smoking roommate

[texas0range]

I've never smoked anything my entire life (pot, cigs) and my new roommate (He's 53, I'm 21) smokes at least a pack a day, more when is stressed. What's weird is he will wake up like every 2 hours during the night just so he can go outside and light up another one.

I will also occasionally hear him just cough the ENTIRE night. Good thing I sleep like a log.

My question is, do a lot of smokers have so much of an addiction that they will wake up all night long JUST so they can get a smoke?

 

[Ramathorn]

your roommate likely has cancer.

That's awful. I only smoke at work and when I drink.


Why are you living with a 53 year old?

 

[SubliminalHorn]

Sugar daddy?

 

[Fievel121]

I smoke but almost always just when I'm drinking. But I do know of several people who will smoke during the night.

 

[Benson32]

what's even more odd is that you're living with someone that could easily be the age of your father.

 

[7 Iron]

Ask him if he has mesothelioma.

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

I love threads where the OP drops something muchmore interesting than the main topic.

Please do tell why you are liing with a 53 yr old

 

[scottsins]

do you live in a halfway house?

 

[Hayden_Horn]

seriously, a 53 year old? he's more than twice your age!

also, is he smoking in the house? if not, why do you care?

also, as a former smoker, no, definitely not getting up in the middle of the night for a smoke. usually would wait until midmorning or later. loved smoking. LOVED smoking, but hated the way it made me feel.

 

[UTxOrange]

One of my roomates smokes. In the morning I hear his alarm clock go off, him open his door and walking out, and the front door open so he can smoke outside...it's like he makes a beeline for the front door like his life is counting on it...he's 25 though, not 53

 

[rickysrun]

anyone want to place odds on if he makes it to 54?

 

[AustinTejasFan]

Never knew a smoker who woke in the middle of the night to light up, but I've know a few alcoholics who kept a bottle of booze by the bed so they could get drink if they woke up.

 

[Ramathorn]

Even at my worse, I was right at a pack a day. I can't imagine working at Dell w/o smoking though.

 

[MilkmanDan]

I thought maybe you meant smoking hot like Petula Clark. But she's older than 53.

 

[Bernard]

I knew a guy who dipped a lot. He would regularly wake up in the middle of the night a take a dip. He claimed he wasn't addicted, because if he woke up and was out of dip, he would go back to bed rather than go to the store and buy a new can. He said he knew others, that would go to store at any time of night if they woke up and realized they were out.

Sounds like poor planning all around, but that's a different issue.

Bernard

 

[Art Vandelay]

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[Math Mudrat]

Did you just move back in with your parents? Is this "roommate" actually your father?

 

[accuratehorn]

Well, she does call him "daddy."