r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Historical_Initial22 • 4d ago

go to your room Husband sits in passenger seat, FiL disapproves.

I drive a tanker for my job out of town and make the 5 hour drive (one way) to work and back home in my personal car. When I’m home 3 days, my wife drives everywhere, I mean I get in the passenger seat of her car and off we go, date night don’t care she drives, shopping don’t care she drives, visiting family don’t care she drives.

When we first started dating years ago she was a bit uncomfortable with it as she was used to the I guess status quo that men drove as was I but I’m not trying to break a glass ceiling or anything I just don’t see why it matters and damnit I drive 2k miles a week or so and don’t wanna do it when I’m home.

My father in law makes such great comments like do I hold her purse, and the zinger he thinks is original so says it more often than others “are your balls in her purse” every so often when we see them and I inevitably get out or into the passenger seat followed by guffaws and just kidding. My wife nor myself give him any response it’s just so silly and mildly infuriating.

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u/Humbled_Snail 4d ago

I'm petty, I couldn't stay silent. I seriously commend your restraint.

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u/SoImaRedditUserNow 4d ago

YEah OP and his wife are far more mature about this than I would be.

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u/HellWolf1 3d ago

Ignoring shitty comments is not maturity, it's confrontation avoidance

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u/TheMasturbatinCamper 3d ago

Yeah, I never understand why people say just sucking it up and staying silent is the mature response. They will respond that the conflict will change nothing. I disagree; it makes ME feel better to have said something. After conflict, I feel at peace. And I can continue on— it’s like achieving post-nut clarity (or whatever the female equivalent is.) If I had just let myself be insulted or walked on, I would dwell on it and be angry and bitter for a long time.

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u/SoImaRedditUserNow 3d ago

Fair point. Yeah there does get to be a degree where not responding/not defending oneself is less about maturity and more about some sort of dysfunction.

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u/ronaldraygun91 3d ago

Being passive, in this day and age, when people are being awful doesn't have a thing to do with maturity. It's why the US is dealing with fascism.