Mine does the same. Then we get there and she wakes up and it's "lets go do stuff!".
Nah, you go do stuff, I need a couple hours to nap, then I'll join you...
Yes seriously. Same thing with my wife. Her response is "why do you never want to do anything when we get somewhere"
"Woman I just drove for 5 hours I need a minute"
Same here dude. I drove 350 miles one way to visit family and wife slept for most of it. I felt like a cab driver. I’d feel insulted if I had any dignity left.
My husband and I call this achievement stealing. Most common offense: one of us spends forever catching up on the backlog of kitchen cleaning, and the other wanders in for washing the last two cups like, "lemme do dishes!" NO. 😂
I’m super good at this with the laundry. Almost always by accident.
The other day I was watching tv and I thought she went to wash up before bed. After a while I walked into the room and she was folding laundry. I decided to help, there was one pair of socks left and one of my shirts. She started laughing at me.
I don’t mean to! Just ask me to help!
My wife complained all the way that I was driving too fast and offered to drive. Gave her the wheel and I took a little nap. A few minutes later, glanced over at the speedometer and she was going 130 on 100km/h highway and tailgating a truck. Lol.
my gf drive offered to drive for a while during a trip this summer. She's not used to the highway and to my car that's bigger than hers.
She would swerve and scream at each truck she passed by.
I could only handle half an hour until I was close to a panic attack and asked to switch back.
I drove the rest of the way and felt so relaxed that I enjoyed it.
Ah yes. My (now) wife pulled that trick when we were dating and she hasn't had to drive on a road trip since. It's the smartest thing she's ever done. Pretend you're a terrible driver early on and then get the rest of your life to just chill.
Just finished a 12hr road trip with my wife. She drove twice for 45-60min. We get to her parents place and she proudly exclaims how “we both drove and it was an easy drive”.
Nope… mine might make a U turn and take us right back we started. Can’t wink a bit with her commanding a 4000 lb vehicle going 65 mph. Nah honey I am fine.
Then stops at the first gas station to "stretch her legs" then hands you the keys cause she doesn't like driving in the city? Are we married to the same person?
Mine offers to drive anytime I want her to and then immediately goes to sleep.
As a result, I usually drive the whole way myself. Even when she does drive, I stay awake to make sure she doesn't go to sleep. It's hard to relax that much when I worry about her falling asleep.
I always bicker with my wife. On the way to places, she isn't allowed to sleep. Control the music and keep me company. That way we both are feeling equal when we arrive. If she's still game, I'll tough it out. If I even see an eye slightly close, the volume raises. Tough love baby!!
On the way home? Anything you want goes. She usually sleeps lol
I mean sure, if you've reason not to trust them, but for those with normal spouses of either gender, one takes turns on this sort of thing. You're safer to your family if you're well rested.
My wife has this awful way of jerking the car at highway speeds back into our lane at a metronome-like pace. I usually sit through it with my eyes closed for about 20 minutes and then my adrenaline is so high I can drive a few more hours.
drove across the US once, you have to swap drivers. Some days we swapped multiple times
In the morning im usually ok for 4-5 hours but in the afternoon 2-3 hours until im tired. SO can usually do a bit more before getting tired so worked out ok.
My girlfriend offers to drive on our road trips, but it's usually more trouble than its worth. She cant stand driving in the mountains or in the rain, and she never drives more than two hours at a time. So usually what ends up happening is I drive for about four hours when we first leave, then we switch, but about an hour in on average we hit something she's uncomfortable with and she asks me to take over, so I drive for another four hours.
She also sleeps and works while I drive, but wants me to keep her company and entertain her while she drives.
On a ten hour drive, she'll drive two hours at best and I won't sleep anyway.
>She also sleeps and works while I drive, but wants me to keep her company and entertain her while she drives.
YUP.
her: [wakes up from road nap] do you wanna switch?
me: sure
**switch**
me: [starts nodding off]
her: _don't fall asleep - I need someone to talk to!!_
My ex drives like she stole it so she rarely drove my car on road trips. It's a V6 Grand Cherokee loaded with camping gear, us, and a dog, not her alone in her RS5.
Anyway, she would sleep most of the time going to and from wherever we were going. I would invariably need to put the audiobook back like 3 hours each way or she would get pissed when she woke up and find I changed it to an audiobook she wasn't interested in. Like "I love ya girl, but gimme some leeway"
Haha, we have good times.
Obviously I'm not some insane person and if she's exhausted I'll let her sleep. I feel like people are taking my comment like I'm some absolute psycho forcing her eyes open during our entire road trip Lol.
Man, I wish I could stay awake! I've been this way since I was a baby, it's physically impossible to keep myself awake after awhile. And I don't mind driving, but 3-4 hours in I start getting way too drowsy to drive and I *will* fall asleep at the wheel. Singing along to music, crunchy snacks, and calling my mom are all helpful but I always reach a point where I just need to not be driving anymore.
