What is it about women that terrifies them about letting a man silently drive between two white lines on the road?
Why do we nag them in ways that would make us pull over and kick them out of the car if they did it to us?
My husband tell me it’s because of the curse of Adam and Eve and that it makes me want to rule over him. Personally, I do not see how ruling over him applies to pointing out how horribly he drives everytime we are in the car.
As I nagged my hubby on everything from how he should be shifting, to the fact that the bumps on the road are to keep you in the lane not to drive over PLUS his constant looking over his shoulder for long periods of time and not at the stopped cars in front of us, I realized this would be a long 1 hour drive in traffic this evening. It took 5 minutes before I began to listen to myself and another 1/2 hour until I was sick of hearing my own voice.
Why am I incapable of shutting up and letting him drive? He’s tried a variety of tactics from having me tell him who is the property management company for each building we pass to having me read him the billboards, yet I can’t seem to keep my eyes off the road. I am afraid that if I dare to not critic him on his driving he might ____________? What am I afraid will happpen? A fender bender? A sore neck? Increased Premiums? That a crazed gorrilla might jump in front of us during those 4 seconds that hubby is looking back to see whose driving the minivan???
For my own sake I need to quit. The last time he was in an accident was 8 years ago and he was barely 20. He is supposed to wreck multiple vehicles at that age. Not like he doesn’t survive daily without me telling him how to drive either.
Regardless of why I do it or what I can do to silence myself…. my heart can’t take this much more and I”m only 28. Overpasses with him driving shouldn’t cause my heart to nearly fail.
My Hubby frequently tell me to ”Put on your big girl panties and get over it” I think I will try that. Either that or maybe a blindfold and a shot of vodka will do the trick.
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Lee and Stacie // February 20, 2009 at 12:24 am |
Emily Barnes once said that she realized that she spent way too much time worrying and nagging her husband about his driving. She came to the conclusion that if that was how the Lord wanted her to die, then that’s what would happen. After thinking on that, she finally relaxed and trusted that God had His hand on her no matter how her husband drove. And Lee, I’m sorry for passing down that family trait. I was just a little quieter- holding on tightly to the door, pushing my foot through the floor boards, and “Gee kids, do you see that guy ahead of us driving all over the road?” : )
Jayme // March 10, 2009 at 8:04 pm |
I guess I didn’t get that family trait. I never worry about how David is driving heh. It seems to be more the other way around with us lol. David tells me how to drive so I just let him drive all the time.