Great story Mark! Sounds like he wants to have a connection and relationship with you too which is fantastic.

For me to story works somewhat in reverse. My after in law used to smoke cigars, he quit when my wife and her sister got older and expressed concerns to him (cancer runs in ther family unfortunately). Flash forward 10 years or so, I get back into cigars after about 4 years off and mention it to him. He tells me about how he used to love cigars. So we grabbed a couple and had a smoke. He about turned green by the end but we had a great time. From time to time we still get together on my back porch and enjoy a couple cigars and Bourbon together. I've always had a great relationship with my Father in Law, but it is nice to be able to sit back and relax with him and have that time to just talk about whatever without being bothered.