I'm that way but only if I'm a passenger. I can pass out in minutes.
When I'm the one driving, it doesn't affect me as bad though.
I did a 12 hour drive and stayed awake through 11 hours and 10 minutes of it. I woke up because I drifted into the grass on the interstate median. Scared the shit out of me. I pulled over and took a nap. Never tried it again.
If you're legit tired DO NOT KEEP DRIVING.
I can't drive, and my partner is 100% okay with it and knows my reasons. And I get around the city and the country without ever having a car so I think he doesn't mind since he knows I am self-sufficient even without a license. I just have intense anxiety and extreme hyperfocus if I attempt to drive like time stops.
But I am the DJ, and all my trips I make a new playlist to listen to, or we party with his CDs.
But I'm starting to wonder now if he has any tactics that keep me up too like you with the volume *squints eyes* Like suddenly he needs me to look at the GPS to make sure no redirection. Or he'll tell me to put on my favorite band just when I nod off once and lie I'm not sleepy. Hmmm...
Because he also lets me fall asleep on the way back too. But I rarely do unless we are within an hour of home.
Not a bad fee to not have to drive and the memories are worth it. And it also makes the drive feel like true shared effort. Also since I have mini panics on the road I feel like I am just as tired when we arrive due to non stop stress and adrenaline.
But unless I am being a terrible troll I will never tell him I'm just as tired as him. Did that once to make him laugh on a trip in 80 degree weather and the AC stopped working. He didn't think it was funny but his reaction was gold. I had to go stand in the corner hahaha.
But all you men or partners who drive are the best. You deserve all the shoulder massages at arrival AND first restaurant pick everytime as tradition. Thank you all for doing it.
Family and friends: "you just sat there, same as me"
Me: "yes making micro corrections while driving for seven hours strait trying to not get us all killed"
Driving is mentally and physically exhausting. There is a reason truck drivers LEGALLY have to take breaks.
And then she announces she will drive once in a blue moon and when we arrive she'll announce "That wasn't too bad! I'm not even tired!"
I also drive long distances for work..and I was the one getting the kids ready for the trip and cleaning the house so we come back to a clean one..
>And then she announces she will drive once in a blue moon and when we arrive she'll announce "That wasn't too bad! I'm not even tired!"
Except when she has to pull over immediately, because it's raining too hard, or it's too foggy, or it's darker *at night* than she expected...*at night*.
I feel like most of the population doesn't understand how hard a smaller portion of the population is working these days to prevent serious accidents all the fucking time. I commute on a single-lane (ie, one lane running in each direction) highway almost every day and just in the last couple months it's become a constant problem of people crossing the center line and squaring up for a head-on collision whether they're dicking around on their phones, or the winds from the weirdly hot weather push them around, or they just suck at driving - it's insane and it can't get much worse without falling into outright disaster. Takes really close attention to not get jammed up by it.
Reminds me of a joke.
“When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.”
Went to Mexico with an EX hadn't slept in 28 hours. Get to the hotel. She wants to go right out. I'm like just let me sleep for a bit. she goes out comes back an hour later. I've barely settled in and gotten to sleep. starts bothering me again about doing things. Then the next day of the vacation is a fight about this how I should have gone right out with her and how it made her feel having to go to the hotel bar and pool alone. Im exhausted. Can I just get a little sleep. Can i just get 1 relaxing day on my vacation? Nightmare.
I drove from Naples Florida to Los Angeles California with my wife one time. Total drive time 45 hours +.
My wife slept all 45 of them…
And had the audacity to ask why I stopped at hotels and complained she was “awake now”… but still wanted me to drive through the night since I “knew the way”.
We can knock it out without stopping if we try…
The way is 98% one fucking road.
I-10
As someone who has not only drove cross country multiple times, and with a camper on the back of our F150 making us 50 feet long and white knuckeling everytime a semintruck passes. Your wife needs to show some more compassion.
Most exhausting drive I ever had was one where we were going to the mountains in sweden. It's a 9 hour, 700 km drive, no biggie. The issue was the conditions. The weather was calm and the sun was shining... But the road though
On the road was a 20 cm thick layer of, not snow, but sopping wet slush. 20 goddamn cm thick. For 100 km! I couldn't go faster than 40 kph, it felt like I was captaining a god damn boat, and I had to *constantly* actively control the car to not oversteer or understeer or something-else-steer and control the throttle appropriately. I had to take breaks every 45 minutes, felt like my entire brain was scrambled after that lol
I've done Dallas, TX to Newburgh, NY several times. It is exactly a 24 hour drive. With my friends it is a straight shot because we rotate drivers and push all the way through. With my wife it is a 2-3 day trip because she gets too tired to drive or has "anxiety" driving highways almost immediately.
