I'm fortunate in that I didn't choose a passive aggressive manipulator for a spouse.
Best of luck, OP.
Best of luck, OP.
Help...does anyone have a significant other who can't stand the smell of flavored vapes?
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This may not be the most ideal solution but you could vape in the bathroom with the fan on. No one hangs out in there for the smell of the room, and you likely have air freshner in there anyhow. You could also go out doors if its not too cold. My wife dosen't mind the smell but hates if the physical presence of the vapor fogs the room. You just have to find a happy medium with people whether it be at home or in public. You can't please everybody and like it or lump it the truth is not everyone likes vapor, or understands it for that matter.
Wow nchamber68, so sorry 
Does he smoke cigarettes?
Are you paying less attention to him now that you have a new habit/hobby?
Have you been on a spending spree with vaping and it bothers him?
Where, what room(s), have you been smoking that you now cannot vape in?
I find that the scent and vapor dissaptes in a few moments...is he in your face when you exhale or what?
Are there scented oils in the house? Now that you're not smoking, the scented oils or fragranced things might be MORE noticeable and irritating. I get headaches and allergic symptoms from many fragranced things. Some of my vape flavors make me sneeze and cough so I stopped vaping them.
Do you have issues with anything that he does?
Does he have any medical, emotional, psychological issues that you are having trouble with? (other than the sudden headaches he's getting)
People can suddenly develop allergies to things that didn't used to bother them... what about his deodorant or cologne etc.?
You might have to start doing DIY to find flavors for vapes that aren't strong but yet taste good to you.
You and hubby need to talk.
Good luck. Keep us posted!
Does he smoke cigarettes?
Are you paying less attention to him now that you have a new habit/hobby?
Have you been on a spending spree with vaping and it bothers him?
Where, what room(s), have you been smoking that you now cannot vape in?
I find that the scent and vapor dissaptes in a few moments...is he in your face when you exhale or what?
Are there scented oils in the house? Now that you're not smoking, the scented oils or fragranced things might be MORE noticeable and irritating. I get headaches and allergic symptoms from many fragranced things. Some of my vape flavors make me sneeze and cough so I stopped vaping them.
Do you have issues with anything that he does?
Does he have any medical, emotional, psychological issues that you are having trouble with? (other than the sudden headaches he's getting)
People can suddenly develop allergies to things that didn't used to bother them... what about his deodorant or cologne etc.?
You might have to start doing DIY to find flavors for vapes that aren't strong but yet taste good to you.
You and hubby need to talk.
Good luck.
Keep us posted!
To play devil's advocate, there's a bath products store in town which stinks and gives me a headache just walking near it...
From a more realistic point of view, i agree with others as to questioning just how recently this problem with smells has appeared. I have questioned my friends and family about the smell and they can hardly smell it!
I had a bf at this time last year who hated my ecig as much as he hated smoking...i dumped him in April and it wasn't soon enough. Like you, i just went back to the analogues and i regret it now.
A serious chat is in order to find a compromise. This is YOUR health, (and his)! There is a suitable middle ground to be found and if he won't find that compromise, he's a cad! (sometimes i wish i could use foul language- i always seem to end up talking like a Jane austen character!)x
From a more realistic point of view, i agree with others as to questioning just how recently this problem with smells has appeared. I have questioned my friends and family about the smell and they can hardly smell it!
I had a bf at this time last year who hated my ecig as much as he hated smoking...i dumped him in April and it wasn't soon enough. Like you, i just went back to the analogues and i regret it now.
A serious chat is in order to find a compromise. This is YOUR health, (and his)! There is a suitable middle ground to be found and if he won't find that compromise, he's a cad! (sometimes i wish i could use foul language- i always seem to end up talking like a Jane austen character!)x
everyone i know seems to love the smell of my vapor....but i can't smell them! i can't smell my own vapor but i guess everyone else can
It has been mentioned twice before in this thread, so
I third this:
Try some non flavored juice. You can buy it like we DIY'ers do, just don't add flavoring. If the hubby has a problem with that non smell, you KNOW he is being a manipulative piece of crap; If not, then you have your solution.
