Dear Queenie,
I asked this girl I like for a date and she turned me down flat. I asked her why she wouldn’t go out with me and she said she would never date anyone who smokes.
Queenie, what kind of excuse is that? What do you think she really meant?—Rejected
Dear Rejected,
I think it was not an excuse. I think she really meant exactly what she said.
People who smoke are often unaware of or oblivious to the fact that the smell of cigarette (or cigar) smoke tends to cling to their clothes, skin, hair and breath. This can pose an actual health hazard to someone else who has asthma or allergies, and even without a health hazard the smell can be quite offensive to a non-smoker.
The young lady simply may not want to hang out with someone who smells like a dirty ashtray or risk ever having to kiss someone who tastes like one.