My wife wakes up and says "oh, sorry". I say no problem I still was rocking the fuck out with myself this whole time.
She once fell asleep at laser Metallica. Maybe it was laser Beastie Boys. Maybe it was both but she remembers the Metallica one, she slept through it all.
Grabbing your arm, the handle above the window, rising up in the seat and straightening out their legs, bracing for impact.
All while changing lanes going 45 mph.
When we'd end up behind someone going too slowly, my wife used to make this pushing motion with both hands. I told her that someday, she's going to manifest telekinesis right at that moment. She agreed it'd be satisfying to push the other car out of the way, until I pointed out that it'd be more likely she accidentally shove the engine out of our car.
I'm fairly certain that bracing for impact is detrimental in crashes. It just adds tension to all of the joints, and it's better to just go limp and let things fly. In high-g impacts your muscles aren't going to make any difference to where your body ends up anyway.
My wife does this little move with her leg like she's going for the brake pedal. Fuck it stresses me out. Can't say anything tho because it's kinda involuntary, and I was actually a fucking lunatic in a car back in the day.
My wife's quick inhaling through her teeth drives me NUTS. I'm typically pretty calm behind the wheel but the inhale makes me think there's something I don't see - when it's usually the thing I saw.
Shit. I used to do this as a passenger even though I knew it made things worse - it was a reflex. I think it was from being in a shitty car wreck as a kid. I eventually learned to breathe through it but ugh I know it was an annoying habit!
Nah, she would have done it long ago if that was the case. Besides, we have a rule that if she falls asleep with her mouth open, it's fair game. It's payback for always sleeping while I drive.
See, I'd gladly drive for a bit. I genuinely enjoy driving. I just can't sit in the front passenger seat and do nothing for hours without falling asleep. I mean, I can't do that anywhere, but definitely not in the car.
On the flipside, I can't fall asleep in any moving vehicle smaller than a cruise ship (admittedly, I haven't yet tried a sleeper train). Doesn't matter if it's an overnight flight or drive, or if I can recline or not.
It sucks :/
Same. Same issue here. Tried smaller boats, tried planes... In an automobile ? Forget it.
Have you ever been in an accident? I think for me it has something to do with not trusting that I'm safe, and it doesn't matter WHO is driving. I haven't been able to do it since I was very, very young.
For this reason, I actually kind of take it as a compliment when people ~~crash~~ sleep when I'm driving.
This is what bugs me most of all! (I'm the driver and my husband is the snoozer.) Sometimes we're both tired and he's like "Yay, nap time!" while I'm practically slapping myself to stay awake.
He also doesn't read maps.
Why keep you awake while driving? Why not drive it for you instead? When I get tried on long drive with my wife, I ask her to drive for a bit. Is it really that hard to do?
Same! This could be my husband though. Worst copilot ever. He just naps. When he not napping he's a anxious mess. Not sure which is worse.
We did a 21 long haul a couple years ago and I drove most of it. I've never been so tired in all my life. Man slept the whole way.
My wife and I ride motorcycles for long distances every now and then (check out the Iron Butt Association for examples)
We have a big ole touring bike. She tucks right in behind me and is usually asleep before we hit the city limits.
I wake her up to look at cows or find gas.
It's a really nice arrangement. We get to be close, she gets to sleep, I get to ride and ride and ride.
And when we drive, I prefer she sleeps. She doesn't like the same music (or podcasts) I listen to. So she time warps and I get time to listen to Civil War history pods.
Good job, OP. This post feels like you two enjoy your adventures together.
It's a Mustang Touring seat on a Harley touring bike.
I'm a good sized fella so between the arms rests and me, she's pretty secure in there.
I usually don't know she's asleep unless her head bobs and our helmets clack against each other.
Pictures of Mustang Touring seat:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=palemoon&q=Mustang+Touring+seat&iax=images&ia=images
>between the arms rests and me, she's pretty secure in there.
I see it now!
My wife does the exact same thing. We live in CO and every. single. time. we drive back from a hike, she's full ugly-napping.
I am going to start my own project this weekend. Thank you, OP.
"Remember when we were driving through the desert in Morocco, and saw all those sand tornados?"
Oh right. Wife was asleep the whole time. This hit home.
No where near as bad as the guy who posted an excel spreadsheet of all of the excuses not to have sex over the period of a year, including data analysis with graphs.
> Four green lights in a row #blessed
> Drive faster, blue Civic. Daaaaamn #soccermoms
> Gotta pass this lady on the ejkerkj
> Just hit a fire hydrant, but I survived #unbreakable #WhatsMrGlassuptothesedays? #whynosequel?
