New boyfriend snapped at me

He needs to dump you!

As Google Maps was lagging then it’s not OP’s fault and he shouldn’t be taking out his frustration on her.

Sounds like he is too cheap to buy a sat nav.

op isn't in the uk,

i've had a journey that should have been 4 hours take 12 before thanks to kids needing to pee every time we passed a service station, a flat tyre, a motorway halt due to an accident, and food stops.

Was hell. And more than a few muttered 'ffs' on THAT journey i can tell you.

Wow.................

I find it WILD that people are saying to bin him off and saying no would speak to them like that again,

He's human. He was annoyed. He got over it quickly. He apologised.

Move the fuck on

Agree. The other way round, I'd be thinking of dumping a new partner if s/he didn't give directions, nearly causing me to miss an exit, and then acted as if I was in the wrong for swearing.

Exactly what I did! I was sure I'd read it 😂

Yes I wondered about that too. Presumably they must have broken up the journey and could have taken turns.

Yes I scrolled back because I was sure she had said that and that it was lagging.

Well they'd have to go back in time for that to be the case.

13 pages in and people are still saying just use sat nav, when on page 2 OP said she was using Google maps.

And also OP still hasn't answered why she didn't take a turn at driving a 12 hour journey.

That would be the end of seeing him for me.

He’s shown you his true colours very early on. Listen to your instincts. He can’t keep a grip on his temper even though you hardly know him.

They've been together for 3 months so unless he got his licence in that time he should be fully capable of navigating for himself. If I was the OP I'd be considering dumping him for being an incompetent adult - who needs another person to navigate for them in 2025??

It's annoying when driving and the passenger is suppose to be directing the way at a certain point .. he is talking driving thinking is this the way and your just jabbering on 🤣 but I do understand if he was snappy .. just say to him I was bothered by the way you got frustrated with me in the car I'm not used to that let him know .

Personally I really hate thar kind of reaction. He’s annoyed but no need to respond like that

I'm interested in the fact that you had a very long relationship in which this wasn't the norm. So seems it's not you then.
I'd hate to think that following that you now start to accustom yourself to being on the end of this. So maybe see how it goes. Yes people do get ratty No you don't deserve it.

If someone behaved in the way you describe yourself behaving, I would absolutely never want to see them again. I don't have relationships with anyone who has less than a brilliant sense of humour, and certainly not with anyone who thinks it's fine to throw a tantrum whenever I make a mistake.

A friend of mine once sent me several miles in the wrong direction during what should have been a simple run out to the shops. We ended up on the motorway heading to a completely different city. We still laugh about it now. If you don't take yourself too seriously, stuff like this is funny.

You’d held him up for 30 minutes already and you were the one navigating and you nearly missed the exit on the motorway- that is really annoying!!
I get he was annoying about theatre tickets, but it’s not like driving when you’re going past it now and need to know if you need to turn.

He apologised afterwards, most men wouldn't. And as you have said you had given him the wrong directions at least once before this. I would be pissed off with you too

Did he "snap"? I get a little stressed when I'm driving and don't know where I'm going, so I would probably be grumpy too, particularly if I had to quickly change lanes on a busy motorway.. although if he had an inkling the exit was coming close, he should have got himself in the appropriate lane anyway!

If this is a one-off, leave it.

From what she's said, she was both stupid and incompetent but that's fine, isn't everyone occasionally? Live and learn that people get annoyed at each other

If you're incompetent then you should be told as much. Why beat around the bush when you can call someone out then move on.

Imagine having such an easy life that's you're not called out on your mistakes, both personally and professionally each day. Get in the real world

My DP has never, in 36 years, used the F word infront of me, never mind directed at me. I would not be impressed.
The fact that he has apologised for being harsh, confirms it was aimed at you and was not just him exclaiming at the tricky situation.
I'd be viewing him differently OP.

A 12 hr drive (which is really tiring) that you’d already added half an hour onto? And nearly added even more time on by missing a motorway exit? A muttered “ffs” followed by an acknowledgement later on that he was harsh seems like a non-issue to me.

Agree
He apologised
It was a 12 hour drive which you'd already fucked up at least once driving those distances is horrible mentally and physically
Why didn't you drive any of it since you've confirmed to can drive.

I guess if your navigator makes a series of errors that could extend any journey time - four times around Spaghetti Junction!