He's probably right.
This is what happened when I took his car to Utah:
Even now I can hear him making that disappointed, you've-let-me-down sound that he makes. I really hate that sound.
I also have an irrational fear of orange traffic cones. They confuse me and I'm afraid that I'll drive through the very same area that the cones are supposed to help me avoid. Men in fluorescent yellow vests will dive to get out of my way (as my car is undoubtedly going 90MPH and swerving out of control) and I'll leave a dusty trail of destruction in my path. Just like it happens in the movies.
Maybe this scares me because it's actually happened before. Nobody went running to get out of my way, but I did leave a sad trail of flattened orange cones in my wake once I finally realized I was on the wrong side.
I don't think I ever told Hubs that story. If you knew him like I do, you, too, would be able to picture him rubbing his forehead the way he does when he's truly concerned for my safety. Or is it for the public's safety?
Maybe these fears aren't so irrational after all.
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My poor baby!
OCD is my husband's best friend's wife. This pretty much means she is my best friend in law...do you follow? I didn't think so. The little I know of Steph, I am a big fan of. Anyway, Western Wingdbags has become part of my morning routine. I check for new voice mails, new emails and then the latest posting. I'm enjoying them so much!
Okay, wait a sec...
I distinctly remember that earlier this afternoon I was talking to you on the phone, while I was driving, and I said, "I sometimes am afraid that if I am not paying attention, I might get into an accident." I distinctly remember asking if you ever felt that if you weren't paying attention, did you feel like you might get into an accident.
You sort of hemmed and hawed, as if this has never happened to you.
So I said, "Never mind, that has never happened to me either." Like I was pretending not to have brought it up in the first place.
And here you have posted this!!!
Honey, all I can say is LOSER!!!
I don't know what you're talking about.
I will never forget when you were learning to drive and you accidently got on the freeway....LMAO!!! It was a scene right out of a movie!
I think it was because of me that she accidentally went onto a freeway. I think it was her first driving lesson and I told her to get on the freeway going to Los Angeles. We got all the way to Los Angeles and found a parking spot, and the traffic was very busy. When we parked, she got out of the car and was really mad at me for putting her on the freeway to L.A. I felt so bad. Of course later, it made sense that I shouldn't have taken her on the freeway to L.A. when it was her first time driving.
You're both wrong.
I was with T the first time I drove on the freeway, but it was not an accident. We did it on purpose and it was really scary. We thought it would be cool if my older sister was with me for my first time. Er... you know what I mean.
And, mom, I remember driving around LA with you and it, too, was really scary. Ugh! I remember how crowded it was that time and I was so afraid I was going to hit someone. Especially in my big truck.
That might have something to do with why I now avoid driving to LA at all cost!
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