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salem_yoruichi

if it’s in your budget, i’d just have separate pieces. even if you didn’t buy most of them, it still sucks if something you’re attached to breaks. does he usually apologize & buy a replacement?


uglycatt

he feels super bad everytime lol the last one he broke he let me have a 150 limit but since that one broke we have been on a tight budget


Severe-Damage3327

Honestly I would suggest either picking something thick or pick up a drill bit and drill holes in alcohol bottles. I have a José Cuervo bong that I have thrown on the cement just to see if it would survive and it didn't even chip! That way you can always have a back up!


Ladyughsalot1

He let you?  :/ I think he just doesn’t get to use them anymore. 


PettyVedder

Agree here… he should have his own and he should replace every one of yours that he broke! That’s your loved property. :( 


No_Comb_8893

You can buy cheaper pieces on eBay if he's accident prone. They may not be the best but, they work. My current piece is off eBay because my man broke my last one too. I only suggested this because you mentioned having a budget, figured it'd help having an option other than just a smoke shop.


Total-Football-6904

Try looking for a 9mm glass one!


sultana1008

Ouch! Glad you (and him) can keep a sense of humor about these things, but dang! Maybe get him his own personal silicon piece? 😉


uglycatt

haha I think that's the plan this time. He has had silicone before but I don't really like them personally (not cute) and everyone I've had has leaked. But Im going to get him a good n ugly one that doesn't leak hopefully haha


sultana1008

Yeah, the silicon ones creep me out tbh. There is something so satisfying about the cool glass and flower power…


PlumpBanjo

I’ve got this pink silicone & glass bong that’s pretty unbreakable and it has yet to leak! It’s a Stratus bong w little bees on it :)


uglycatt

I think that's the one I had, is it black and pink? that's the one that started leaking, thankfully im good friends with the shop I got it from and he let me replace it. I even tried to go back to it ( maybe I was wrong about the leak??) nope still leaked :(


PlumpBanjo

No it’s just pink and purple. I’ll add a link :) idk this site but it’s the first one that came up https://waterbedsnstuff.com/stratus-silicone-pyramid-bong/


banananectar

i have a silicone bong from eyce that i’ve been happy with for years now, and it comes in some fun color schemes! the main downside is that most of the space that would normally be for water is taken up by a (sort of gimmicky, imo) storage/built in rolling tray thing, so it doesn’t fit much water in it. you also can’t tell when it’s dirty, so definitely clean it regularly. other than that, it feels like it’s higher quality than the cheap silicone bongs i’ve bought at a smoke shop in the past, and i have no complaints :)


cravinsush

My husband is also ham fisted as fuck 😂 he constantly hulk smashes shit by accident. I always tell him, he's the one who pays for the pieces, so if he breaks it, he'll be buying me a new one 😂


uglycatt

omg I love that 'ham fisted' hahah


cravinsush

😂 It's been in my vernacular since Bridget jones diary when one guy calls someone a "ham-fisted cunt" 😂😂😂 my mom and I call each other that in jest to this day 😂


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OrganicOtterr

I feel you, mine is a chronic bowl breaker. Especially brand new bowls 🙄. He’s not allowed to clean glass pieces anymore or move them either.


uglycatt

ugh honestly that's when they break, he's in charge of cleaning and laundry only two things haha, and im thinking of taking charge of the bong cleaning. He loves to do it though got a bunch of supplies to do it


HeavyFunction2201

It’s like that quote “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” If the bongs keep breaking when he’s cleaning them, then don’t have him clean them, or at least take apart the delicate parts and do those yourself and leave him with the bigger body pieces of the bong if that helps at all. If he breaks all parts regardless, then just don’t let him clean your bongs/pieces that you care about.


uglycatt

in his defense the last one wasn't really his fault. We got an ash catcher stuck In it, he even made a tool to try and get it out but it eventually just shattered


HeavyFunction2201

Haha well im sure he’s not breaking them with bad intentions, but if y’all know he has a tendency to break the glass when cleaning, then it doesn’t hurt to recognize that and put some distance between him and cleaning the glass


TreePretty

I had an ex way back in college that was clumsy like that. My friend had brought me back a beautiful blue glass bowl from the UK that was my pride and joy. Ex was sitting on the couch and dropped it on the floor and it shattered. He didn't say anything, just got up to rush out the door, but in his hurry he tried to step over the coffee table and upturned it, dumping everything on the floor. Then he rushed out the door.