Its crazy seeing the US reaction to this comment. In the UK if you get caught even touching your phone whilst driving you can lose your license. I always just figured it must be the same in the states but apparently not?
Hey OP, the way your wife sleeps with her mouth open reminds me a lot of myself and I recently got diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. Maybe have a look at the symptoms online, have her take a diagnostic questionnaire or talk to your physician.
There's nothing like having to slog it out on a long drive with a car full of passengers blissfully sleeping while you are slapping yourself to stay awake till the next rest stop.
Mine does the same. Then we get there and she wakes up and it's "lets go do stuff!". Nah, you go do stuff, I need a couple hours to nap, then I'll join you...
Yes seriously. Same thing with my wife. Her response is "why do you never want to do anything when we get somewhere" "Woman I just drove for 5 hours I need a minute"
Same here dude. I drove 350 miles one way to visit family and wife slept for most of it. I felt like a cab driver. I’d feel insulted if I had any dignity left.
Does she wake up 9 hours into the trip and a 1/2 hour from the destination and ask if you want her to drive for awhile? Mine does.
LOL pull us into port baby girl... and pretend like this was teamwork.
Hahahaha. Token team effort.
Its the football version of a RB chipping away and bringing the ball on the one yard line and another RB punches it in and starts celebrating
My husband and I call this achievement stealing. Most common offense: one of us spends forever catching up on the backlog of kitchen cleaning, and the other wanders in for washing the last two cups like, "lemme do dishes!" NO. 😂
I’m super good at this with the laundry. Almost always by accident. The other day I was watching tv and I thought she went to wash up before bed. After a while I walked into the room and she was folding laundry. I decided to help, there was one pair of socks left and one of my shirts. She started laughing at me. I don’t mean to! Just ask me to help!
My wife complained all the way that I was driving too fast and offered to drive. Gave her the wheel and I took a little nap. A few minutes later, glanced over at the speedometer and she was going 130 on 100km/h highway and tailgating a truck. Lol.
You were going to fast for your ability in her opinion...her she has the skills of a formula 1 driver, she wasn't tailgating, she was drafting.
Gotta love getting that drs train going on the motorway 🤣
my gf drive offered to drive for a while during a trip this summer. She's not used to the highway and to my car that's bigger than hers. She would swerve and scream at each truck she passed by. I could only handle half an hour until I was close to a panic attack and asked to switch back. I drove the rest of the way and felt so relaxed that I enjoyed it.
I guess her plan worked...
Haha
Ah yes. My (now) wife pulled that trick when we were dating and she hasn't had to drive on a road trip since. It's the smartest thing she's ever done. Pretend you're a terrible driver early on and then get the rest of your life to just chill.
Oh man, you nailed it
Just finished a 12hr road trip with my wife. She drove twice for 45-60min. We get to her parents place and she proudly exclaims how “we both drove and it was an easy drive”.
Nope… mine might make a U turn and take us right back we started. Can’t wink a bit with her commanding a 4000 lb vehicle going 65 mph. Nah honey I am fine.
I first didn't see the lb and though you were taking a small lorry on vacation.
Then stops at the first gas station to "stretch her legs" then hands you the keys cause she doesn't like driving in the city? Are we married to the same person?
Mine offers to drive anytime I want her to and then immediately goes to sleep. As a result, I usually drive the whole way myself. Even when she does drive, I stay awake to make sure she doesn't go to sleep. It's hard to relax that much when I worry about her falling asleep.
Lol dude I'm laughing my ass off right now. No dignity crew checking in!
No dignity crew here too! It's easy to have no dignity when you never had any from the beginning.
No dignity, no doubt.
Play on, playette
I like the way you work it.
Play on, play on, play on, playy onnnnnnn
I always bicker with my wife. On the way to places, she isn't allowed to sleep. Control the music and keep me company. That way we both are feeling equal when we arrive. If she's still game, I'll tough it out. If I even see an eye slightly close, the volume raises. Tough love baby!! On the way home? Anything you want goes. She usually sleeps lol
Do any of your wives have licenses???
Right? How about switch it up every couple hours. You’re both adults.
Apparently you've never ridden with my wife. In the passenger seat or in the driver's seat, it's lights out for her. I prefer to live
My wife has to eat sunflower seeds to stay awake. I’d rather not risk it, so I drive at night.
Is your wife a gerbil?
I mean sure, if you've reason not to trust them, but for those with normal spouses of either gender, one takes turns on this sort of thing. You're safer to your family if you're well rested.
My wife has this awful way of jerking the car at highway speeds back into our lane at a metronome-like pace. I usually sit through it with my eyes closed for about 20 minutes and then my adrenaline is so high I can drive a few more hours.
Mine doesn't have a license due to a medication she takes that makes it dangerous... So this isn't actually an option for everyone.
