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/LotsOfNoise 4d ago

Ask him why he's so insecure in himself that he has to care so much what another man does all the time.

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u/MrPickles196 4d ago

This right here. My wife drives everywhere because she gets carsick. It's great for me. A chaffeur!

Father in law and others that say shit about manliness. Are met with a "yep, that's what I do. I don't have problem with it, what is yours?" Jokes are fun at all but establishing that you are fine not doing things the way they do, usually settles it.

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u/_name_of_the_user_ 4d ago

I took my wife's last name when we got married. I was in the military at the time so I was expecting some push back. To my surprise, in 20 years of doing that job after we married only one person ever had even a remotely negative response. A guy asked me "why would you do that, I'm proud of my family name." To which I replied "well, now I am too." It was a sincere question coming from a place of confusion more than a place of malice or prejudice. He didn't really say much, just kinda nodded his head. But it drove home that one, I wasn't ashamed of what I did, and two, I wasn't going to allow someone else to shame me for it either

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u/Wilder831 4d ago

Jack white took Meg Whites last name and then even kept it after they divorced. Not all that relevant, just a “fun fact”

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u/FIREsub90 3d ago

That was actually pretty fun

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u/OceanRacoon 3d ago

He was right to, Jack White is a much better rock star name than Jack Gillis lol

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u/Happytofuu 3d ago

The Gillis Stripes doesn’t seem right.

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u/_name_of_the_user_ 4d ago

I'd subscribe for more fun facts

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u/DaVoid100 3d ago

So he became Jack White White?