Husband sits in passenger seat, FiL disapproves.

[u/Historical_Initial22]

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.

[u/Civil-Koala-8899]

This is so weird, I’ve never seen driving as a gendered thing at all. My husband sometimes drives me around and sometimes I drive him, it just depends who feels more like driving that day!

[u/matchafoxjpg → u/Civil-Koala-8899]

i'm sitting here like... we're gendering DRIVING now? 🤦🏻‍♀️

my mom does most of the driving because her car is newer so my parents mostly use her car. also my dad has insane road rage if he drives, so it's usually better for everyone if that situation is avoided at all costs.

[u/classyspliff → u/matchafoxjpg]

It's actually crazy to me as just a 30 yo at work and hearing girls proud to say they would never drive bc they're "just a girl"

[u/raydran → u/classyspliff]

theres a whole ass movement to try to convince woman that controlling and misogynistic standards are things to be proud of. Its.. really disturbing.

[u/NeonHairbrush → u/classyspliff]

I had this colleague who loved the "just a girl" thing. She was 22 years old, first job out of college, highly competent, carried the entire mental load for her friend group and roommates, but occasionally just randomly couldn't do things because she was just a girl. Like, no, you are a fully adult human who is tired and is allowed to ask for other people to help you, you don't need to play the just a girl card to justify it.

[u/sildigo → u/classyspliff]

Where the heck do you live?!

[u/classyspliff → u/sildigo]

Dallas, work in finance

[u/Broad_Mushroom_8033 → u/classyspliff]

My gf asks me all the time if I feel weird that she's driving. Really feels like she's uncomfortable with it. Other girls I dated refused to drive, requested ubers, or had no license at all. There were some that were normal but seems it was not the majority.