To think DH should sit in the front?

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Now and again we get an Uber with DD for quite journey of about 25/30 mins. Every time DH squeezes in the back with me and DD. I should say we are both a bit bigger and DH is tall. Dd id a teenager. He opens the door for us and we get in and then he makes us budge up and we all sit squashed in whilst the front passenger seat is empty.

Is this weird? He thinks you don't sit in the front seat, I think he should.

I would sit in the front but I generally think he should and secondly he gestures for me to get in first and then gets in after. It would be silly for me to get back out and walk around to the front seat.

What do you think?

Yanbu that you shouldn't all sit in the back but yabu by not sitting in the front yourself if you are that bothered by it.

I usually sit in the front of a taxi, child locks don't usually work in the front and you have more access to exit/control of the vehicle.

Nonetheless, you know he does this. Say "no sit in the front" when he tells you to budge up or just get in the front.

Can't believe I am reading this 🤔🤔

Absolutely no nuances. Just say 'I'll sit in the front', open the door and get in!!

You sit in the front! Wtf sexism is this question about?

You're first

Get in the front

No, the advert is about not wearing a seatbelt, someone sat behind you without a seat belt who weighs less than you is more than capable of killing you in a collision. Someone would have to be around 35+ stone to injure you in a collision while wearing a seatbelt, admittedly in either situation there would also need to be a fault with the seat mechanism to allow it to be pushed forward as well.

And making them uncomfotable?

Ridiculous

Of course one of you can sit in the front. If he won't, you can. We (4 adults/ teens) got picked up in a taxi on holiday. If one of us hadn't sat in the front, they'd have been left at the airport for 10 days.

Black cabs might not

But private hire cars certainly do

Didn't read the whole thread, but men traditionally sit in the front because the driver was usually male, so the back seat was for the ladies.

Also, in an accident, rear seat passengers are less likely to be injured. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14642880/

Tell him to sit in tne front seat or sit there yourself. Yes, I know about unwritten scripts but the sky won't fall in if you change your lines.

I'm surprised your teenaged DD hasn't eyerolled you both, sighed and said "I'll go in the front, seeing as you 2 can't be adult about this" quite possibly adding a muttered "FFS" under her breath.

Why wouldn’t you?

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Just go to the front, get in and sit down.

It’s really not that hard.

Perfect solution.

This is a really bizarre scenario with an obvious answer (just get in the bloody front seat OP) but as a woman with DDs, I would advise solo women passengers never to sit in the front seat with a male driver.

If they're on their own my DDs (and I) always sit in the back. There is also a sharing link on a Uber so you can see them. Useful for younger DDs, or drunk ones with multiple drop offs etc, Recently DD had a driver who held the front seat open and encouraged her to get in the front, she declined and texted me the sharing link. They're also scrupulous about checking the number plates from the app and checking driver has their name, especially in places with lots of Ubers queued there.

Im enjoying this thread. I've realised that me and DH both fight to go in the back and not have to be the one to make awkward chit chat with the driver.

I would sit in the front. You can just mention it in advance so he doesn’t herd you into the back if that’s an issue.

Very sexist. Sad these views still exist.

Next time just open the front door and get in the passenger seat. He obviously doesn’t want to but there’s no reason you can’t 🤷‍♀️

I would tell him that you think it’s mad to all squash up in the back when there’s a perfectly good seat in the front. Then next time the taxi arrives, just say “are you sitting in the front or shall I ?”. If he won’t go on the front, then you sit there. I expect that after a journey of hearing you chat happily to the driver, he’ll probably volunteer to go in the front next time.

How about you both start acting like adults. You’ll find it solves a lot of problems before they begin.

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OP didn’t like it though!