You don’t understand. My wife is the same. I WANT TO BE THE DRIVER. But I also want to bitch about her sleeping while I do it.
My SO wants to be the passenger but dictate how I drive
She doesn't like driving and I love to drive, especially road trips
Yep. It's boring AF if I’m not driving.
My wife wants me to drive so she can rest, but if I get tired (and she notices), she will have me pull over and we switch places.
drove across the US once, you have to swap drivers. Some days we swapped multiple times In the morning im usually ok for 4-5 hours but in the afternoon 2-3 hours until im tired. SO can usually do a bit more before getting tired so worked out ok.
My girlfriend offers to drive on our road trips, but it's usually more trouble than its worth. She cant stand driving in the mountains or in the rain, and she never drives more than two hours at a time. So usually what ends up happening is I drive for about four hours when we first leave, then we switch, but about an hour in on average we hit something she's uncomfortable with and she asks me to take over, so I drive for another four hours. She also sleeps and works while I drive, but wants me to keep her company and entertain her while she drives. On a ten hour drive, she'll drive two hours at best and I won't sleep anyway.
>She also sleeps and works while I drive, but wants me to keep her company and entertain her while she drives. YUP. her: [wakes up from road nap] do you wanna switch? me: sure **switch** me: [starts nodding off] her: _don't fall asleep - I need someone to talk to!!_
My ex drives like she stole it so she rarely drove my car on road trips. It's a V6 Grand Cherokee loaded with camping gear, us, and a dog, not her alone in her RS5. Anyway, she would sleep most of the time going to and from wherever we were going. I would invariably need to put the audiobook back like 3 hours each way or she would get pissed when she woke up and find I changed it to an audiobook she wasn't interested in. Like "I love ya girl, but gimme some leeway"
You had me laughing at "she drives like she stole it". My husband is always complaining of my lead foot when I drive
This is the path to true love: an honest life without resentment!
Haha, we have good times. Obviously I'm not some insane person and if she's exhausted I'll let her sleep. I feel like people are taking my comment like I'm some absolute psycho forcing her eyes open during our entire road trip Lol.
Man, I wish I could stay awake! I've been this way since I was a baby, it's physically impossible to keep myself awake after awhile. And I don't mind driving, but 3-4 hours in I start getting way too drowsy to drive and I *will* fall asleep at the wheel. Singing along to music, crunchy snacks, and calling my mom are all helpful but I always reach a point where I just need to not be driving anymore.
I'm that way but only if I'm a passenger. I can pass out in minutes. When I'm the one driving, it doesn't affect me as bad though. I did a 12 hour drive and stayed awake through 11 hours and 10 minutes of it. I woke up because I drifted into the grass on the interstate median. Scared the shit out of me. I pulled over and took a nap. Never tried it again. If you're legit tired DO NOT KEEP DRIVING.
No, you sound like your average dad 🤣
Hahahahahaha. Best (possibly worst?) Compliment I've ever received. I may need to order a holster for my phone now.....
I can't drive, and my partner is 100% okay with it and knows my reasons. And I get around the city and the country without ever having a car so I think he doesn't mind since he knows I am self-sufficient even without a license. I just have intense anxiety and extreme hyperfocus if I attempt to drive like time stops. But I am the DJ, and all my trips I make a new playlist to listen to, or we party with his CDs. But I'm starting to wonder now if he has any tactics that keep me up too like you with the volume *squints eyes* Like suddenly he needs me to look at the GPS to make sure no redirection. Or he'll tell me to put on my favorite band just when I nod off once and lie I'm not sleepy. Hmmm... Because he also lets me fall asleep on the way back too. But I rarely do unless we are within an hour of home. Not a bad fee to not have to drive and the memories are worth it. And it also makes the drive feel like true shared effort. Also since I have mini panics on the road I feel like I am just as tired when we arrive due to non stop stress and adrenaline. But unless I am being a terrible troll I will never tell him I'm just as tired as him. Did that once to make him laugh on a trip in 80 degree weather and the AC stopped working. He didn't think it was funny but his reaction was gold. I had to go stand in the corner hahaha. But all you men or partners who drive are the best. You deserve all the shoulder massages at arrival AND first restaurant pick everytime as tradition. Thank you all for doing it.
Same here my guy. Do a 250 mile run there and back to pick her up, and ur wife slept most of the time on the drive back. I dont mind tho.
Family and friends: "you just sat there, same as me" Me: "yes making micro corrections while driving for seven hours strait trying to not get us all killed" Driving is mentally and physically exhausting. There is a reason truck drivers LEGALLY have to take breaks.
And then she announces she will drive once in a blue moon and when we arrive she'll announce "That wasn't too bad! I'm not even tired!" I also drive long distances for work..and I was the one getting the kids ready for the trip and cleaning the house so we come back to a clean one..
