Wife is really griping about smoking.

[chefchris]

But the best advice I can give, seeing as Im not married, is to communicate. Communication is the basis of all relationships. If there is no communication, it is not a healthy relationship.
Ask her why she is complaining more and why she dislikes it to begin with. Then tell her why you enjoy it so much. Everything begins from here.

Careful there, we don't know what we're talking about since we've never been in a committed relationship.

[SmokinDVM]

Having been married for going on 27 years, from your posts so far it seems to be more involved than just smoking an occasional cigar.
Women, not all but a large percentage of them, have a nasty habit of stewing on problems for a long time. They get pissy about all kinds of other trivial things while avoiding the one that really bothers them. You need to make sure that there's nothing else brewing under the surface.

Another thing, NEVER let the "intimacy" thing lapse. Even if it's usually her that causes the time conflicts, she'll blame you for the lack.

When our kids were young, my wife and I both had VERY busy schedules. I went to college full time and picked up any odd jobs I could in any free time, and my wife worked 2 full time jobs. It really played havoc on our marriage for a few years. Fortunately we were able to remain stubborn enough to work through all the crap.

[mrtr33]

Wow.

Having recently been married, I am frantically writing notes down as I read them. My wife and her father introduced me to cigars, so I am kind of not in this boat.

But I do agree that if this was something present before the marriage, than there is probably something she isn't talking about. Bring her some flowers, do some unexpected chores around the house to give her some free time, and sit her down and talk about it.

[Mizicke5273]

Careful there, we don't know what we're talking about since we've never been in a committed relationship.

True. But communication is still very important. Although I do agree it could also worsen things depending on how it goes.

[DeeDubya]

True. But communication is still very important. Although I do agree it could also worsen things depending on how it goes.

That's right. My first wife tried to communicate telepathically. She would just stare at me like I new WTF she was thinking. Strangely sometimes I did.

My second wife would communicate me into a semi-coma, where I thought I was listening but not really. You know what I mean?

Now I have a pretty good relationship, still a little one-sided, but when you take a big puff on a cigar it gives you a few seconds to collect your thoughts, puff out the smoke and then slowly answer like you really put some thought into it.