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Wife made me mad one day..** rant**

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I use my butt cheeks to drive - that way I have one hand for the phone, one hand for food/drink, 1 foot for typing on my computer, 1 foot for the TV remote control, and my nose for working the fax/copier
 
Originally posted by: Papagayo
We (My wife, Our son, and I) were on our way home from my parents house. She likes to drive, because she feels sick just riding as a passenger (hmmmm).

She gets a call from her mom on the cellphone. So I see her driving with 1 hand on the cellphone, 1 hand holding her drink (Diet Coke) and her left knee on the steering wheel. Now, Imagine.. This is VW GTI 5-speed.

I was so mad, because we had our son in the back seat. I told her firmly to get off the phone. She got off fast, because she knew I meant business.. Told her never to do that again with our son in the car(I try not to yell in front of out son). She agreed..

But I know it will happen again..



ps.. I did buy her Bluetooth earpiece. She ran over it accidently within a week..
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I'd have my wife's ass in a sling if she did that... and she'd do the same to me.

Of course, I have a particular disdain for phones in general. I hate them. The sound of a phone ringing just pisses me off. Just give me a big red button in my house that alerts 911. Maybe one in my car, too.

But phonehate aside, that's terribly irresponsible. If you MUST talk on the phone, at least put your freaking drink down.

Your wife made me mad, too.
 
Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
I use my butt cheeks to drive - that way I have one hand for the phone, one hand for food/drink, 1 foot for typing on my computer, 1 foot for the TV remote control, and my nose for working the fax/copier
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:thumbsup: FTW
 
i have done that, mostly in our mazda automatic, but occasionally in my saturn manual
it isn't really a good idea
 
Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Originally posted by: jhayx7
Originally posted by: Quasmo
Originally posted by: robothouse77
and women get lower insurance premiums why?????
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Because men are better driver and don't anticipate their actions because they usually dont know whats going on, so when there is an accident it's usually the guys fault. (But secrectly it's the womans) Also women usually have fender benders, but if a guy is going to get in an accident, hes going to eff some sh!t up hardcore.
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I did read somewhere that woment do have more insurance claims than men but men cause 4x more damage than women when they do have an accident.
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That wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
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What I want to know is why this sexism is condoned by all. Do insurance companies charge different races more or less? No? Then why is it ok to single out men?
 
i do the knee. but with an auto. it works if you make sure its braced firmly with foot on the floor. cell+drink is a bit much though, can't quickly respond..
 
Is it just me or do girls all of a sudden get a surge of power and become SUPER AGGRESSIVE while driving (ie. road rage, blocking people from changing into their lane, keeping people from getting out of exit only lane like my GF and some girl "friends").
 
Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: Papagayo
We (My wife, Our son, and I) were on our way home from my parents house. She likes to drive, because she feels sick just riding as a passenger (hmmmm).

She gets a call from her mom on the cellphone. So I see her driving with 1 hand on the cellphone, 1 hand holding her drink (Diet Coke) and her left knee on the steering wheel. Now, Imagine.. This is VW GTI 5-speed.

I was so mad, because we had our son in the back seat. I told her firmly to get off the phone. She got off fast, because she knew I meant business.. Told her never to do that again with our son in the car(I try not to yell in front of out son). She agreed..

But I know it will happen again..

ps.. I did buy her Bluetooth earpiece. She ran over it accidently within a week..
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She is a control freak, isn't she?
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ROFL... uhhh.. She is a control freak..
Hit it on a dime..


I can't take the phone away, because they are for emergencies. I think she realized her mistake. It's just that I was so mad at that time..


 
Men pay higher premiums because women didn't use to drive as much. Now the majority of accidents are caused by women.
But men make more money, so we are more likely to be able to pay higher premiums.
So basically we are getting fvcked, but no one is trying to change anything.
 
Originally posted by: Papagayo
We (My wife, Our son, and I) were on our way home from my parents house. She likes to drive, because she feels sick just riding as a passenger (hmmmm).

She gets a call from her mom on the cellphone. So I see her driving with 1 hand on the cellphone, 1 hand holding her drink (Diet Coke) and her left knee on the steering wheel. Now, Imagine.. This is VW GTI 5-speed.

I was so mad, because we had our son in the back seat. I told her firmly to get off the phone. She got off fast, because she knew I meant business.. Told her never to do that again with our son in the car(I try not to yell in front of out son). She agreed..

But I know it will happen again..



ps.. I did buy her Bluetooth earpiece. She ran over it accidently within a week..
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She does it again you grab the phone, grab a hammer and smash it into a zillion pieces in front of her, she doesn't like that you tell her you'll call child protective services and a divorce attorney.
 
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
She does it again you grab the phone, grab a hammer and smash it into a zillion pieces in front of her, she doesn't like that you tell her you'll call child protective services and a divorce attorney.
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Just smack her with a hammer. TV has taught us that spousal abuse is both humorous AND an effective solution to most marital problems.
 
Originally posted by: Papagayo
We (My wife, Our son, and I) were on our way home from my parents house. She likes to drive, because she feels sick just riding as a passenger (hmmmm).

She gets a call from her mom on the cellphone. So I see her driving with 1 hand on the cellphone, 1 hand holding her drink (Diet Coke) and her left knee on the steering wheel. Now, Imagine.. This is VW GTI 5-speed.

I was so mad, because we had our son in the back seat. I told her firmly to get off the phone. She got off fast, because she knew I meant business.. Told her never to do that again with our son in the car(I try not to yell in front of out son). She agreed..

But I know it will happen again..



ps.. I did buy her Bluetooth earpiece. She ran over it accidently within a week..
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Hey papagayo heard you shot yo woman down....shot her down now
Yes I did! I shot her..you know I caught her drivin round town.. on her cellphone
 
Regardless, you could have handled it in a more mature less male-ego-power-trip manner. I'd have told my wife....."Honey, that's a bad idea....what if somebody suddenly stops and you need to swerve? Our kids are in the car afterall." She'd have said "You're right, I wasn't thinking correctly, I'm sorry." She'd have done the same to me.

Personally, I bristle at being scolded like a child or pet so I don't do it to other adults because I doubt they appreciate it either. Sometimes you just are preoccupied and not thinking properly.

You could always have offered to hold her coke for her too, tough guy; but you had to be Mr Big Pimp Lay The Smack Down Condescending Ass. :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Regardless, you could have handled it in a more mature less male-ego-power-trip manner. I'd have told my wife....."Honey, that's a bad idea....what if somebody suddenly stops and you need to swerve? Our kids are in the car afterall." She'd have said "You're right, I wasn't thinking correctly, I'm sorry." She'd have done the same to me.

Personally, I bristle at being scolded like a child or pet so I don't do it to other adults because I doubt they appreciate it either. Sometimes you just are preoccupied and not thinking properly.

You could always have offered to hold her coke for her too, tough guy; but you had to be Mr Big Pimp Lay The Smack Down Condescending Ass. :thumbsup:
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this is the appropriate response, but i prefer my sarcastic quip :thumbsup:
 
I almost never talk on the cellphone while driving - only time I do is on a highway that's straight and fairly empty, and even then it's only for a very brief call, like less than a minute.
Talking on the phone in traffic or on country roads (deer love to suicide-run cars) just seems really stupid. Car = 2 tons of metal, moving at decent speed = lots of momentum, and lots of energy. Bad idea to toy around with it.
 
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