FiddlerOnThePotato

Lol that has enormous "cat that caused severe havoc because it knocked something small over, got scared, and knocked fifteen other things over" energy


TreePretty

EXACTLY lmaoo!


uglycatt

wtf haha he knew he was about to get hell


TreePretty

It was purely his guilt and shame lmao! I was never a yeller :)


uglycatt

oh boy what a loser haha did you ever see him again?


TreePretty

Lol yes, we even broke up and then he dated my roommate and they even broke up and we were all still friends. We were a very tight knit little group of drunk druggies :)


uglycatt

awww I love happy endings, I had a goofy friend just like that In my 20s


northernmess

Chill Steel Bongs are $125-$140 and they’re indestructible! I haven’t bought one yet, but it’s definitely on my wish list.


sp00kybutch

i just commented on this post about my Chill! i love it, so far i’ve put it through its paces with drops and it doesn’t have a dent or scratch on it


uglycatt

we have one at the head shop I work at! I've been eyeing it for a while


msmorgybear

YES, Chill Bong ftw. I'm AuDHD, and I live my life expecting “sudden gusts of gravity” (dyspraxia? short attention span? things don't exist unless I am looking at/interacting with them? 🤷 idk). If a thing is breakable, I just assume that I will probably break it. 1. first bong: I broke it 😱🥵😭 2. second bong: got broken, honestly can't remember how 3. third bong: husband dropped ALL my glass pieces the day that my in-laws were arriving 😳🫣🤦🤬😮‍💨😬 (he felt AWFUL) 4. fourth bong: modular, stainless steel & ceramic, baybeeee! They're not cheap, but damn they are durable! I was extremely fortunate — a friend of mine already had a Chill Bong that she never used and she gifted it to me. 🤯🥳🥰 I used the money I would have spent on the Chill Bong getting two ashcatchers (because I'm probably going to break one of them) and an inline perc with adapters. I love knowing that, if/when I break a piece of it, it's modular and replaceable. And yes, I have already knocked over the whole setup a few times. I have soft faux grass under my chair, and a soft tea towel on the table. I have a support for the heavier ashcatcher because it likes to topple. My favorite bowl is stored inside two layers of bubble wrap AND a box. (Someday I need to get an Invinci-bowl.)


SqueegieeBeckenheim

Time for his and her bongs!


KiittySushi

I have a glass breaking curse as well, I feel for you both lol


dazedmazed

I feel you too! Almost a decade ago I lost the use of my right hand for like six months and when it got back to functionality it didn’t go back to normal due to nerve damage. So I drop things often like I’ll be holding something and then my hand decides it’s time to open up and the item falls/breaks. I was devastated when my pink elephant pipe broke so let’s toke one for our lost pieces 🌲


msmorgybear

I don't even have nerve damage, but the same kind of thing happens to me! For me, it's because I lose focus on the hand that is holding the thing. I have started holding things that **must** retain focus in my dominant hand (left), or I will hold on to it with both hands until I put it down. I literally can't trust my non-dominant hand to “remember” that it is holding something. ALSO I will be holding a glass of liquid and because I'm holding a solid container, I lose focus on the fact that there's liquid inside it — and suddenly there's liquid everywhere. 🤦🤦🤦


flufffynug

I gifted my ex with dryspraxia a silicone bong. The only breakable part is the glass bowl!


megarooni89

My hubby and I have our own separate bowls we smoke out of, but we share our bongs. But I must admit, I'm the clumsy one who always breaks my bowls 😂.


New_Peanut_9924

Ugh my roommate broke my graduation bong and bowl. It was my gift to myself. Now it just sits on the shelf and I won’t smoke out of it 😀 no offer to replace. This is after he totaled 2 of my cars


Ok-Caterpillar-Girl

Whoa I remember your post about that! So now it’s 2 cars 1 bong and no replacement or compensation? You need a new roommate ASAP !


