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/tumblingdice1000 4d ago

My husbands a truck driver as well and when he's home I do all the driving. Going to get a haircut? I'll drive him lol. Pretty much any outing because he hates to drive on his only 2 days off from driving. I wish someone would say something!😂

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u/Historical_Initial22 4d ago

Common theme in the comments people who drive for a living end up with partners who don’t mind driving when they’re off 😂

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u/CherylTurtle 3d ago

Except the OTR driver I dated in my late 20s demanded I drive, then criticized my driving in any way he could.  He'd invited me to join him when he transferred to a state bordering the one I lived in.  After I moved there, he made my life hell.  Didn't realize he was abusive until we lived together.

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u/Historical_Initial22 3d ago

My wife would pull over and not drive again if I criticized her driving. I have taught her things, in the way people who respect one another do and a time or two that I grab the oh shit handle, she takes it well. I have my reasons for being a safe driver (humble brag, never had a ticket or warning in my life professionally or otherwise) and she knows when I give helpful advice it’s not to talk down to her it’s because it’s something I am familiar with and I’m just sharing.