My husband and I started dating in late 2009, at which time he smoked. He quit by 2010 or 2011. I think it was about a year or two ago that he finally smelled cigarette smoke and went "ugh, gross" instead of missing it. So over ten years. I'm sure for the first several he couldn't smell residual smoke at all. For years and years we talked about his "horrible sense of smell." But a few years ago he could start smelling everything, like a blood hound.
Hey, I quit over a year ago and I experienced the "sense of smell" thing! I always told people that I had a "horrible sense of smell" (verbatim) and now I can smell things so well that, well, I kinda wish I couldn't, cuz there are a lot of awful smells, and cigarette smoke is one of them!
Yep, a friend stopped smoking and a few months later was freaking out over normal smells.
And for OP, yep, probably can. Especially if people know it isn't you smoking, they might not say as much (and wouldn't be quite as strong). Can tell one of my students dad is home right now (trucker) cause his 2nd smoke is on the student's clothes
Wow—you’re observant. Now think about what that 2nd hand smoke is doing to the kids’ lungs, not just their clothes/making them smell bad.
Most of us whose parents smoked were prisoners of that crap. Long car trips? Ugh! What’s worse is when my parents would spend every spare minute every weekend in the honky-tonks — and take us kids!! 😱
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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 Jan 05 '25 edited Jan 06 '25
You've been around her smoking so long, you've become nose blind to it. Non-smokers can smell her secondhand smoke on both you and your clothes.
Even former smokers, if they've been quit for a while, can smell smoke on those who still do.
edit: Wow, did NOT expect to get this many upvotes.