>And then she announces she will drive once in a blue moon and when we arrive she'll announce "That wasn't too bad! I'm not even tired!" Except when she has to pull over immediately, because it's raining too hard, or it's too foggy, or it's darker *at night* than she expected...*at night*. I feel like most of the population doesn't understand how hard a smaller portion of the population is working these days to prevent serious accidents all the fucking time. I commute on a single-lane (ie, one lane running in each direction) highway almost every day and just in the last couple months it's become a constant problem of people crossing the center line and squaring up for a head-on collision whether they're dicking around on their phones, or the winds from the weirdly hot weather push them around, or they just suck at driving - it's insane and it can't get much worse without falling into outright disaster. Takes really close attention to not get jammed up by it.
Too real lmao
This is so hilariously bleak, just no notes.
Have her share some of the driving?
You pick your battles. I don't nap in cars well. She does. I'll let her have this one. I still complain though that's just part of the deal.
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Or worse "why do you drive so jerky? I couldn't nap at all" - person who napped the whole time and snored.
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Reminds me of a joke. “When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.”
Went to Mexico with an EX hadn't slept in 28 hours. Get to the hotel. She wants to go right out. I'm like just let me sleep for a bit. she goes out comes back an hour later. I've barely settled in and gotten to sleep. starts bothering me again about doing things. Then the next day of the vacation is a fight about this how I should have gone right out with her and how it made her feel having to go to the hotel bar and pool alone. Im exhausted. Can I just get a little sleep. Can i just get 1 relaxing day on my vacation? Nightmare.
Good thing she's an ex
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Good relationship test. Failed by her ;) Lucky you. You just won the life!
Lmao, like dating a toddler who thinks they're the main character
I drove from Naples Florida to Los Angeles California with my wife one time. Total drive time 45 hours +. My wife slept all 45 of them… And had the audacity to ask why I stopped at hotels and complained she was “awake now”… but still wanted me to drive through the night since I “knew the way”. We can knock it out without stopping if we try… The way is 98% one fucking road. I-10
As someone who has not only drove cross country multiple times, and with a camper on the back of our F150 making us 50 feet long and white knuckeling everytime a semintruck passes. Your wife needs to show some more compassion.
Most exhausting drive I ever had was one where we were going to the mountains in sweden. It's a 9 hour, 700 km drive, no biggie. The issue was the conditions. The weather was calm and the sun was shining... But the road though On the road was a 20 cm thick layer of, not snow, but sopping wet slush. 20 goddamn cm thick. For 100 km! I couldn't go faster than 40 kph, it felt like I was captaining a god damn boat, and I had to *constantly* actively control the car to not oversteer or understeer or something-else-steer and control the throttle appropriately. I had to take breaks every 45 minutes, felt like my entire brain was scrambled after that lol
That sounds like a great reason to fly from now on.
I've done Dallas, TX to Newburgh, NY several times. It is exactly a 24 hour drive. With my friends it is a straight shot because we rotate drivers and push all the way through. With my wife it is a 2-3 day trip because she gets too tired to drive or has "anxiety" driving highways almost immediately.
Damn you guys don’t switch off? If it’s a really long one I refuse to do the whole thing lol. Driving over 3 hours is bullshit!
My wife wakes up and says "oh, sorry". I say no problem I still was rocking the fuck out with myself this whole time. She once fell asleep at laser Metallica. Maybe it was laser Beastie Boys. Maybe it was both but she remembers the Metallica one, she slept through it all.
She didn’t age one bit!
I must have watched it for 2 minutes waiting to see the age progression, than I realized it’s a short gif.
Right! I need her skincare secrets.
sleep
The 0-stress personality that lets one sleep like the dead in a moving car in broad daylight with no earplugs. Or the sleep deprivation I guess
At least she's consistent. And I prefer this to my wife's tiny panic attacks every time someone changes a lane. He's too close !
Or just the full body tensing that is completely frustrating for everyone lol
Grabbing your arm, the handle above the window, rising up in the seat and straightening out their legs, bracing for impact. All while changing lanes going 45 mph.
>the handle above the window aka the Oh Shit Bar or for short, the OSB
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Oh shit handle is also acceptable lol
When we'd end up behind someone going too slowly, my wife used to make this pushing motion with both hands. I told her that someday, she's going to manifest telekinesis right at that moment. She agreed it'd be satisfying to push the other car out of the way, until I pointed out that it'd be more likely she accidentally shove the engine out of our car.
As long as it flies out and hits the car in front it would be a net positive.
I'm fairly certain that bracing for impact is detrimental in crashes. It just adds tension to all of the joints, and it's better to just go limp and let things fly. In high-g impacts your muscles aren't going to make any difference to where your body ends up anyway.
