Update on my previous post. My husband talked to his parents about them having to give up smoking if they want to stay with us for a month. MIL flat out refused, saying they couldn’t quit just for a one-month stay. Husband explained that i would be for their own health too, not just for my benefit (asthma and allergies).
I also backtracked a little bit and realized that their previous stay coincided with me having to get a rescue inhaler. I can’t say it was their fault for sure, because there was also a forest fire going on at the time.
So, the two chain-smokers in our house could very well have given me my respiratory issues, which are still there two years later. On the plus side, they will now be meeting up with my husband in a third country, which means I don’t have to put up with MIL’s attitude, AND they might lose their resident status where we live. Life is good!
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