How did you introduce them to your son/daughter?

[Motoracer]

Well Dads? How did you introduce your hobby to your son/daughter to see if they would be interested in joining you? I am young and do not have kids yet, but it is always fun to hear the stories. How old were they, was it an occation, where were you, how did you bring it up, what was the outcome?

I hope to hear some awesome stories!

-Kyle

[68TriShield]

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Well Dads? How did you introduce your hobby to your son/daughter to see if they would be interested in joining you? I am young and do not have kids yet, but it is always fun to hear the stories. How old were they, was it an occation, where were you, how did you bring it up, what was the outcome?

I hope to hear some awesome stories!

-Kyle

Well my nephew gave my just turned 18 yo son a RyJ.I think the little sob did'nt want to smoke one with his Dad for some reason I'll update you later...Dave

[RGD]

CLICK HERE for a previous post on my daughters first smoke with me.


Ron

[xxwaldoxx]

Funny how some posts stay fresh in your mind. After reading this topic i started looking for your story RGD.

Great story

So, if you dont mind me asking, does your Daughter smoke with you now, or was it just a one time thing?

[clampdown]

Right now my wife and I are trying for children, and that is something I have discussed with her. I plan on buying a box of isoms for him/her when he/she is born. I want to give this box to them for their 18th birthday. I hope that they will see me enjoy a cigar and will grow to understand the amazing hobby it is. It should make for a great 18th for them and for me.

[RGD]

Originally Posted by xxwaldoxx

Funny how some posts stay fresh in your mind. After reading this topic i started looking for your story RGD.

Great story

So, if you dont mind me asking, does your Daughter smoke with you now, or was it just a one time thing?

It's a once a month kind of deal. She is normally off with friends etc - so it's not like she is hanging around the house. But last month I had a couple of friends over for a mini-herf - she came home and joined us on the deck. Have to order in some of those petite flavored things for her and the wife.

Ron

[RGD]

Originally Posted by clampdown

Right now my wife and I are trying for children, and that is something I have discussed with her. I plan on buying a box of isoms for him/her when he/she is born. I want to give this box to them for their 18th birthday. I hope that they will see me enjoy a cigar and will grow to understand the amazing hobby it is. It should make for a great 18th for them and for me.

Course if it does not work out - you'll end up with a really niced age box of smokes there!

Ron

[clampdown]

Originally Posted by RGD

Course if it does not work out - you'll end up with a really niced age box of smokes there!

Ron

Well, the thought has crossed my mind a few thousand times.

[Bruce]

My oldest son (now 21) has always been around cigars with me and his summer job. He worked at a country club and was around cigar smoking golfers all day.

One day he came home and asked me about a certain cigar. I asked him where he got it and he said he found it in a golf cart and he wanted to know if it was any good.

I told him it was a dog rocket and explained to him what qualifies as a good cigar. On the way to his first year in college (3 years ago) we drove by the Grand Canyon on our way to Mesa. That's when I gave him his first good cigar......a Davidoff Chateau Margaux. We smoked them as we walked the path of the southern rim at dusk. Definitely a special moment in time!

Ever since then I bought him a humidor (actually Mike Hotek from Bargin Humidors gifted it to me for him), traveldor, and have been stocking his humi. He still visits his local B&M and buys a few on his own to experiment, which I encourage. He is developing his palate nicely, but then again, his humidor is always stocked with well aged havanas.

On his 21st birthday this past April, (my 51st also) I gifted him a box of vintage RyJ Churchill tubos........from 1985, the year he was born. He has tried one and said it was the best cigar he has tasted to date. I think he is saving the rest to smoke every year on his (our) birthday.

[Dogwatch Dale]

I never smoked around my son until he turned 18. Wanted him to be "of age" and able to make up his own mind if he wanted to try cigars or not. He actually was more enamored with my pipes then cigars, and during his 2nd year of college got himself a couple pipes. That summer, while we were sitting on the deck one evening, he asked what cigars were good. I gave him a small selection from my humi and he lit up a Fuente Chateau Sungrown. Was one of the most joyous times we'd had together up to that point. Of course, now he's a regular (probably 3-4 sticks a week) and still enjoys his pipes too. He's 24 now, and we usually have one or more together every week.

[JPH]

Well I came out just like the picture below...So I assume my son or daughter will too...ya never know though.

My first pic not 2 inches by 2 inches...Just found out how to do it ...this is my test. Let me know if there are any viewing problems

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h7.../babycigar.jpg

[azherfer]

Originally Posted by Bruce

My oldest son (now 21) has always been around cigars with me and his summer job. He worked at a country club and was around cigar smoking golfers all day.

One day he came home and asked me about a certain cigar. I asked him where he got it and he said he found it in a golf cart and he wanted to know if it was any good.

I told him it was a dog rocket and explained to him what qualifies as a good cigar. On the way to his first year in college (3 years ago) we drove by the Grand Canyon on our way to Mesa. That's when I gave him his first good cigar......a Davidoff Chateau Margaux. We smoked them as we walked the path of the southern rim at dusk. Definitely a special moment in time!

Ever since then I bought him a humidor (actually Mike Hotek from Bargin Humidors gifted it to me for him), traveldor, and have been stocking his humi. He still visits his local B&M and buys a few on his own to experiment, which I encourage. He is developing his palate nicely, but then again, his humidor is always stocked with well aged havanas.

On his 21st birthday this past April, (my 51st also) I gifted him a box of vintage RyJ Churchill tubos........from 1985, the year he was born. He has tried one and said it was the best cigar he has tasted to date. I think he is saving the rest to smoke every year on his (our) birthday.

That's a great story Bruce, thanks for sharing. My son is around the same age and didn't begin smoking until he joined the Army. He asked me one day why I smoked all these years, and I told him that for me, the ritual of choosing, cutting, lighting, and proper smoking of a cigar helps to relax me after a particularly stressful day at work. He never liked the smell and usually avoided me, but he finally asked to try one. I told him to pick one out and he comes back with a Partagas Salomone. That was a bit much for him, so I finished it for him, while he re-picked and settled on a Siglo VI. He was hooked. Now with the stresses that he endures on a daily basis in Afghanistan, he finds time each day to grab some cigars, grab some friends, and grab some piece of mind.

If only I could get him to buy his own and quit mooching off the old man

[JPH]

Originally Posted by JPH

Well I came out just like the picture below...So I assume my son or daughter will too...ya never know though.

My first pic not 2 inches by 2 inches...Just found out how to do it ...this is my test. Let me know if there are any viewing problems

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h7.../babycigar.jpg

Something happened to that link here is another try...Sorry to put you all through this..