I think I was happier when I just bought 4 or 5 cigars and left them lay on the kitchen counter for the 2 or 3 weeks it took me to smoke them!
My son is the one that causes most of my problems. That's the problem with people graduated from engineering schools.
I think I'll do just what you said and open it up for a couple of days without looking at it (eye f___king is the term, I believe you use).