10-12 year-old smoker

shadowwalker · Mar 14, 2014

I've been smoking for 48 years and am healthier than most of my family who either never smoked or quit years ago. In fact, the last time I had to go to the doctor, it had been so long they couldn't find my records. Again, I think it would be best not to make statements about people's intelligence based on lifestyle choices simply because one disagrees with them. We ain't nobody perfect, right?

Oswiecenie · Mar 16, 2014

Macaberz said: ↑

I am not sure how I supposed to say this without being snobby.
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Jack Asher said: ↑

Maybe all the brain damage is why he has no regrets?
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Well, at least I'm not stupid enough to mistake your comment for smart or witty

Aaron Smith said: ↑

Yeah, but maybe he just likes smoking weed, which is why he doesn't regret it. It doesn't always have to be negative.
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Thanks.

Thomas Kitchen · Mar 25, 2014

Macaberz said: ↑

On a global level, I generally like child protagonists a bit more than older ones. I simply find them to be more interesting. And I just realized that perhaps the word 'simple' catches why I like them better. Sometimes, for my taste, older characters are superficial. As if the author thought that by adding such and such traits their characters would be deeper, for me it just yields a disconnection. I am not saying kids are easy characters to make, they aren't, but the nature of their actions and thought processes strike me as purer and I often find it easier to shift into that mindset than to shift into one of a heavily troubled adult character. Most of the time at least. Also, I really like the dark tone of story.

Then, on a deeply personal level, I have found that I like these sort of stories because they are a way for me to experience the things that I didn't have in my own childhood. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want to be your character, but there is a certain attraction to the rebellious kid. At least for me. You see, I was anything but rebellious myself. I was rather shy and never broke any of the rules in school, well not until my late teens anyway. Odd and stupid as it may sound I can't deny that I feel like I have missed out on some mischievous adventures as a kid. I did have a perfectly fine childhood and I am absolutely happy with how I was raised, but there still is a child-like desire for adventure somewhere deep inside me. Writing and reading is perhaps a way for me to express that. The premise of your story tugs at a heart/soul string of mine.

So, there you have a piece of my soul
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jannert said: ↑

That's a really interesting thought. I wonder how many 'good' kids wonder 'what if...? in their later years.' That's a story premise right there. Could somebody live vicariously through their children, by allowing and encouraging them to be rebellious or even downright bad? Hmm... food for thought...
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@jannert - I definitely see where @Macaberz is coming from. I too wonder what would happen if I'd gone off the rails, and sometimes I "wish" that I'd be able to just for a few days, just to see what's it's like. But I cannot, because I'm both too goody-goody and I am a Christian. Maybe if I excused it as research...

LunarEclipse · Apr 7, 2014

My hubby started smoking at 11 and I started at 13, so yes I would believe it, especially if his father/older sibling smoked

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