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August 2011 Moms
mama livingston
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am I wrong? (vent)
mama livingston
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So my husband and I were driving home from school today when this guy came out in front of us. Now my husband had more than enough room to stop and just let the guy go, but my husband kept going and so did the guy! We were thisclose to getting into an accident and it would have been me who got hit! I yelled at him, I was pissed! Why not just stop and let the guy go when you saw he was being an a$$? Now my husband is yelling at me telling me I had no right to react the way I did and that I was out of line for being so upset. Was I wrong to be upset that I would have been the one who got wicked hurt along with who knows what would have happened to our baby?!?!? Why not just drive like a normal person instead of being a control freak? I'm so upset right now and he's treating me like crap.
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Re: am I wrong? (vent)
You're not alone. Unfortunately most (if not all) men I know like to show off their machismo behind the wheel of a car...even if it means scaring the bejesus out of us! You totally are in the right in letting him have it in my opinion...he has very precious cargo on board and his priority should be protecting you and LO!
My husband does the same thing. When someone cuts him off he gets right up on their tail. I hate it. Why risk the life of your family to prove a point to a stranger?
Road rage is road rage and your husband is being and was a jerk. Sorry. His obligation is to keep you all safe when you're in his car. I would have freaked out too, and been just as upset as you.
When my husband did something similar, I refused to ride with him for a bit and that hurt his feelings a lot, as he NEVER wants me to not feel safe with him. Point made, and now he's very careful when he drives with me in the car.
Oh, and if he's like this now...you might want to seriously talk to him about when the baby arrives.
I once was the jerk who cut a family off, and they're how I'm going to be strive to not be.
I was driving in LA and pulled up to the light, glanced to the left as the light was changing and figured the guy wouldn't run the yellow so I made the right onto the busy boulevard. (Wilshire for those who are familiar)
Guy ran the light, proceeded to speed up next to me and him and his wife started screaming at me that they had a one month old baby in the car and that I could have caused an accident etc etc...they were really angry and understandably so. I apologized, nothing else I could do. I truly was sorry.
He then sped up to cut ME off, while speeding and running another yellow light. I stopped at the light and sat there in shock.
Road rage is road rage. Nip it now.
You're not wrong.
I have the most passive driver DH. He really couldn't care less what others are doing, he'll avoid it. He also rarely drives over the speed limit. He's like an 80 year old man when it comes to driving, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
One word,
Men. (Shakes head)
Mine would have done the same thing. My DH turns into a traffic cop when he drives and he is never in the wrong. (Roll my eyes)
No advice here-just saying I understand completely and I would feel the same way you do.