We always take my car, so I drive to where we are going, then if we go to dinner or out for drinks or something he will usually drive home since I'm a light weight and get drunk easy and drunk driving is just not cool.
Question for those in long term male/female relationships, or male/female marriages. WHO drives?
08/02/2012
I drive most of the time. I enjoy driving and also where we live, there are a lot of deer, etc. on the roadways. I tend to see them better than my hubby and he also has an issue with driving at night--so I always drive then.
08/02/2012
He almost always drives, even if we take my car. The only time I drive is if he's been drinking or I'm taking him to the ER for something.
He criticizes my driving something awful and it makes me nervous. Once, when I was driving (because we were at my brother's house and he was doing shots with my brother and I refused to let him drive), he grabbed the gear shift while I was going 70 miles an hour and upshifted! I don't think I have ever given him a dressing down like I did that night. I actually pulled the car over to yell at him. I didn't have my foot on the clutch and we could have been killed! Luckily, I was able to keep control of the truck. He apologized, and he has to keep his hands away from the gear shift when I drive his truck.
He criticizes my driving something awful and it makes me nervous. Once, when I was driving (because we were at my brother's house and he was doing shots with my brother and I refused to let him drive), he grabbed the gear shift while I was going 70 miles an hour and upshifted! I don't think I have ever given him a dressing down like I did that night. I actually pulled the car over to yell at him. I didn't have my foot on the clutch and we could have been killed! Luckily, I was able to keep control of the truck. He apologized, and he has to keep his hands away from the gear shift when I drive his truck.
08/02/2012
If we are in my car, I drive most of the time. His car, he drives all the time. We mostly take my car because of the kids, so I end up driving most of the time.
08/02/2012
I love driving, but it usually works out that he drives. I didn't drive all last winter, and we've had the camper on the truck all spring and summer, so I have driven exactly once in about 10 months. I used to love the driving of my old job. *sigh* And quite frankly, I don't need the "helpful" suggestions in regard to my driving when I do drive and he is passenger!
08/02/2012
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He drives.
Originally posted by
Bignuf
Decades ago, if a man and woman were in a car together, you would ALWAYS see the man driving. Seeing a woman at the wheel would have literally "turned heads".
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the ... more
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the ... more
Decades ago, if a man and woman were in a car together, you would ALWAYS see the man driving. Seeing a woman at the wheel would have literally "turned heads".
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the woman driving, regardless of age!!!??? Not sure when this changed, or why.
In our case, I have the bigger car and my husbands little car is only to pop to work and back. When we go ANYWHERE else, we take my car, and since the seats/mirrors...etc, are set for ME (he is tall, I am short....big changes to adjust), I automatically always drive, to not mess with my seat and other controls. We have always done that since being together. When he used to pick me up in HIS car for a date, of course, he would drive, but other then that, I am behind the wheel.
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Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the woman driving, regardless of age!!!??? Not sure when this changed, or why.
In our case, I have the bigger car and my husbands little car is only to pop to work and back. When we go ANYWHERE else, we take my car, and since the seats/mirrors...etc, are set for ME (he is tall, I am short....big changes to adjust), I automatically always drive, to not mess with my seat and other controls. We have always done that since being together. When he used to pick me up in HIS car for a date, of course, he would drive, but other then that, I am behind the wheel.
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08/02/2012
He has a truck, which we enjoy using more.
08/02/2012
Even though I'm the one who is legally permitted to drive, we live in such a small community that he just drives.
We have a huge truck, and I'm not comfortable driving it. When we go to larger places though, I'm the one that drives.
We have a huge truck, and I'm not comfortable driving it. When we go to larger places though, I'm the one that drives.
08/02/2012
Quote:
I drive.
Originally posted by
Bignuf
Decades ago, if a man and woman were in a car together, you would ALWAYS see the man driving. Seeing a woman at the wheel would have literally "turned heads".
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the ... more
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the ... more
Decades ago, if a man and woman were in a car together, you would ALWAYS see the man driving. Seeing a woman at the wheel would have literally "turned heads".
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the woman driving, regardless of age!!!??? Not sure when this changed, or why.
In our case, I have the bigger car and my husbands little car is only to pop to work and back. When we go ANYWHERE else, we take my car, and since the seats/mirrors...etc, are set for ME (he is tall, I am short....big changes to adjust), I automatically always drive, to not mess with my seat and other controls. We have always done that since being together. When he used to pick me up in HIS car for a date, of course, he would drive, but other then that, I am behind the wheel.
How is it in YOUR relationship? less
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the woman driving, regardless of age!!!??? Not sure when this changed, or why.
In our case, I have the bigger car and my husbands little car is only to pop to work and back. When we go ANYWHERE else, we take my car, and since the seats/mirrors...etc, are set for ME (he is tall, I am short....big changes to adjust), I automatically always drive, to not mess with my seat and other controls. We have always done that since being together. When he used to pick me up in HIS car for a date, of course, he would drive, but other then that, I am behind the wheel.
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08/02/2012
We share a car, and split the driving pretty equally. And even though there's a height difference, we've somehow worked out a configuration that takes almost no adjustments to the mirrors and seat when we switch.
08/02/2012
Whoever wants to...
08/02/2012
Neither of us have a license. We can't afford to run a car and are happy walking and taking public transport.
08/02/2012
my gf drives
08/02/2012
It really depends on which car we're taking. If it's the minivan, he'll drive, because I'm too much of a wimp to drive it since I'm not listed on the insurance for it. If we're taking my Nitro, we'll split it about 50/50, unless the kids are riding with us. (He can't fit into the passenger side if our daughter's car seat is in place, so that automatically makes him driver.)
