# Wife and Traffic **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155 "2012-07-13T23:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/61 "2012-08-01T20:12:31Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Why that’s better than having the Magellan tell you where to turn while you focus on the driving is beyond me. Well, there was a young kid that stopped in front of the house Sunday to ask for directions. He was in a panic because his gps HAD DIED!!! I was so tempted to tell him he would die before he found his way out of our suburb 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/62 "2012-08-01T20:17:54Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I was so tempted to tell him he would die before he found his way out of our suburb 🙂 You passed that up? You are a better man than I. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/63 "2012-08-01T20:22:02Z")
Well the SO was out there helping so I had to behave myself. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/64 "2012-08-01T20:32:50Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > You’re pitting your wife? > > Really? > > Sounds like a lovely marriage you’ve got there. Eh, I have been known to call mine butthead to his face. Sometimes in jest but occasionally seriously. And he has called me butthead in jest or seriously. A solid relationship means we are willing to take constructive criticism from each other. Sometimes he is the butthead, and sometimes I am the butthead. Neither of us is perfect. So why not pit the spouse? If she is doing something worth pitting, or you are frustrated and don’t want to take it out on her, the kids or the cat, the BBQ pit is available. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/65 "2012-08-02T00:00:49Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > Swearing is basically domestic violence Fuck _that_ fucking shit. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/66 "2012-08-02T07:16:58Z")
Reminds me of this old dumb stubborn-ass self-important bitch I was forced to take a road trip with recently. I have 2 GPSes–one on my phone, and one freestanding unit. But oh no, it was ok, she brought \*written directions \*and insisted we take her way. Along her route we got lost and had to turn around no less than _seven_ _fucking times_. When I reached for my GPS, she actually \*slapped my hand away from it \*and said the written directions were fine. When we drove back home in separate cars, I plugged in my GPS and beat her back, even though I was taking the long way in order to avoid toll roads. When they got back, my mom (who was in the car with her) said they had gotten lost again, multiple times, and she refused to use my mom’s GPS. HURP A DEEDALY DOOPY DURP! Never driving with that bitch in the car again, is all I can say. Also, what the christ is wrong with you, **Oakminster**? Someone posts one complaint on the internet about an admittedly dumbass thing their spouse did, and you’re qualified to say their marriage is troubled? Fuck that noise. Better he bitch about it anonymously online than to her face. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/67 "2012-08-02T08:16:04Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > Your marriage may be shakier than you think. Swearing is basically domestic violence, and intentional/deliberate delaying is emotional abuse and almost as bad. I know a good marriage counselor. PM me for details. So would I be right in thinking that shaking hands with your wife is completely unacceptable? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/68 "2012-08-02T10:41:35Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Eh, I have been known to call mine butthead to his face. Sometimes in jest but occasionally seriously. And he has called me butthead in jest or seriously. Must make for an interesting family portrait. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/69 "2012-08-02T10:44:52Z")
Hopefully she made it home by now, if not it may be time for a new wife. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/70 "2012-08-02T19:55:14Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > it was ok, she brought written directions We visited family in PA a few years back and two different family members wrote us written directions to JFK airport which they said would take about an hour or so. The GPS gave us a half hour route. We took the half hour route through West or North Philly, which was [terrifying](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGjSq4HqP9Y). Many boarded up windows. We realised why they gave us the routes they did. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/71 "2012-08-02T20:55:25Z")
A half-hour route from Philly to JFK? I doubt that very much. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/72 "2012-08-03T14:07:24Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > A half-hour route from Philly to JFK? I doubt that very much. It can be done, you just have to skip NJ and part of Staten Island. I’ll send you the directions. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/73 "2012-08-03T14:22:13Z")
I still use a map. But I have used a GPS in an unfamiliar city. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/74 "2012-08-03T14:43:39Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > There’s a [town in Massachusetts](http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/06/13/middleborough_profanity_ban_touches_a_nerve/) you might consider moving to. And it isn’t Belchertown, either. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/75 "2012-08-03T16:30:41Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And it isn’t Belchertown, either. Maybe Athol? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/76 "2012-08-03T16:34:25Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > A half-hour route from Philly to JFK? I doubt that very much. Something isomorphic then, an hour and two hours. It was a few years ago so I don’t remember specifics. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/77 "2012-08-03T16:55:53Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Maybe Athol? 😉 Or Marblehead. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/78 "2012-08-03T22:36:08Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > OK… For the first time ever I agree with Oak. That you took the time to PIT your wife says too much. Look, folks, let’s get one thing straight. You bitch to your real friends about important things. You bitch to the Internet about stupid things. If you switch these two, you are a lonely, maladjusted person. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155/80 "2012-08-03T23:39:38Z")
> [@lilianfofana705\_yaho](#): > > Hello Dear, > My name is lilian fofana, > > i believe we can make good friends, let distance not be a barrier but lets love connect us together. It’s the OP’s wife! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-and-traffic/628155.md?page=3)