Who Asked You?

     Opinions are something that each human being comes with. They unite and separate us. How we us them is what makes the difference.

     A few years ago, before Michigan passed the smoking ban, I decided to partake in a nice Cohiba while watching a golf game at a bar. I retrieved my cigar and placed it in my mouth ready to smoke.

    “Are you really going to smoke that?” I heard a voice say.

     I turned to see an attractive auburn haired man in his early 40’s sitting on the once empty stool on my left.

     “I’d planned on it,” I said

     “You know,” he started. “I don’t like women who smoke.”

     “Lucky for you, I have no plan on dating you,” I said taking my matches out of purse.

    “That cigar’s bigger than you are.”

     “A stick of dynamite is small too. Don’t be a hero,” I said as I defiantly struck my match.

     I lit my cigar and turned back towards the golf tournament on the screen. Sensing my annoyance, he stopped talking and left. To this day, I don’t know what he was doing. Either way, his opinion had no bearing on me trying to relax after work.

     You can’t control the opinions of others. People are going to express their thoughts whether they are solicited or not. How you react is up to you.