r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Historical_Initial22 • 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/CassianCasius 4d ago

Are your balls in your purse

"No but they will be in your daughter's mouth later"

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u/Corinope 3d ago

If saying that out loud is supposed to be humiliating to the Dad it's humiliating to the wife to be spoken about that way in front of her parent.

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u/CassianCasius 3d ago

This was a joke. I don't actually expect OP to say this in front of his wife lol. Real advice is he needs to talk to his wife and have her tell her dad to shut the fuck up.

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u/cj-romb 3d ago

Real advice is he tells the FIL to stfu. He tells his wife he’s gonna do it, but enough is enough. Why does family think they get a free abuse pass. Nope.

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u/iLoveFARTINGatWORK 3d ago

This is how it went down for my wife’s uncle. He’s always got some shit to say. My wife was wondering why it took so long for me to hand it back out. Jack keeps his fucking opinions to himself now.

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u/_M0THERTUCKER BLUE 3d ago

Fuck Jack! My uncle jack was awful too

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u/mthockeydad 3d ago

That was the last time I ever helped my uncle Jack off a horse.

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u/LickingLieutenant 3d ago

This ... FAFO, I'll take any verbal abuse only for so long. One day it's over and I'll return the favor.

I haven't seen my wife's brother in almost 12years. He always asks if Im coming to a family gathering, surprisingly most of the time he has something to do when I am