Should you stop doing things you like?

I smoke but my girlfriend looks affected by that, she gets sad and starts saying that I'll die and all that. Plus, she hates the smell and that we have to spend some cash on tobacco. 

Should I stop doing something I like (smoking) just to make my girlfriend happy?

This goes for other stuff aswell:

• Drinking
• Using drugs
• Gaming
• Any addiction actually

(I had this thread created on System Wars, re-created it here)

Only you can aswer that question. Though with smoking, yeah, I'd say it'd probably be a good idea to stop regardless.

Only you can aswer that question. Though with smoking, yeah, I'd say it'd probably be a good idea to stop regardless.

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and that we have to spend some cash on tobacco.Ricardomz

Ideally, your significant other, while wanting what's best for you, would accept your decision to smoke. At the same time, you should be considerate of her feelings; at the very least, don't smoke around her. [QUOTE="Ricardomz"]and that we have to spend some cash on tobacco.Sword-Demon

We're not poor

Let me give you a more serious answer than the one I gave you in SW.

It's all dependent on how you view the situation personally. If you know it's effecting you negatively, then changes are you should probably stop. While it's nice to get a second opinion, and those opinions are always good to consider, no one can dictate what you do, or how you live. Though, I'd recommend keeping an open mind overall.

Unless what you are doing is inadvertently, or intentionally, harming someone else. That's a whole different story.

Smoking does smell terrible and it is a waste of money ignoring everything else.  As for it killing people I had to watch my grandfather die at a young age from lung problems due to smoking.  Practically my only memories of him were with the oxygen tanks he needed to use before he died.  So yeah, nobody had to remind me that smoking kills.  

You are taking this thread 100% about smoking. Let's picture other things now like gaming/gambling addictions or drinking...

if you enjoy being resentful.

Of course there are some things people should give up regardless if they like them.  Like Rape. Rape is bad

depends on which one is more important to you. There's always going to be the give and take, and you won't always be able to do some things that you want to do; whether that be watching a shitty move, going to a cher concert, or passing on your cocaine infused violent orgies. I wouldn't date someone that needed me to stop drinking, but I would quit smoking to date someone I was really interested in. Also, I would never quit video games, anyone who asks you to do that is a communist. 

1.Do you do the thing you like in healthy doses?

2.Does it affect your relationships and other aspects of your life?

3.Does it actually 'GIVE' you anything? For the better?

I think if you ask yourself these questions truthfully, you'd probably get your answer

For me, if what you're doing is pretty bad for you, then yes, you should stop doing it.  You never worry about the health consequences of bad decisions until you develop a chronic condition, at which point it is often too late to fix it, and then you've got to suffer with it.  Some habits should just be stopped altogether, whereas in other areas it's probably good enough to just cut back.

Also, if what you're doing is hurting someone you care about, it's a pretty good incentive to stop doing it. 

Remove the girlfriend or outside influence: if something you do is detrimental to your health/wellbeing, then, yeah stop.  Other than that, it's a cost/benefit analyis.

Smoking is bad but don't change things that make you happy.

No why should i stop.

as with all things, moderation is the key. Allicrombie

This, though smoking has a greater likelihood of affecting your health in the long term, even at moderate usage. If you have any kind of addiction, you should attempt to deal with it as soon as possible.

If it is effecting you more negatively than postively than yes. Find what works for you and do it. Its really simple, if your happy with it keep doing it.

if it is something bad for you like smoking, drinking or doing drugs then yes i would stop doing it. there is nothing wrong with gaming so no i wouldn't stop that.-Renegade