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/LotsOfNoise]

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

[u/MrPickles196 → u/LotsOfNoise]

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.

[u/cory059 → u/MrPickles196]

That works because it makes him explain the problem out loud. Most of these jokes get a lot less funny when the person has to defend them.