To ask friend not to smoke outside when my washing is hanging out?

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I don't smoke, but if anyone that visits wants to they can go outside the back door. I have my washing out there at the moment and asked a friend not to smoke there and go out the front. Is that stupid? Is it likely to make it smell or will it just go up in the air?
They said ok, looked at me a bit funny and then put it out

Its a cigarette, not a bonfire, it wont affect your washing unless she is maybe stood with it wrapped around her head..

I know they were right next to it though, only a small yard

Bit precious. Hope your neighbours aren't the type to BBQ all summer or enjoy a chiminea

I think that was a bit unreasonable, actually. Cigarette smoke outside is not likely to affect your washing. That small amount of smoke will drift away. It's not as if she had lit a barbecue or started a bonfire.

I'm relatively pro smoking, I think Yanbu for a one off

Just to clarify, is it a neighbour or a friend visiting your home?
If it is a neighbour you cannot dictate to them where to smoke. If it is someone in your house, I think you offered suitable alternative ie outside the front door.

Sorry OP but I did have a little titter at this

It was someone visiting my house, not a neighbour. A friends boyfriend in fact

Your house, your yard so your rules. If you're that concerned then ynbu.

I don't think it's at all unreasonable to ask a friend, visiting your home, to smoke in a different place because the washing is out. Or why some of you are calling the op precious or sniggering . Yes, it might not make a difference but the op has said she was right next to the washing. I wouldn't like this.

Yanbu

II don't think what you are asking is outrageous, but I really think its entirely ott.

However, if it means you feel happy and they still get a fag, there's no real harm done.

Is the yard covered, or is it in the open air? If it's the latter, YABU and precious.

If it is a small yard then no YANBU. You don't want your washing stinking of smoke.

YANBU. I'd ask the same. I can tell when my housemates have been smoking next to my washing, maybe that's because I'm a ex-smoker though and seem to smell the slightest hint of it everywhere

Glad some are agreeing with me!
Love the NN thatbloodywoman

Yanbu... Ex smoker here too and I could smell it!

Smoke does cling horribly to wet clothing so yanbu but maybe if your friend wants to smoke you could offer to go for a walk with them?

Are all of is saying YANBU ex smokers then?

You are DEFINITELY not being unreasonable and I think only a smoker would think you are. Smokers have no idea how smelly cigarettes are and it would 100% make your washing smell. Someone at my work smokes and you can literally smell where he has walked through school after he has had a cigarette, it follows him like a trail.

My neighbours smoke on both sides. I am getting a new rotary dryer to place far away from the back door.ex smoker

It's OK but would of been better to ask before they lit it surely?

Yab a bit U. One ciggy isn't going to do much damage.

Marrow Maybe! I was talking about this with my boss the other week, she's an ex-smoker too and supposedly so is her ex, yet she was saying that she swears that she can smell it on her daughters laundered clothes when he drops her back home after contact.

You are DEFINITELY not being unreasonable and I think only a smoker would think you are.

I'm not a smoker and I think the OP is BU.

Unless they were standing there, blowing the cigarette smoke directly onto the washing, a few puffs of smoke will disappear on the breeze.

There's probably more chance of it smelling of various cooking spices around dinner time, or a distant BBQ.

You are being ultra precious. I doubt you could even find a molecule of smoke in your washing.