Who drives when together, you or your wife/SO? (1 Viewer)

[belljr]

My wife drives if DD or we are making a run out to eat or something close.

By the time I readjust the seat we would be half way there

 

[Ilov80s]

Usually me, but the wife doesn't hardly drink more than 1 drink if we go out so she often drives so I can have a few.

 

[jerry jones]

Road trips, I drive my Mercedes....out on the town she drives her ford and I get to drink?

 

[Pipes]

My car, me. Her car, it can go either way, she drives on short trips I do the long. The reason is there is no sense changing the mirrors and seat for a 2 minute dash someplace. I'd guess I have driven 95+% of the miles, but she may have driven on 20% of the times we have been together in the car.

This.

 

[Maelstrom]

Generally, unless someone is drinking, I drive my car, she drives hers. Which we take when we go out together almost always depends on which was last pulled into the driveway.

I don't have a problem with her driving though, or visa-versa. I probably drive just a little bit more overall.

 

[snogger]

Went mix.. but her mostly... she gets car sick riding passenger .. besides... her backseat driving is enough to send anyone on a MOP so it is better for all this way

 

[snogger]

I like being driven around. I'd sit in the back seat if I could get away with it.

on longer trips I like to read a book and relax and let her deal with the idiot's on the road.

 

[The Z Machine]

Probably about 65% her, 35% me. She's a better, more cautious driver, and I don't like driving much. Plus I get to drink as much as I want. My wife's not a tremendous drinker.

 

[Mr. Ected]

I am so the sole vote for usually her, me once in a while. The way it works is this - I drive my car, she drives hers. She vastly prefers taking her big SUV over my small hybrid, as hers is roomier, more comfortable, and much more useful for hauling things. So most of the time we take her car, particularly when our son is with us, and she drives. Occasionally, we'll take my car when going to a place where parking may be tight.

Only time I drive her car is when she's had too much to drink and vice versa for my car.

Edit to add: My wife is a very aggressive driver and usually gets us where we're going faster than I would.

I doubled our vote!!

I am probably not a good example for this pole. I am medically unable to drive, so I'm not an option.

When I could drive, we were a mix, especially on long drives. I was never able to drive for very long without starting to fall asleep. We would just switch every couple hours to keep us up for the task.

I am a horrible date, I can't drink due to medicine, and I can't be the DD either!!

 

[Judge Smails]

I drive 95% of the time. She is great as a DD. She's the worst backseat driver ever. Watch out. You better get over. On and on. She means well but it drives me crazy.

 

[flysack]

Her, usually. Not always.

I prefer to sit in the passenger seat and daydream looking out the window. I get a lot of my best creative ideas doing this.

 

[Billy Bats]

I drive 95% of the time. She is great as a DD. She's the worst backseat driver ever. Watch out. You better get over. On and on. She means well but it drives me crazy.

Besides the brilliant driving instructions I hear panic attacks from her as soon as she sees brake lights, they could be 1/4 mile in front of us. Its as if we're going to die a firey death in a car every time someone in front of us has to stop. I can't handle it anymore, so she drives. She hates driving, but I told her I can't drive with you screaming and holding on for dear life every time we have to stop. Figure that #### out and I'll drive.

 

[mr roboto]

I drive 95% of the time. She is great as a DD. She's the worst backseat driver ever. Watch out. You better get over. On and on. She means well but it drives me crazy.

Besides the brilliant driving instructions I hear panic attacks from her as soon as she sees brake lights, they could be 1/4 mile in front of us. Its as if we're going to die a firey death in a car every time someone in front of us has to stop. I can't handle it anymore, so she drives. She hates driving, but I told her I can't drive with you screaming and holding on for dear life every time we have to stop. Figure that #### out and I'll drive.

Maybe you tailgate and suck at driving? My FIL tailgates something fierce and yes it's tough to sit there and not get nervous. My wife and I will always agree to meet her folks somewhere and never ride with them he's so bad.

 

[Billy Bats]

I drive 95% of the time. She is great as a DD. She's the worst backseat driver ever. Watch out. You better get over. On and on. She means well but it drives me crazy.

Besides the brilliant driving instructions I hear panic attacks from her as soon as she sees brake lights, they could be 1/4 mile in front of us. Its as if we're going to die a firey death in a car every time someone in front of us has to stop. I can't handle it anymore, so she drives. She hates driving, but I told her I can't drive with you screaming and holding on for dear life every time we have to stop. Figure that #### out and I'll drive.

Maybe you tailgate and suck at driving? My FIL tailgates something fierce and yes it's tough to sit there and not get nervous. My wife and I will always agree to meet her folks somewhere and never ride with them he's so bad.

way to jump right to a conclusion. I'm far from an aggressive driver, considering I drive at least 700 miles a week for a living, for the last 12 years without an accident and nary a ticket, along with driving my kids, I like to think I'm an ok driver. And see my bolded in my OP, she can see brake lights go on a 1/4 mile ahead and she ####s a brick. Trust me, it's her issue, not mine.

 

[mr roboto]

I drive 95% of the time. She is great as a DD. She's the worst backseat driver ever. Watch out. You better get over. On and on. She means well but it drives me crazy.

Besides the brilliant driving instructions I hear panic attacks from her as soon as she sees brake lights, they could be 1/4 mile in front of us. Its as if we're going to die a firey death in a car every time someone in front of us has to stop. I can't handle it anymore, so she drives. She hates driving, but I told her I can't drive with you screaming and holding on for dear life every time we have to stop. Figure that #### out and I'll drive.

