Yuck! Hubby was a chewer, and his whole family is. His 18 year old nephew is the biggest chewer around! I think its disgusting... not only the gross things it does to your mouth, but the gnaw gnaw, spit, gnaw gnaw, spit. *shudders* Then you're sitting there looking at a wad of saliva covered black gunk and want to just vomit. GROSS!

Hubby quit, noit becuase he wanted to, but because at the time, he was a single father of three who wasn't working and was going back to finish his college degree: simple economics made him quit! He couldn't afford the money on chew - he'd rather save it for important things like gas for his car. He admits that if it wasn't for needing the money for other things that he'd still be chewing today. Funny, because just two days ago he was commenting on how white his teeth are today compared to even three years ago - he said that chewing tobacco had stained his teeth very bad.

So he quit and now is wasting his breath trying to get his nephew and other famikly members to do the same. Its a ritual for his family... after a family dinner, the WOMEN clean up, and the MEN go out to the den, sit staring at dead animal heads on the wall and chew tobacco (can we say sexist/outdated here?) I feel like we should be sitting out on the front porch in rocking chairs with shotguns.