We shall assume he is a loving husband who is actually sensitive to the smell though. So, after you have determined that the non-smelling plain vape is okay, you can buy some flavors and add a drop at a time until either you like it or hubby can't take it, then you will know your limit. I would stay away from the mints though since that seems to be the offensive stuff. There are tons of flavors out there, you will find something (unless he is being a manipulative piece of crap).
I third this:
Try some non flavored juice. You can buy it like we DIY'ers do, just don't add flavoring. If the hubby has a problem with that non smell, you KNOW he is being a manipulative piece of crap; If not, then you have your solution.
We shall assume he is a loving husband who is actually sensitive to the smell though. So, after you have determined that the non-smelling plain vape is okay, you can buy some flavors and add a drop at a time until either you like it or hubby can't take it, then you will know your limit. I would stay away from the mints though since that seems to be the offensive stuff. There are tons of flavors out there, you will find something (unless he is being a manipulative piece of crap).
When I started vaping back in June 2010 the family complained of the odor. I went to Wal-mart and bought something similar to this....
Amazon.com: Honeywell HFD-010 QuietClean Compact Tower Air Purifier with Permanent Filter: Home & Kitchen
I still use it at times. It works to clean the air/help neutralize odors. I have allergic type responses as well to certain odors.
Amazon.com: Honeywell HHT-145 HepaClean UV Antibacterial HEPA Tower 3-in-1 Air Purifier: Home & Kitchen
The one I bought has UV light with. However, I shopped around for a decent price. Good luck! They do work for vape.
Amazon.com: Honeywell HFD-010 QuietClean Compact Tower Air Purifier with Permanent Filter: Home & Kitchen
I still use it at times. It works to clean the air/help neutralize odors. I have allergic type responses as well to certain odors.
Amazon.com: Honeywell HHT-145 HepaClean UV Antibacterial HEPA Tower 3-in-1 Air Purifier: Home & Kitchen
The one I bought has UV light with. However, I shopped around for a decent price. Good luck! They do work for vape.
Good luck finding your solution! I've had a few problems with my wife hating some of my flavors, but others she loves. I experimented with different flavors and have settled on the ones that she likes. I've started DYI'ing my own juice so a small bottle of a flavor that she hates isn't a huge write off. I find one thing very funny, I was a 3 1/2 pad smoker for 35 years, I always cracked a window in the car when we drove when I smoked, now she yells at me when I forget and crack the window (old habits die hard!!).
I stealth vape at work using ultramint juice from GotVapes. I do hold in the vapor AND double inhale - but I've vaped 10 feet away from people who've had no idea that I was doing it. And TRUST ME . .they would complain if they knew. I use extra strong (36mg) juice so I only need to take a few puffs every hour or so.
Now, when I'm at home relaxing, I will totally fog out the living room. My wife says it smells like cherry tobacco - even though none of my juices are cherry or tobacco flavored, lol. The smell doesn't linger long, tho . .so you could maybe stealth vape when he's around and do the whole "fog machine" thing when he's not. I know you said you didn't like unflavored juice but I also use that when I need to be extra, extra stealthy. It's definitely better than not vaping . .or even worse . .smoking.
Good luck!
Oh - one last thing . .if you're not keeping your juices in a sealed box - maybe try that, too. Even I find the smell of a bunch of juices disgusting - so I keep them all in a tupperware container and I keep the cap on the bottle I'm using at the moment.
Now, when I'm at home relaxing, I will totally fog out the living room. My wife says it smells like cherry tobacco - even though none of my juices are cherry or tobacco flavored, lol. The smell doesn't linger long, tho . .so you could maybe stealth vape when he's around and do the whole "fog machine" thing when he's not. I know you said you didn't like unflavored juice but I also use that when I need to be extra, extra stealthy. It's definitely better than not vaping . .or even worse . .smoking.
Good luck!
Oh - one last thing . .if you're not keeping your juices in a sealed box - maybe try that, too. Even I find the smell of a bunch of juices disgusting - so I keep them all in a tupperware container and I keep the cap on the bottle I'm using at the moment.
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No, his issues started about four years ago. He isn't asking me not to vape or reacting in any negative way directly. I feel guilty because it is giving him headaches.
I am so going to have to try that. It doesn't bother my husband that I vape in the house...it just bothers him if I'm doing it in the same room he's in and he catches the scent. Strong scents can sometimes give him migraines so he's really oversensitized.
