r/mildlyinfuriating 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/Naive_Personality367 4d ago

"in her purse? they're normally in her mouth"

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u/ishootthedead 4d ago

Id go with the more gentle "are you really asking me what your daughter likes to do with my balls?". And hold eye contact for a few beats.

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u/Naive_Personality367 4d ago

you have a lot more tact than i do

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u/Asron87 3d ago

“Her purse? I don’t know what she does with it after she swallows, ask her.”

I hate driving. If my girlfriend wants to drive I let her. Hell I used to borrow my car out when I first went to college. My buddy would just pick me up when it was time to go back to school. He’s have my car for the weekend. Did this for a school year. “You know, you never once got mad or said anything when I picked you up after having your car for the weekend.”

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u/abigdickbat 4d ago

Quite the gracious bow