel fortunate that I can be intimidating easily at times. When I was a teenager, I was the type of kid that the parents wanted their girls to date, but none of the girls did. LOL And I think I'll steal neoflex's line here, too...I hope she finds herself a really nice girlfriend.

[Skywalker]

Honesty is the best policy!

I also have a 3 year old and he knows when I'm in the backyard or garage there's a good chance I'm having a cigar!

I give him chocolate cigars to play with and eat, once in awhile.

As for my daughter... I just married her off last month!!!

[lbowles2]

My 4 yr old daughter likes to smell my cigars when I get them in and unwrap them. When I smoke one out on the
porch she will be out there with me but I feel bad sometimes when she can't sit on my lap because I have the cigar.

As for when she gets older... She's a cutey now and I think she is going to be good lookin' as she gets older. I just
figure I will tell any dude that comes to pick her up that I wouldn't mind going back to prison

[nofeardiver]

man not looking foreward to this my one year old allready crawls over and lifts him self up and bang on the glass of my vino... i am going to have to figure out a way to lock it...

[neoflex]

Originally Posted by nofeardiver

man not looking foreward to this my one year old allready crawls over and lifts him self up and bang on the glass of my vino... i am going to have to figure out a way to lock it...

There's a thread somewhere on here where someone came up with a halfway decent looking system.
Do you have a room where the door can be closed? May be a good alternative on where to keep it. I know when my daughter gets to that stage I may need to reassess my storage devices and go with a Vino or maybe a cooled Cabinet so I can keep them in my office upstairs where she can't just wonder in and have at it.

[treatneggy]

Originally Posted by nofeardiver

man not looking foreward to this my one year old allready crawls over and lifts him self up and bang on the glass of my vino... i am going to have to figure out a way to lock it...

I feel your pain. My 2 year old loves to play in any humidor he can reach, and ripped the hinges out of a desktop humidor while trying to open it - I think he had a hold of the lid and the humidor slipped off the desk.

He also likes to carry around any cigars he can find, especially when I'm trying to re-arrange the cooler!

[nofeardiver]

will have to look its and edgestar, i know the vino i bought from Larry(Ogre) has a key hole, he is looking for the key for me, so i can lock that one, the other one i might have to put one of those child proof plastic locks on it temporary....

[Remo]

Good suggestions guys, thanks.

Albert, I know

[357]

I too get this question from my 4 & 5 yr olds. They have gotten the smoking is bad for you stuff; my 5 yr old from school. Anyway, my wife smokes cigarettes, and they know they are bad for her.

She's trying to quit now, but a but it is hard for the kids to understand the difference between cigarettes and cigars. They understand that some drinks are "grown up" drinks and that some grown ups smoke. That much get. Good luck.

BTW, it's hard to think about some guy coming over to date my daughter (4) someday. That said I have a healthy firearm collection and I'm about 6'6" & 295. I promise you I will find a number of ways to put the fear of God into some poor kid's soul.

[Ranger_B]

My wife has a 4 and 8 year old both girls. Whenever a box is on the steps the first thing they ask is if it is more cigars. Whoops guess I need to cut back. Anyway everytime it is cigars they are the first to open the boxes so they can smell them. I dont smoke near them unless we are hiking. When they ask about them I tell them I smoke cigars to relax.

[mmblz]

my 3 year old daughter told me my cigar was stinky the other day

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by mmblz

my 3 year old daughter told me my cigar was stinky the other day

You imply a great point here...

Don't hide your cigar smoking. Kids are not stupid and they will get the wrong idea. Explain to them what it is, why you do it, and why they cannot do it now (it's an adult privilege)...

FWIW mmblz, my 20 year old son agrees with your daughter...

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by CigarNut

You imply a great point here...

Don't hide your cigar smoking. Kids are not stupid and they will get the wrong idea. Explain to them what it is, why you do it, and why they cannot do it now (it's an adult privilege)...

FWIW mmblz, my 20 year old son agrees with your daughter...

Or......................

I assure you, my grandson will not touch a cigar for a very, very long time.
Right after that photo, the sting kicked in on the lips and tongue and on the floor it went.

Sometimes seeing it and touching it goes a long way with kids.
A kid's expert I saw once when I was a parent for the first time said something that stuck with my wife and I for years.
She said let them touch it, feel it, and they will move on.
For years, we had very expensive Capodimonte that survived through two kids by applying this principle.
Once the curiosity is satified, they move on.