I'm already doing the plain nic juice vaping and the DIY flavoring, I'm just having trouble finding flavors that don't have strong scents. I do understand the wondering if this is passive agressive or manipulative behavior on his part, but it isn't. This is entirely me feeling bad for giving him headaches and sometimes migraines.
My husband and I have been married for over 20 years, he's a non-smoker, and he is not trying to be horrible or manipulative. He started getting migraines a little over four years ago, so we have no scented air fresheners in the house and even some cooking smells can trigger problems. He's just very sensitive to smells and I don't want to give him headaches or (worse) migraines because I've had migraines all my life and they are truly miserable...it makes me feel bad when I notice him trying not to say anything. The only thing he has asked me to do is store the flavored liquids in an airtight container, and he is very happy for me that I'm not smoking.
We have talked about it, and he doesn't want me not to vape. I'm trying to find scents that don't bother him and I was hoping someone else would have already done some of the trial and error. If all else fails I'm going to go and buy a new Oreck air filter, because those things are amazing at keeping everything out of the air, but they are expensive and my old one broke a few months ago. I really appreciate all of the input so far.
Then Im sorry for my reaction, from the tone of your post it seemed like he was being passive aggressive and not very supportive. There are people who use unflavored nic pretty successfully on the forums. Not sure how often you are together but you could save the 'good stuff" for when hes not there
Have you tried changing your pg/vg ratios to see if it helps? Or you might want to try an odor neutralizing candle in a scent that he can tolerate.
Love the blow-tube idea. It has seriously been years since I have even heard a reference for these things and this made me LOL thinking about high school, TP tubes and dryer sheets. We were soooo sneaky... Ahhhhhhhh those were the days LOL!
Here's an odd thought. My teenage niece was afflicted with migraines. Rather than dope her up on the topamax the doctor wanted to prescribe (that's serious stuff you DON'T want to be on if you can help it) they decided to eliminate other possible causes.
Girl's been gluten free for about 6 months and hasn't had one since.
Just a thought. Scents might be triggers but they may not be the ultimate cause.
I started vaping about a month ago and I really love it. I was a smoker for 32 years and a 2 PAD smoker for the last ten of that. During the first couple of weeks vaping I would smoke maybe one or two analogs a week, if I smoked at all, but now I find myself starting to smoke more analogs again...and it's not because I want them, it's because I feel guilty vaping when my husband is home. I love the vaping because it tastes so great, but my husband recently developed major issues with scented oils or strong smells giving him headaches.
I was really hoping that vaping would be the solution to my problem quitting analogs, and that I would be a non-smoker by the end of the year, but I think the flavors are a major part of why vaping helps me so much. I've tried vaping just plain nic juice, but whenever I vape plain fluid I find myself reaching for the analogs...and now that I know the smell bothers my husband I feel really guilty whenever I vape flavors.
There isn't one room in our house I could claim just to vape in, and I couldn't even go outside in the cold to smoke analogs so I can't just go outside now that I'm vaping. (I have several medical conditions that cause me a great deal of pain if I go out in the cold.)
My favorite flavors so far have been cinnamon red hots, peppermint, english toffee, cotton candy, and banana...but every flavor I've tried seems to be too strong for my husband. (Which really blows my mind because none of the vapes seem to have a very strong scent, aside from berry ones, and the stench of stale cigarettes has never been a problem...)
Has anyone else faced a similar problem with flavored vapes, or does anyone know of a good flavor that doesn't have a strong smell? Any input/advice is appreciated. Thanks!
Maybe hes jealous.
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I know some people get headaches from perfumes even if they're worn light. I don't know if the same people get them from bath products, etc but if I were in your shoes, I would use unflavored base and add a drop or two of concentrated natural extracts of your choice straight from the candy/baking flavor vendors or make your own extracts with real fruits, etc.
I actually do think gallbladder problems might be causing some of his new sensitivities. I had major issues with my gallbladder twelve years ago, which led to severe food allergies and numerous anaphylactic shock reactions. Three years after I had it removed most of the allergies got significantly better. I've had migraines pretty much all my life, but mine are physiological and there is nothing they can do to address the cause. I've tried topamax, and about 14 other medications over the years, but none of them have helped. I've gotten really good at noticing the warning signs and doing what I can to stop them before onset. I'm glad your niece is doing well.
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