Mints and air fresheners do not cut it when you are that close to another person.
I was kind of the person who did things first before anyone else did. Unfortunately, this also included things that most people were not ready for.
I was 17 when I moved out of my house the first time. I had to escape my parental authorities because it was the 60's and that is what everyone was doing. However, since I was not at home, there was little that I hid from my parents. They were still my parents and we were close, they just did not agree with anything HIPPIE and that was the general idea.
We were rebelling against the old ways of just letting things happen, war, racism, etc.
I did the usual nasty, evil things kids do when they run away from the rule of the home. I lived with my boyfriend, I smoked weed, I partied till the cows came home. But I did manage to stay out of harm's way and mostly came out the other side unscathed.
"Not exactly." My parents didn't smoke. I started smoking (at 15) while I still lived with them and continued smoking after I went out on my own. Out of respect and without any verbal pact, I never smoked in front of my parents, and quit smoking when I was twenty-five. Now I don't smoke and my (adult) daughter, who does, doesn't smoke in front of me ... even in her own home. :) (same no pact)
LyricalOne 