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RichKid said:
Another tip: learn to cook and actually cook for her, makes you appreciate how tiring it can be to do day in and day out...and of course she'll love you for it (provided you can cook properly). Oh, and keep the kitchen tidy and wash up afterwards.
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In my case it was missus Smurf who couldn't cook... Caused her a bit of panic when she found out that I'm anything but keen on eating things that come in a box. And so I did all the cooking for quite some time.

But after a thorough testing of the smoke detector and various attempts at charcoal production she's actually learnt to cook and is quite good at it now. :D
 
Smurf1976 said:
........... and various attempts at charcoal production she's actually learnt to cook and is quite good at it now. :D
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lol....'charcoal production' that's a classic!! I was the same at the start, you're right not all girls/women are good at cooking, I've had to re-assure a few. We'll all get it in the end, simple dishes are best to start with.
 
Smurf1976 said:
Smoking. Been there, done that quite a while ago and never again. But to quote my partner when she quit smoking last year "I've just realised what the :swear: I've done".

And a few weeks later "Now I know all about this thing called Hell and I'm never going there again".

So I do have some sympathies for those hooked on smoking and neither of us do the lecture thing although anyone who smokes and happens to comment on Ms Smurf's weight had better start running before she has a chance to respond. :D

Weight loss. Now there's something both of us are supposed to be doing but in my defence it's dark outside and... :rolleyes: Seriously, we weigh and measure each other (so there's no cheating!) once every fortnight to try and keep this fitness thing on track. :)
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So I quit smoking around 3 months ago now.
I have managed to smash on 10 kilos of extra girth so easily...


I wonder what the statistics are for the numbers of heart attacks and strokes within the first 12 months after quitting smoking?
I think they might be unusually high...
Maybe I should give the missus some flowers for her role in helping me to quit, "Stop smoking, you stink" "waste of money" etc.
That was the sum of her role in helping me quit when I only started smoking from being with her family who smoked....
Can't live withem, can't live withoutem
 
frugal.rock said:
So I quit smoking around 3 months ago now.
I have managed to smash on 10 kilos of extra girth so easily...
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Wow this is an old thread revived....... A child born back then would be in high school now, we've had two major stock market declines since then and so on.

But yes, 10kg overweight versus sucking on an exhaust pipe. Neither's great but the latter is far more evil.

As for the weight, exercise is addictive after a while. Doesn't need to be anything too drastic, just power walk up a nearby hill etc will be enough. Do it daily and after a while it becomes an ingrained habit and a good one. :2twocents
 
frugal.rock said:
So I quit smoking around 3 months ago now.
I have managed to smash on 10 kilos of extra girth so easily...


I wonder what the statistics are for the numbers of heart attacks and strokes within the first 12 months after quitting smoking?
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If you want some advice then it's in the mind.

Stop thinking "I quit smoking" and start thinking "I don't smoke".

There's a difference in mindset there.

Only downside is it's easy to become a bit of a liar if anyone asks and you forget you ever did it. That's a minor downside though given it's a purely personal issue of no consequence to anyone else.

Statistically by the way, heart attack risk drops almost immediately. Doesn't go straight back to that of someone who never smoked but there's an immediate reduction in the chance of dropping dead from that cause. Carbon monoxide is itself a direct heart attack trigger risk (I'm no doctor but that's my understanding at least) and in the human body it has a half life of around 5 hours so there's a pretty quick benefit there. :2twocents
 
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Smurf1976 said:
As for the weight, exercise is addictive after a while.
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Not keen on developing a different addiction....lol.

So going through the thread,
be nice to the missus, buy her flowers, pay her compliments,
wash the dishes, do the cleaning, cook dinner. Put the rubbish out.
Bins out on bin day.
 
frugal.rock said:
So going through the thread,
be nice to the missus, buy her flowers, pay her compliments,
wash the dishes, do the cleaning, cook dinner. Put the rubbish out.
Bins out on bin day.
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A key to any lasting relationship is respect.

It needs to be both ways.

Respect doesn't mean agreeing on everything, it means respect as such and that's hugely different. :2twocents
 
On the 'gentlemanly' thing of opening doors, helping to remove coat on entry to restaurant etc:
Appropriateness of such action is proportional to the length of heels worn at the time by door-entrant / coat wearer:
never underestmate how hard it is to look elegant while tottering around on stilts.
 
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