Ever Just...

[cvm4]

Light up a good habano telling yourself you'll enjoy it, even though you're not in the mood for one? I wasn't in the mood but decided to try to enjoy a Partagas 898V tonight but just couldn't get through it. I guess it was the combination of humidity and just being fatigued from working all day. Really sad to waste a cigar like that. Being in the right frame of mind can make or break a cigar smoking experience. I say experience because each one is unique in its own way.

 

[AZsteelman]

Buddy, I know exactly how ya feel...shame to waste one, but it's not right to try to force it either...

 

[sb1396]

Yep Cliff, unfortunately it has happened to me more and more lately.

 

[CWS]

Right in there with you. I do this way too much when traveling. I wnat a cigar but I know I'm tired and the atmosphere sucks. Such a waste.

 

[Ratbert]

I guess that we've all done that.

I've gone outside, sat on my balcony and lit up a smoke just because it's a weekend night and I can relax, only to realize later that I didn't even want the cigar, but just started smoking it because it's what I would normally do. Wasting a cigar that way can make you feel silly.

 

[DocLogic77]

That's why I now like the pipe. Unless I know I'm in the mood for a cigar I smoke a bowl.

 

[tubaman]

Yeah, that's why I find myself smoking less these days. Hate wasting a good cigar!

 

[smokem94]

I feel the same way. The situation and right state of mind have everything to do with a pleasureable smoking experience.

 

[caudio51]

I did that the other day with a DC Fuente Hemmingway. I was all about smoking it, it just didn't happen though.

 

[caudio51]

2 month rut! That's one big rut!

 

[Kingston]

I've gone through ruts like that. You just gotta wait for it to play out.
Once you start rushing what is supposed to be a relaxing hobby, it stops becoming relaxing and becomes work.

 

[RedCloud]

Yes, I've done it a handful of times, and for myself it's a mistake and a waste of a cigar. I've also lit 'em up trying to bring myself out of a funk and it has never worked.:frownno: I try now to choose my moments with much more consideration as to what my state of mind is at the time. :smile:

 

[tobby4]

Exactly... and that is one reason that I think I have only smoked oh maybe 1 cigar in the past 6 months..