08/02/2012
Actually, I always drive. My guy doesn't even have a license, he used to have a permit but it expired because he didn't have a car to drive after some ex took his car, and never had it renewed.
08/02/2012
He usually drives, always in his car and sometimes in mine, sometimes if he's tired I'll drive but only my car
08/02/2012
He usually drives. I hate driving. On long road trips, like the 6 hour drive to my parents house, we split the driving evenly.
08/03/2012
He has a better looking car... so he likes to flaunt it a lot. So we mostly take his car.
08/03/2012
Well, my husband would like me to drive ALL the time, since he is an immigrant without documentation and technically shouldn't be driving (we're working on that..) However, I don't really like to drive, especially in-town, so I make him drive about half the time. When he gets his license he'll be driving all the time.
08/03/2012
Quote:
We usually split it.
Originally posted by
Bignuf
Decades ago, if a man and woman were in a car together, you would ALWAYS see the man driving. Seeing a woman at the wheel would have literally "turned heads".
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the ... more
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the ... more
Decades ago, if a man and woman were in a car together, you would ALWAYS see the man driving. Seeing a woman at the wheel would have literally "turned heads".
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the woman driving, regardless of age!!!??? Not sure when this changed, or why.
In our case, I have the bigger car and my husbands little car is only to pop to work and back. When we go ANYWHERE else, we take my car, and since the seats/mirrors...etc, are set for ME (he is tall, I am short....big changes to adjust), I automatically always drive, to not mess with my seat and other controls. We have always done that since being together. When he used to pick me up in HIS car for a date, of course, he would drive, but other then that, I am behind the wheel.
How is it in YOUR relationship? less
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the woman driving, regardless of age!!!??? Not sure when this changed, or why.
In our case, I have the bigger car and my husbands little car is only to pop to work and back. When we go ANYWHERE else, we take my car, and since the seats/mirrors...etc, are set for ME (he is tall, I am short....big changes to adjust), I automatically always drive, to not mess with my seat and other controls. We have always done that since being together. When he used to pick me up in HIS car for a date, of course, he would drive, but other then that, I am behind the wheel.
How is it in YOUR relationship? less
08/03/2012
We usually take my car, it just depends on how I'm feeling but I usually let him drive.
08/05/2012
The Yukon is seen as "mine" and the Silverado is more "his". He usually drives when we take the truck, and I usually drive the SUV, barring one of us being a DD...
08/05/2012
when we are together I let him drive just so i dont have to here him whine about dumb shit
09/20/2012
If it's her car, she drives, if it's mine, I drive, no big deal.
09/20/2012
Quote:
I drive in my relationship but my boyfriend doesn't have his licence yet. I think when he does he'll probably do most of the driving.
Originally posted by
Bignuf
Decades ago, if a man and woman were in a car together, you would ALWAYS see the man driving. Seeing a woman at the wheel would have literally "turned heads".
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the ... more
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the ... more
Decades ago, if a man and woman were in a car together, you would ALWAYS see the man driving. Seeing a woman at the wheel would have literally "turned heads".
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the woman driving, regardless of age!!!??? Not sure when this changed, or why.
In our case, I have the bigger car and my husbands little car is only to pop to work and back. When we go ANYWHERE else, we take my car, and since the seats/mirrors...etc, are set for ME (he is tall, I am short....big changes to adjust), I automatically always drive, to not mess with my seat and other controls. We have always done that since being together. When he used to pick me up in HIS car for a date, of course, he would drive, but other then that, I am behind the wheel.
How is it in YOUR relationship? less
Today, we noticed that far more male/female couples seemed to have the woman driving, regardless of age!!!??? Not sure when this changed, or why.
In our case, I have the bigger car and my husbands little car is only to pop to work and back. When we go ANYWHERE else, we take my car, and since the seats/mirrors...etc, are set for ME (he is tall, I am short....big changes to adjust), I automatically always drive, to not mess with my seat and other controls. We have always done that since being together. When he used to pick me up in HIS car for a date, of course, he would drive, but other then that, I am behind the wheel.
How is it in YOUR relationship? less
09/20/2012
Cat E.
I don't really like to drive so the man always drives.
09/21/2012
We split it equally. Although I do drive a bit more often to her place.
09/21/2012
He usually drives, whether its his car or mine. For a few reason. He has been driving a lot longer then me, so he is a better drive (not that I ever tell him that) and it makes me nervous to drive when he is in the passanger seat. Plus I like to talk so I prefer to take the passanger seat onshort trips. Long trips, like going home for Christmas, we take it in turns
10/01/2012
He usually drives.
10/01/2012
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I put "she" as in me when I am with someone I ALWAYS do the driving.
Originally posted by
bayosgirl
Well, my husband would like me to drive ALL the time, since he is an immigrant without documentation and technically shouldn't be driving (we're working on that..) However, I don't really like to drive, especially in-town, so I make him
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Well, my husband would like me to drive ALL the time, since he is an immigrant without documentation and technically shouldn't be driving (we're working on that..) However, I don't really like to drive, especially in-town, so I make him drive about half the time. When he gets his license he'll be driving all the time.
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bayosgil-I am not one to judge but if your husband doesn't have a license you shouldn't be "making" him drive. Bad things can happen if he is busted driving without a license depending on where you live.
10/01/2012