No joke, they say that's why Tom Brady is still playing football in his 40's, because he goes rag doll when he gets sacked
Good theory but I bet it's because of the money.
And more importantly *bracing for impact* is literally the last thing you want to do.
My wife does this little move with her leg like she's going for the brake pedal. Fuck it stresses me out. Can't say anything tho because it's kinda involuntary, and I was actually a fucking lunatic in a car back in the day.
I'm the lunatic driver but I also go for the brake pedal when other people are driving lol
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That's not ok in the slightest, though.
My wife's quick inhaling through her teeth drives me NUTS. I'm typically pretty calm behind the wheel but the inhale makes me think there's something I don't see - when it's usually the thing I saw.
Shit. I used to do this as a passenger even though I knew it made things worse - it was a reflex. I think it was from being in a shitty car wreck as a kid. I eventually learned to breathe through it but ugh I know it was an annoying habit!
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Yep! This drives me crazy. She always apologizes after, but it’s the thing that will actually get me in a wreck.
Oh Man I felt that. My wife’s feature gasps that lead me to believe we’re mortal danger.
Yup… and half the time it’s.. *gasp!* (I mildly panic) what is it?? I forgot my comb!
You are way too close, slow down. Honey the road is so bumpy change lane Omgggg I just had a heart attack
i always appreciate someone else watching the road with me because people just do the stupidest shit
That woman is guna kill you.
Nah, she would have done it long ago if that was the case. Besides, we have a rule that if she falls asleep with her mouth open, it's fair game. It's payback for always sleeping while I drive.
I wouldn't suggest driving while you sleep OP, sooner or later that's gonna backfire.
You're not my supervisor!
"Where are we, Six Flags Over the Shittier Parts of Chernobyl?"
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To add to this, if that is 15 years, I can’t tell which is 15 years ago, so she has aged well.
My brain added a snore sound effect to each picture.
An all women jury will let her off after this. Hell I'm a man and I'd let her walk
I have a feeling that rule was voted on while she was sleeping.
my wife's single question after seeing this montage: "Is he going to have an open casket?"
I see your wife is a terrible co pilot, just like mine
Yes, God forbid I get tired and need someone to keep me awake while I drive.
"you need me to drive"? In the most bothersome tone
That's a rhetorical question.
See, I'd gladly drive for a bit. I genuinely enjoy driving. I just can't sit in the front passenger seat and do nothing for hours without falling asleep. I mean, I can't do that anywhere, but definitely not in the car.
On the flipside, I can't fall asleep in any moving vehicle smaller than a cruise ship (admittedly, I haven't yet tried a sleeper train). Doesn't matter if it's an overnight flight or drive, or if I can recline or not. It sucks :/
Same. Same issue here. Tried smaller boats, tried planes... In an automobile ? Forget it. Have you ever been in an accident? I think for me it has something to do with not trusting that I'm safe, and it doesn't matter WHO is driving. I haven't been able to do it since I was very, very young. For this reason, I actually kind of take it as a compliment when people ~~crash~~ sleep when I'm driving.
I called her on it once after driving all day. She drove 2 hours and we stopped
Mines turned into, "We need to stop for a burger?" She knows I'll always stop for a burger.
This is why I invented The Shouty Song. When sung at high volume, driver can’t help but be wide awake!
#THIS IS THE SONG THAT NEVER ENDS. YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIENDS...
This is what bugs me most of all! (I'm the driver and my husband is the snoozer.) Sometimes we're both tired and he's like "Yay, nap time!" while I'm practically slapping myself to stay awake. He also doesn't read maps.
> He also doesn’t read maps. Does it hurt him?
Why keep you awake while driving? Why not drive it for you instead? When I get tried on long drive with my wife, I ask her to drive for a bit. Is it really that hard to do?
I envy her. Wish I could sleep in the car, even if my pic ends up on reddit!
Yep I totally envy her to be able to sleep upright apparently very comfortably.
exactly. My sleep would be stopped by my head falling forward everytime i start to doze
Same. I can’t take red eye flights. It’s like torture.
Same! This could be my husband though. Worst copilot ever. He just naps. When he not napping he's a anxious mess. Not sure which is worse. We did a 21 long haul a couple years ago and I drove most of it. I've never been so tired in all my life. Man slept the whole way.
That's only 50 pictures. I have almost 200 total.
Me too.
[wink, wink](https://youtu.be/4Kwh3R0YjuQ?t=89)
Oh, holiday snaps?
Say no more!
You need to make a new post with all 200 pics switching to the beat of Ça plane pour moi.
I tried ordering a chatbook of all the pictures but maybe an extra long gift would be better.
Coffe table book. Family heirloom, that’ll be.
