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bobd
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My wife and I are expecting our first child in october, being a cigar lover I really want to hand out cigars, but I have no cigar smoking friends. Should I do it anyway and hope to convert some?
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bobd
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As for something special for you to smoke, there are a few guys I know, and a few on this forum, who have bought a box of high end cigars that will age well, and stand the test of time, and smoke one every year on the child's birthday. Some that I would recommend: Padron Family Reserve, Davidoff Millennium, Opus X, My Father (for obvious reasons... for instance, I bought my dad a box of My Fathers last year on his birthday, and he is aging them, smoking one on my birthday, and one on my brother's birthday every year), or if you go Cuban, then Cohiba Esplendidos, Cohiba Robustos, Hoyo De Monterrey Hoyo Des Dieux (these take a few years to really come into their own, but they have the legs to get better and better over a decade at least!), Trinidad Robusto Ts (really great now, but complex, and big enough to hold up for a long time), or Partagas Lusitanias. There are a ton of others that would be great. Really, any cigar you love, that has enough body to age for a decade or two without losing everything, well, that's what I'd recommend.
Of course, a single of any of the above would be my recommendation if you only want a single to celebrate.
But yeah for later, get yourself a great cigar to celebrate by yourself in a few months or days whenever you have the free time. I know its depressing to think with the baby coming you will have no more smoking time, but trust me its worth every minute of stress/loss of free time. My son is almost 10 months old now, and I'm just starting to get the time for 1 or 2 cigars per week. But guess what, you'll have some more well rested smokes after the 1st year of your childs life. My buying sprees didn't change much just my free time to enjoy them. Good luck with the baby!
I recommend that you smoke a Gurkha Beast if it's a boy and a Gurkha Beauty if it's a girl. As for the rest of your friends, plan something (BBQ) that you will all be outside for anyway and bring a box of something for the gang. You smoke yours and invite anyone who wants to, to light up something from the box.
JDE