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Just learnt to drive and already have demands from inlaws to visit them

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NewCarDemands · 14/04/2022 09:57

My husband can't drive, he has tried many times but has failed many driving tests. I have just learnt to drive in my 30's. I'm most likely autistic and have anxiety issues and driving is quite difficult for me. I learned in an automatic and just passed last Friday with 1 minor error. I learned to be able to take my autistic son to school, otherwise it would have been 2 bus rides on a morning. We have not even got a car yet and already have received demands from inlaws to visit them (1 hour and a half drive away and I have not driven on a motorway yet). Specifically from sister in law. She barely ever visits us (once a year maximum) and only when she can get a free lift from her mum, brother or aunt.

AIBU to be a bit annoyed by it since we have not even got the car yet. I want to build my confidence in town on roads I know before driving on a motorway as well. She also asked my husband and not me who will be doing the driving. And there is a backstory of her being quite demanding.

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frazzledasarock · 15/04/2022 10:38

I wouldn’t bother myself about it.

You’ve struggled and visited them over the years despite neither you or your DH driving. And your SIL can demand to your DH as much as she likes as you’re the driver you decide where you’re comfortable driving.

I’d not bother or change the pattern of visits.

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