Oh man, this brings back a not so good memory. My father-in-law was a heavy smoker. We lived in the South back then so it didn’t get too cold in the winter. I had gritted my teeth and put up with him smoking in our home in the past, but when our youngest child was born prematurely and had ongoing lung issues, we had to put our foot down. He could no longer smoke in our home, he would have to go outside. Same for my husband’s sister. We just had to do it. Talk about a free for all :-( They came for dinner and we had to tell them they could no longer smoke in our home. I don’t think they ever forgave us and none of them ever came to our home again, for dinner or otherwise. Now days, it’s considered the polite thing to not smoke in another person’s home, but back in 1986/87 it was still a fairly new thing, and they were all livid.They all left in a huff, half way through the meal that day…. So thankful the hubby stood with me on this, because it was very important to our son’s health and our other two children, too. Ellie is doing what I wanted to say to my FIL…and SIL….but was too timid to do, at the time.
Oh man, this brings back a not so good memory. My father-in-law was a heavy smoker. We lived in the South back then so it didn’t get too cold in the winter. I had gritted my teeth and put up with him smoking in our home in the past, but when our youngest child was born prematurely and had ongoing lung issues, we had to put our foot down. He could no longer smoke in our home, he would have to go outside. Same for my husband’s sister. We just had to do it. Talk about a free for all :-( They came for dinner and we had to tell them they could no longer smoke in our home. I don’t think they ever forgave us and none of them ever came to our home again, for dinner or otherwise. Now days, it’s considered the polite thing to not smoke in another person’s home, but back in 1986/87 it was still a fairly new thing, and they were all livid.They all left in a huff, half way through the meal that day…. So thankful the hubby stood with me on this, because it was very important to our son’s health and our other two children, too. Ellie is doing what I wanted to say to my FIL…and SIL….but was too timid to do, at the time.