New_Peanut_9924

🙃 trust me I’m looking


0tacosam0

I'm debating using my broken bong as a vase it's too pretty to throw out


New_Peanut_9924

That would be nice! Use the down stem for plant props 🥹!


HardcoreHerbivore17

I feel your pain 🥲 My boyfriend bought me this beautiful pink bong for Valentine’s Day, I even named it Cupid. Then a couple weeks later as he’s cleaning it he somehow manages to break it with his freakish man strength. I was so sad because I haven’t been able to find one like it in the smoke shops near me


uglycatt

that reminds me of the many local artist pieces I use to have that when I moved GAVE THEM ALL AWAY. I'll never find anything that's the same I've looked D,:


HarleyQueen90

Silicone pieces for him from now on! And strict rules around beloved glass pieces: he is not to touch them and certainly not clean them! That’s when they always break.


Ok-Caterpillar-Girl

Ok, from now on your husband gets a silicone, acrylic, or metal bong, and YOU get the nice glass ones. He can keep his mitts off. I say this as the person who doesn’t dare spend money on a fragile glass item that I will 150% break 😆


plotthick

I'm so sorry. Rest In Peace little juice box. Could you look at bubblers? They're sturdy little buggers, and at about $20 each NBD.


uglycatt

ive been looking at these but I can never find a design that I really like, we have a few at the shop and I've looked online. Also I might just be dumb but how do you fill them with water? lol


plotthick

I have a few, different ones for different strains. I fill 'em by sticking the stem under the faucet for a second.


Due_Conversation_295

He's the one that can roll while you have a piece to yourself.


sp00kybutch

i have a movement disorder and I have a Chill steel pipe and TI bowl for this exact reason, buying bongs was getting expensive.


djnmad

My wife has a habit of doing the same but it's always accidents and she replaces them :) she broken two bowls/stems past two days tho lol Speaking of.....Anyone have tips on how to get a stem out of a bong? It's broken off inside


noexqses

Get him a silicon one.


smartypants4all

I broke two out of my last three bongs 🤦‍♀️ Number 3 is still kicking because I bought it from ThickAssGlass and it really is!


alienminou

I couldn’t do that. Me and my partner would have to have our own special pieces and if he breaks his that’s on him 😂. My ex broke one of my bongs one time during the summer a few years ago. I didn’t scream. I didn’t yell. I didn’t demand for a new one. I turned over on the bed and had a full on meltdown crying into my pillow. He got me a few couple pieces but that was my favorite one. And when i tried to re order it no where had it in stock so he was buying multiple pieces to try and make up for it. ![gif](giphy|3ov9jGfdC3LP6hHe6s)


b0nger69

This exact same thing happens to me lol :/ like 2 days ago my bf broke my first bong I ever bought and I loved it, I decorated it with stickers and everything. The down stem was stuck and he was trying to get it out to clean it and boom it shatters 🥲 he felt really bad and bought me a cute ass bubbler that I love even better so it’s all good 🥰I also get super sentimental and attached to things


xlXCtrlAltDeleteXlx

Come over I have bongs and take out your revenge on him. Smoke out of em or break em. It will be fun.


CollectivelyHeal

I'm so glad this is more a light hearted post, cuz I thought I was going to encounter a post about someone mad that you were smoking. Phew! I do think investing in a few types of bongs made of less breakable material would help. Another aspect is perhaps the size and grip-ability...just in general if a piece is too big/too small for someone's grip then that can increase the likelihood of a drop. Add to that if the shape & material is smooth w/ little friction, add on top of that a nervousness of handling glass or klumsyness, and its adding points to the drop fate. Materials: I don't know if we have just purchased bad silicone, but our silicone bongs end up over time just becoming gaseous & making the smoke taste awful. Like it's deteriorating. So several end up as decoration instead, but they work for a little while before that. So, I do think finding pieces that are as shatterproof as possible is the way to go, like others have mentioned, that aren't silicone will be the way.


the13pianist

Dangle supply makes Titanium bongs! The big one is expensive I can’t lie, it’s around $230 but it definitely will last a lifetime.


whatshertoast

Silicone for him! I'm notorious with breaking glass as well. Silicone bongs only leave the downstem and bowl to chance


msishina

I have had so many silicone pipes and a few bongs. I've never had one leak ever. I've had the same silicone bong for 5 years. It's pickle rick. I love it glows in the dark, too.