Maybe you tailgate and suck at driving? My FIL tailgates something fierce and yes it's tough to sit there and not get nervous. My wife and I will always agree to meet her folks somewhere and never ride with them he's so bad.

way to jump right to a conclusion. I'm far from an aggressive driver, considering I drive at least 700 miles a week for a living, for the last 12 years without an accident and nary a ticket, along with driving my kids, I like to think I'm an ok driver. And see my bolded in my OP, she can see brake lights go on a 1/4 mile ahead and she ####s a brick. Trust me, it's her issue, not mine.

I didn't 'conclude' anything. Please see my word choice bolded above. Simply a potential alternative interpretation.

 

[AAABatteries]

Yeah, my wife is becoming a worse passenger each passing year. She's started just closing her eyes when we are on the freeway and it's crowded and everyone is doing 60+. She can't handle it - no issues with her driving in those conditions but she's a nervous wreck when I'm driving. And she admits it is all her issue - she says I'm a good driver (and I think my driving record backs it up as best it can) - I've told her I would let her drive if it will calm her down but she usually just deals with it. I'm a great co-pilot - nothing fazes me, traffic doesn't bother me and I've ridden with some horrible drivers over the years. I help with directions or just read or sleep - I feel bad for folks that are not able to relax in a vehicle.

 

[The Commish]

It was me always until this last trip to FL. I'm not driving ever again if I can get away with it.

 

[roadkill1292]

Driving is a lot of work. I'd rather sleep or play on the phone.

 

[Bull Dozier]

I drive 99% of the time. Every once in a while if I am beat or something, I'll ask her to drive, which she wines about and acts like I'm asking her to paint the house. Then, 5 minutes in to the trip I'm instantly reminded of why I prefer driving most of the time.

 

[Sand]

If there is any navigation at all involved she drives, I navigate. Otherwise we'd never get there.

 

[The Z Machine]

My wife has excellent navigation skills. So much so that she thinks using GPS during a drive is cheating and she prefers to avoid it. Only conflict comes in when I'm giving her navigation instructions and I'm not doing it exactly the way she wants.

 

[sbonomo]

When I'm on the road though, I see women driving and men in the passenger seat all the time - I often wonder, why?

i do more driving during the week for my commute. it's attempt to let me "relax." it really doesn't matter to me, but sometimes it is nice to not have to deal with the idiot drivers out there.

Catch 22; if more men drove, there would be far less idiot drivers to deal with.I hate to be sexist but damn women in general are terrible drivers..

worse drivers in order - asian women, hispanic women, asian men, white women, hispanic men, all other women, etc.

 

[sbonomo]

Generally, unless someone is drinking, I drive my car, she drives hers. Which we take when we go out together almost always depends on which was last pulled into the driveway.

I don't have a problem with her driving though, or visa-versa. I probably drive just a little bit more overall.

this for me as well. The wife has a prius which i love but hate driving. She rarely drive my mercedes (she's afraid of the 400 hp). Long trips we generally take her car so we split. Also, she cant parallell park so we have to do the chinese fire drill if a spot opens up.

 

[sbonomo]

I am so the sole vote for usually her, me once in a while. The way it works is this - I drive my car, she drives hers. She vastly prefers taking her big SUV over my small hybrid, as hers is roomier, more comfortable, and much more useful for hauling things. So most of the time we take her car, particularly when our son is with us, and she drives. Occasionally, we'll take my car when going to a place where parking may be tight.

Only time I drive her car is when she's had too much to drink and vice versa for my car.

Edit to add: My wife is a very aggressive driver and usually gets us where we're going faster than I would.

I doubled our vote!!

I am probably not a good example for this pole. I am medically unable to drive, so I'm not an option.

When I could drive, we were a mix, especially on long drives. I was never able to drive for very long without starting to fall asleep. We would just switch every couple hours to keep us up for the task.

I am a horrible date, I can't drink due to medicine, and I can't be the DD either!!

 

[Loan Sharks]

She always drives, as I am awesome she has to be my chauffeur.

 

[Tom Servo]

Glad to see there are still real men here in the FFA. One of my pet peeves is how you always see women driving in commercials while the husband is in the passenger seat.

Wussification of America.

 

[TakiToki]

Never been married but I'd guess over the years girlfriends drive 80% of the time. I don't particularly enjoy driving and am often drunk.

 

[Zow]

I get motion sickness pretty badly so I always drive unless I've been drinking and she's completely sober.

 

[spOOfy]

i drive 99% of the time. only time not is if i'm completely drunk and she's my dd or on a super long car ride, she'll take like an hour in the middle to break up my long driving. she likes me driving and i prefer driving.

 

[Brony]

I drive 95% of the time. She is great as a DD. She's the worst backseat driver ever. Watch out. You better get over. On and on. She means well but it drives me crazy.

go on...

 

[Sand]

My wife has excellent navigation skills. So much so that she thinks using GPS during a drive is cheating and she prefers to avoid it. Only conflict comes in when I'm giving her navigation instructions and I'm not doing it exactly the way she wants.

I concur with the "exactly the way she wants,". Everything else is exact opposite.

If we had recorded our first drive out of Dublin - busy roads, driving on the left, stick shift, with my wife navigating - I could have retired off the hits that would have gotten.

 

[lardonastick]

My sister usually drives while my BIL sits in the back seat with their kid....who is now 6

Probably so he can give her the finger the whole time.

Dude, sick.

 

[fred_1_15301]

My sister usually drives while my BIL sits in the back seat with their kid....who is now 6

Probably so he can give her the finger the whole time.

Dude, sick.

Yeah when I first read McGarnicle's response, that's how I interpreted it as well. Then I realized that he meant something else