Family members / friends giving you a hard time about vaping

[n0ugh7_zw]

My dad, who's a stinky user of 40+ years, has no problem with me vaping, and is slowly coming around to trying it himself. I'm getting him a EVOD VV kit for his birthday.

However, my step mother, and her mother, and practically the rest of the family, behave as if I'm smoking meth. They flat out refuse to listen to reason, or do any research on the topic. Instead choosing to believe all the fear mongering in the news on e-cigs.

They, are down right rude, when I vape at the dinner table after we've eaten (I'm not using a RDA with a low ohm cloud chasing build in it) I'm using my kayfun, and i take small hits so as not to breath out clouds of vapor. Bearing in mind that whilst being rude, they're smoking analogs.

Anyone else have these kinds of issues?

 

[Rob Fisher]

I did have some of those issues with my wife when I started on my vaping journey but she is a nursing sister and likes to research stuff in her own time and make up her own mind... she hasn't hassled me one bit for over a month now and is really happy that I no longer stink and she knows full well vaping is about a gazillion times better for me and the people around me than smoking... and it helps that I don't vape stinky vape juices that permeate the house.

Some of the juices have a really kak smell for people around the vaper... Menthol Ice has almost zero smell for people in close proximity. Some vapers don't realise that the vapour they exhale does actually smell...

 

[BumbleBee]

Yip, frustrating as hell! I have a family member also trying to quit cold turkey, after day 4 he is battling but refuses to consider vaping, he says it triggers asthma. I pointed him to the articles that @Alex has found for us but he won't hear of it. When folks have made up their minds it is very difficult to change them. Then his buddies chip in and say not to replace one bad habit with another but rather try Nicorettes

You can lead a horse to water but it's still illegal to drown them

 

[n0ugh7_zw]

Quite right, I almost always vape NicEjuice Mint (really strong menthol, with no tobaco component) at the dinner table and I've asked load of people if they can smell it, and they can't.

Maybe they're just suffering a knee-jerk reaction, because my mech, looks a bit like some drug takers paraphernalia?

 

[n0ugh7_zw]

I started this thread, more as a vent, than anything else. I figured if I'm having these issues, then there must be other people in similar boats. Talking about it, is so much better than letting it bottle up, and cause stress.

At the end of the day, i guess the moral of the situation. Is that, people fear what the don't immediately understand, and many people are too set in their ways, to let common sense dictate their reactions. Though I'm guessing, that as time passes, and they see that this isn't a passing interest, they'll learn to accept it.

 

[BumbleBee]

I started this thread, more as a vent, than anything else. I figured if I'm having these issues, then there must be other people in similar boats. Talking about it, is so much better than letting it bottle up, and cause stress.

At the end of the day, i guess the moral of the situation. Is that, people fear what the don't immediately understand, and many people are too set in their ways, to let common sense dictate their reactions. Though I'm guessing, that as time passes, and they see that this isn't a passing interest, they'll learn to accept it.

I can relate

 

[Riddle]

I have a lot of family members who tried vaping but went back to the stinkies. Every time they see me vaping they ask how does that even help you quit smoking. I tried it for a short while and the juice was terrible. Yet when they take a few drags from mine they comment this is very nice what flavour is it. Hypocrisy at its best I tell you

 

[BumbleBee]

I have a lot of family members who tried vaping but went back to the stinkies. Every time they see me vaping they ask how does that even help you quit smoking. I tried it for a short while and the juice was terrible. Yet when they take a few drags from mine they comment this is very nice what flavour is it. Hypocrisy at its best I tell you

I get that very often, there are a lot of people that tried the cigalikes a few years back or the really bad ce4 type junk from a china shop, you simply can't compare that experience to a proper setup, juice plays a big role too. They probably got some cheap juice to go with it which makes a bad device even worse.

its like saying, "I tried driving a car a few years ago, it was a Dacia, that thing was awful and will never drive a car again, I don't know how other people manage it"

 

[Riddle]

@BumbleBee try to explain to them about the liquid then they say but I spent R200 on a bottle by twisp. I tried twisp liquid and it wasn't really my cup of tea.

I spend less than R200 on a 30ml and I've been happy for months now

 

[Silver]

My dad, who's a stinky user of 40+ years, has no problem with me vaping, and is slowly coming around to trying it himself. I'm getting him a EVOD VV kit for his birthday.

