This may sound crazy, but I am so anxious every time my husband takes my 2 year old out in the car, for the simple fact that he is (in my opinion) a fairly careless driver. He is very competent at driving itself, but makes some awful mistakes which Im afraid to say are usually about his ego. In every other respect he is a very wise and mature man, but when it comes to driving - he is charged with hormones and does stupid things like racing and attempting to overtake anyone who started off quicker than him at the lights, going well over the speed limit just because the road 'looks clear', changing lanes without checking mirror -causing near accidents, whizzing like a maniac over a a mini roundabout without slowing down at all.
Ive asked him to drive carefully so many times, (he nods but always ignores me) I do drive often myself -but when he takes my son out I literally panic and pace up and down till theyre back. I would go along too, but Ive got a newborn at home...what to do?
Secondly, my mother in law is..and Im not saying this to be nasty, but unbelievably slow in the head. Ive been out with her several times where she's been pushing the pram and off she goes - into the road - PRAM FIRST without stopping to check the traffic. Have told DH - he said it was the same when he was little, HE had to hold her hand and make HER cross the road safely. Furthermore, she will do things like let him run out of the library onto the street because she is busy trying to do something on her mobile.
Now DS is a little older she wants to take him out, and he wants to go with her.
Ive asked DH to deal with it but he wont, so do I succumb to being the villain and telling her "NO, you cant go out anywhere with my son because you are careless"
????AM I over-reacting?
thankyou and sorry for the very long ramble