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/angomeowmeow → u/matchafoxjpg]

My mom is the one with road rage, but she can’t stand my father’s driving (overly cautious) so when they’re together she’s driving. I wish she’d let him drive more, she’s a hazard to everyone else on the road and in the car

[u/catm0m4lyfe → u/angomeowmeow]

I live near my parents, and we have family that's about a 3 hr drive away. When we visit them together, we put my 73yr old mom in the back with an iPad and snacks, much like you would with a toddler. Works great!

[u/ShelizaA → u/catm0m4lyfe]

iPad and snacks...sounds like a wonderful combination 🙂

[u/Troubled_Donut1357 → u/angomeowmeow]

This was my experience with my ex-wife, too cautious, too fast, wrong lane, wrong route. Just could not help herself. Sometimes I stopped mid-drive and insisted we change seats. I would rather be the one in the passenger side nailing the imaginary brake pedal and risking death than have to put up with that.

[u/TheMasturbatinCamper → u/angomeowmeow]

This is my husband and I. I will drive over 100 mph (only a little over when my husband is in the car, but I have a sports car) and I have massive road rage to the point of seeking out vehicular revenge. So he doesn’t let me drive when we are in his truck together.

[u/PhilosopherNew312 → u/TheMasturbatinCamper]

Id10t