However, my step mother, and her mother, and practically the rest of the family, behave as if I'm smoking meth. They flat out refuse to listen to reason, or do any research on the topic. Instead choosing to believe all the fear mongering in the news on e-cigs.

They, are down right rude, when I vape at the dinner table after we've eaten (I'm not using a RDA with a low ohm cloud chasing build in it) I'm using my kayfun, and i take small hits so as not to breath out clouds of vapor. Bearing in mind that whilst being rude, they're smoking analogs.

Anyone else have these kinds of issues?

I hear you @n0ugh7_zw
Not great and I can imagine how irritating that must be

just to clarify, are you vaping at the dinner table while eating?
are they smoking at the dinner table too? Or are they not smoking while you vape?

 

[Riaz]

if i know im around skeptical people who choose not to understand what vaping is about, i rather dont vape in their company

 

[n0ugh7_zw]

I hear you @n0ugh7_zw
Not great and I can imagine how irritating that must be

just to clarify, are you vaping at the dinner table while eating?
are they smoking at the dinner table too? Or are they not smoking while you vape?

@Silver nope it's after the meals done, and they're smoking while I Vape.

There was a new development today

My step moms mother came to work today with a cigalike... And then had a go at telling that, that is what I should be using

 

[Paulie]

People in general are not good when it comes to change and what i have noticed is in the begging the use News24 and other news agencies to do research and tell you the bad articles and say that its not good for you. But after a month i managed to convert 2 family members and now they all agree its alot more healthy.

 

[Riddle]

@Silver nope it's after the meals done, and they're smoking while I Vape.

There was a new development today

My step moms mother came to work today with a cigalike... And then had a go at telling that, that is what I should be using

Let's see how long that cigalike lasts

 

[Marzuq]

the only issue i have is that my girlfriend isnt a fan of the vm4 smell. so i carry both reos with me. one with my favourite vm4 and one for when she is around so the smell doesnt bug her...
oh and 'dnt blow that clouds in my face or ill throw your mod out the wondow' - i was like 'babe you called it a mod'

 

[n0ugh7_zw]

Sorry @Silver, I'm using my bloody phone. It won't let me undo that rating. Will sort it as soon as I'm near a computer. Actually wanted to like the post

 

[annemarievdh]

@Silver nope it's after the meals done, and they're smoking while I Vape.

There was a new development today

My step moms mother came to work today with a cigalike... And then had a go at telling that, that is what I should be using

That is sooo funny!! I hope you burst out in loud laughter.

 

[n0ugh7_zw]

my work internet is doing that crappy thing again, where i can't see new posts, without posting

 

[Yiannaki]

@n0ugh7_zw

Don't worry mate. We've all been there and im sure many are still there.

I also had my own vent session some time back. HRH started to give me some flak regrading it's safety, etc. Over time, i got her to read some of the articles that I have come across here. Mainly thanks to @Alex

It's quite ironic that they're vaping on analogues and giving you a tough time about it. Don't worry though, even the most anti-vaping smokers eventually come around, start asking questions and then end up on a device It's happened to me twice now in the office.

Hope you come right bro

 

[rogue zombie]

I've had a few "Ya but it can't be good for you...." From smokers that don't want to quit.

Which blows my mind completely.

Because cigarettes actually used to regenerate cells in my body, fight off infections and replenish any vitamins I was loosing!

 

[K_klops]

I hear you

My family has treated me like Iv been smoking meth in their presence for the last few months. They are mostly ex smokers while some still use the stinkies, but they all think im doing drugs or killling an infant or something.
Friends are just as painful , all using the same bs lines like"thats got to be worse than smoking", "its purely chemicals" , "if you gonna smoke then smoke properly" , " your killing yourself faster" and " its a pretentious habit"

No point trying to even argue. Great news is that I have converted 2 family members who smoked and a few work colleagues.

They will never know the great life vaping offers until they cross over to the cloud side.

 

[BumbleBee]

How many of you have got the "Propylene Glycol?! That's antifreeze!" line before? My response is to give them a blank stare, like the one you get at the post office counter, while I tell them to Fu(& off and die quietly in my head.

 

[n0ugh7_zw]

I can relate

 

[K_klops]

Ha ha almost every time

 

[Yiannaki]

How many of you have got the "Propylene Glycol?! That's antifreeze!" line before? My response is to give them a blank stare, like the one you get at the post office counter, while I tell them to Fu(& off and die quietly in my head.

Luckily I haven't had that one yet No one I have come across yet has ever heard that word before