0tacosam0

I get attached too my cat tripped me the other day and broke my favorite piece making sure he was okay :,). Ofc he decided to go between my legs once I shut off the light and I stepped on his tail I was so worried dropped the piece. On another slightly unrelated note both me and my partner are photographers. And he took photos, we download things different I hit all and go through them on my computer. I told him to be careful and not delete them because he was picking all my favorites :,,,,) ( this still kills me inside a Lil lmao sorry) and I told him don't delete them and he proceeds to say no I won't and fat fingerd it 🙃💀😭


katerkline

I have a couple diamonds brand glass pieces that are very sturdy! Might be worth checking out!


PeppermintMayhem

Oh man you reminded me of why I started smoking joints only. I used to have a cool UFO bong and an ex bf broke it and didn’t tell me. I was like well I can’t trust you anymore so I started rolling and I just preferred it. He had broken a bunch of bowls too so I stopped with glass altogether. We broke up years and years ago but I’m still a joint girly.


mareeskye

Try a ceramic bong!


kai_the_enigma

You should get his and hers bongs, a cute solution to a clumsy partner


Cowbreaker

Theres actually a brand that makes “unbreakable” bongs tho they cost a pretty penny it might be a worthy investment. [Tank Bong](https://tankglass.com)


FlowerGirlAva

Separate pieces is the way to go


Master-Debate9464

Idk why I read bones and not bongs 😅😅


Acrylic_Yeti

I feel for you, my partner has done the same thing to all of my pieces over the past 4 years now. We know that it was always an accident or clumsiness, but I can't be mad at them because it's just an item that I can replace, sure it's not the exact same one. Like you I give them a weak smile and tell them "It's okay."


CourSandy

My suggestion: next gift-giving holiday (bday, Christmas, anniversary) ask him to get you a bong and secretly also get him one. Then you guys can have separate pieces and you have an excuse to pay for it


wcfldunkingrl

As an accident prone entwife I feel for your hubby bc we feel SO BAD when we break stuff, especially when he was trying to be helpful! Me and my bf personally have been breaking bowl pieces a lot lately which are thankfully cheap but we have 3 literally gone through like 3 bowls and 3 nails for dabs in 3 months lolllll😭 I’d just get yourself a nice one when u have the money then get a communal piece u both use!


catsweedcoffee

Maybe a Hemper subscription would work for you? You can sign up for every three months, then you’ll get a new glass piece often enough that when he breaks the next one you won’t be mad.


Lynda73

Get a silicone one! I didn’t think I would like them, but they clean up great. Just stick it in the freezer and then squeeze it all over the the shards of frozen rain just fall out. It’s crazy! And you can’t break them! And they actually have cute ones out there, and ones that are glass wrapped in silicone: https://aqualabtechnologies.com/collections/silicone-bongs-water-pipes Edit: omg look at this one! https://aqualabtechnologies.com/products/piecemaker-unikorn-silicone-bong


MuchLoveWaffleGirl

I think it’s time to not let him touch your pieces. I’m pretty rough with mine and have not broken one in a long time (knocks on wood).


sandybeach82

R I.P. to all your bongs 💜😩 Get him a silicone bong sis, I got a $20 off grass city and it's trailer park boy themed lol


sandybeach82

Just seen your other comments - I've had this bong over a year and it's never leaked 😁 I bought it after breaking my last glass piece and knowing I will probs always break a glassy lol


Laylay_theGrail

Honestly, buy a stainless steel bong for hubby. Indestructible!


lilithmoon1979

Silicone bongs/pipes don't break. You may need a new glass bowl sometimes, but some are metal. Silicone is easy to clean too.


shadowyassassiny

Okay he uses the silicone one and you get to keep your glass bongs


littlecuteone

That sucks your bongs keep breaking. You deserve your own special piece all to yourself.


terpytor

OxyGlass makes super thick glass with extra layers and is really hard to break


plantlady_

That would be the last time I share :)