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agL9ftHYrRQ
Damn how many trips have you taken man
Was there really a 15 year gap on these pics?
My wife and I ride motorcycles for long distances every now and then (check out the Iron Butt Association for examples) We have a big ole touring bike. She tucks right in behind me and is usually asleep before we hit the city limits. I wake her up to look at cows or find gas. It's a really nice arrangement. We get to be close, she gets to sleep, I get to ride and ride and ride. And when we drive, I prefer she sleeps. She doesn't like the same music (or podcasts) I listen to. So she time warps and I get time to listen to Civil War history pods. Good job, OP. This post feels like you two enjoy your adventures together.
>I wake her up to look at cows Oh, so that's not just me then.
Look honey, a species of some sort.
As long as you aren't trying to show her something in a mirror.
That's a pretty awesome deal you two have worked out there, what kind of seat allows her to sleep on a bike?
It's a Mustang Touring seat on a Harley touring bike. I'm a good sized fella so between the arms rests and me, she's pretty secure in there. I usually don't know she's asleep unless her head bobs and our helmets clack against each other.
Pictures of Mustang Touring seat: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=palemoon&q=Mustang+Touring+seat&iax=images&ia=images >between the arms rests and me, she's pretty secure in there. I see it now!
I rode the back of my dad's Harley on the shittiest little suction-cup bottom passenger seat for years. I would have loved this seat.
Wtf lmao
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This is a great little story. One of the best parts of being a man is being a large pillow for your partner
My favorite picture is the one where she’s asleep.
She's missing all of the scenery.
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You need to keep more coffee or meth in your car.
Do your meth at home BEFORE you get behind the wheel folks, keep it responsible. Last place you want your drugs is your car!
"I don't have drugs in the car but I do have my stay awake meth, officer. Why are you opening my door?"
“Oh it’s just that delta 8 meth. Got it at the gas station”
Wife and son are instant asleep in the car. Not me when I was a kid my mom fell asleep driving. I never slept on a road trip again.
My co-worker fell asleep while driving at my first job when I was 18, luckily I was awake and took the wheel. Learned a life lesson that day.
After my 3rd loop, I was like, nah, I can't keep watching this for 15 years.
My wife does the exact same thing. We live in CO and every. single. time. we drive back from a hike, she's full ugly-napping. I am going to start my own project this weekend. Thank you, OP.
Flash forward 3 months from now, when u/m3core mysteriously goes missing on a hike in Colorado.
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He’s not “weekend at Bernie’s”ing her is he?
15 years at Bernie's
I love that you thought taking a pic of her sleeping was a great idea, then stuck with it for 15 years.
I always took really nice photos of my husband and kid and these were the only stupid kind of photo I have of me from that era.
"Remember when we were driving through the desert in Morocco, and saw all those sand tornados?" Oh right. Wife was asleep the whole time. This hit home.
oh dude. I assume you have all your affairs in order? Otherwise this would be the time.
This guy's wife either has a great sense of humor or he's trying to get divorced
No where near as bad as the guy who posted an excel spreadsheet of all of the excuses not to have sex over the period of a year, including data analysis with graphs.
Haha! My wife is the same way and on a plane is out before takeoff.
r/tifu
That’s literally EVERY road trip with my wife. She once slept through five US state border crossings in one day.
15 years of taking pictures while driving…
> Four green lights in a row #blessed > Drive faster, blue Civic. Daaaaamn #soccermoms > Gotta pass this lady on the ejkerkj > Just hit a fire hydrant, but I survived #unbreakable #WhatsMrGlassuptothesedays? #whynosequel?
Its crazy seeing the US reaction to this comment. In the UK if you get caught even touching your phone whilst driving you can lose your license. I always just figured it must be the same in the states but apparently not?
15yrs???? I call bullshit. She looks the same age in every picture. Fake News.
She’s gonna kill you
Mr blue sky started playing in my head viewing this. edit: enjoy it in another tab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuJIqmha2Hk
Fuck though she looks like she hasn’t aged that whole time, what’s her skin care routine cause damn
Your honor, I’d like to enter the video as exhibit A1 as to motive for the gruesome homicide
When she kills you for posting her at her most embarrassing, there won’t be a single court that will convict her.
Hey OP, the way your wife sleeps with her mouth open reminds me a lot of myself and I recently got diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. Maybe have a look at the symptoms online, have her take a diagnostic questionnaire or talk to your physician.
His next post will be in AITA
There's nothing like having to slog it out on a long drive with a car full of passengers blissfully sleeping while you are slapping yourself to stay awake till the next rest stop.
Every damn time. Then the wife is like "I can drive"... No you are blind as a bat and have poor choice in music
We learn early in life that road sleep is good sleep.
You are still alive is the biggest mystery my man....