Gentlemen would you let your girlfriend drive your car?
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
United States
January 28, 2008 11:07pm CST
I just saw a clip of the boyfriend test on demand and this was one of the questions. It was a way for a woman to tell if her boyfriend could share. But I thought that it was a very unfair question.A man that knows how to share will loan you a sweater when you are cold or let you have half of his dessert. But letting your girlfriend drive your car is overboard. I can see offering to drive her anywhere but let her drive your car? Do you agree?
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@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
29 Jan 08
I don't think there should be questions, tests or conditions in love. It's not about it and it's not worth it.
That said, my decision to allow my partner drive my car will depend on if she can or can not drive. I'll only be concerned for her safety rather than my car. So, if I believed that she can drive the car in a way that she will remain unharmed, then yes, I'll allow her. If she slightly hits the car here and there but remains herself safe, it will be okay. Otherwise, I will never allow her, no matter how hard she desires.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
29 Jan 08
The more you talk about your lady love , the more I Know you have found your soulmate.You would only be concerned with her and not the car? Wow.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I wouldn't let my boyfriend drive my car and I wouldn't ask to drive his. I know I am his human baby but his car is his Baby.And besides, my car would be a limo. I like that line from Pretty Woman " My first car was a limo".
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@wisedragon (2325)
• Philippines
29 Jan 08
Yeah sure. If it's just a short distance she can drive it all by herself. If it's a long distance, either I will accompany her or I'll just be the one to drive.
As for possibly wrecking the car, well, I'll do my best to teach her the proper ways to drive. If she doesn't listen to me well then that's her fault.
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@dangaroo (234)
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29 Jan 08
I'd probably let her drive. I wouldn't doubt her ability as a driver and she's certainly better than me at looking after things and more mechanically minded than me. I live in Poland though and drivers are insane, so my only worry about letting her out on the road would be her own safety!
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@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
29 Jan 08
He lets me drive his car (07 Mustang Gt) whenever I want, I probably drive it more than he does! I also have my own set of keys to it, he usually drives his 4 Runner, which I have keys to that too. Oh and just so ya know I have my own Blazer. As for the Mustang, he bought it but refers to it as 'your car'. So I'm thinking he knows how to share! lol
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@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
29 Jan 08
First off, I don't do illegal street racing, don't think my s/o would like that, he's a cop! Secondly, I simply replied that he does in fact let me drive his car, no questions asked, and You stated that women drivers are the cause of most accidents, and that if it were up to you women wouldn't drive lol. you said not me
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@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
29 Jan 08
And I have driven accident free for 32 years, guess I have the skills to drive.
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@akacipher (64)
• India
29 Jan 08
well must say your bf has gifted you a nice car!!! by the way.... i never said anything about the cause of accidents in my reply, I only commented upon the parites involved and the parties responsible for the accident in my reply.
carrying on the same lines, i would like to tell you when you say that "you would like to put your mustang on line any day against me.... blah blah blah" well let me just say that street racing is not safe.... shows thats you got a hot head and nothing more..... and this is not safe when it comes to accident free driving.
again street racing is not safe, neither legal.
and ya one more thing plz read the question before replying "gentelmen would you let your girlfriend..........." i really dont think you are a gentelman here...lol.
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@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
30 Jan 08
Forget boyfriends, what about husbands? My husband does not allow me to drive his truck. I am expected to help pay for the payment, and pay for the "things" needed to prime and pamper his truck although they are not used on my car. So...where does "gentlemen" fit now?
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
30 Jan 08
I asked Gentlemen, not husbands. I don't consider husbands gentlemen.Besides , the moment he says "I Do" he loses his right to own anything, right?
@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
30 Jan 08
Seems to me husbands should be gentlemen too. And yeah, in that "perfect world" I hear so much talk about - "I do" means a whole lot more than it does in this world we live in.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
30 Jan 08
It isn't that women may get lost, it is a matter of letting her drive your car period.
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I think it would depend on how long we've been together AND the other persons driving record LOL....My husband is the coolest with that sort of thing..not only has he let me drive (and I have no license) BUT when we had the minivan he'd let a couple of my friends drive it too LOL
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@listen2me (511)
• United States
29 Jan 08
hate little girlfriend tests like that, but i let my girlfriend at first jus use my car, to do what she needed, school work etc. as needed, she wreked it twice in the last 3yrs, i got another car and gave her that one.
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
29 Jan 08
Bravo. You are better than I.After the First wreck I wouldn't let her drive my car.
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@brothertuck (1257)
• United States
30 Jan 08
In most of my relationships we each had our car. Mine was more suited to me, I am bigger so have had vans and now a Jeep style car. She was always smaller and except when it was with kids it was a car that suited her. For the most part we drove our own car, and we did it that way mutually. On occassion when something happened where one of us needed the car when the other's car was not available we would let the other one use the car.
About the only time I did the majority of the driving was when we were down to one car for a while, but she could have just as easily been the one driving.
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@akacipher (64)
• India
29 Jan 08
Girls Basically lack the skill to drive.......
They are the reasons for most of the accidents :)
Its not about my gf, but if that was possible i would make all the ladies stop driving!!
Anyways no use doing propoganda for the ideas that never will be understood and accepted..... the fact is i cant stop my gf for driving be it my car or her own!! it just boils down to one thing whatever is mine is her's and vice versa!! But then i would be concerned a about her safety and also about others safety who will be drving with her on the same road :)
*All this not coz she is my gf or a bad driver, but only coz she is a girl and as i said girls are inherently bad drivers!!
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@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I'd put my Mustang GT, 5 speed, and my driving skills up against your's any day of the week! There are a lot of men out there that lack the skill to drive. As for most accidents, they are caused by idiots talking on cell phones while they are driving or drinking and driving, if you are going to state statistics, get the facts first.
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
30 Jan 08
I also believe that women are just as good if not better drivers then men! Women don't lack the skills to drive...in fact they can multi task while men can't...and that is a known fact! So if a man has to answer a cell phone or adjust his seat....well I think you get my drift! I have never had an accident but just recently was almost rear ended at about 55 mph by some guy talking on his phone!
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
30 Jan 08
It isn't about who is the better driver, it is about do you trust your partner with your car.
@wallstreet (341)
• United States
31 Jan 08
I think that it depends on the maturity of the relationship. The earlier I was in the relationship the less likely I would be to loan my car. The more committed the relationship - the stronger the trust.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
31 Jan 08
That's makes sense.I always thought of a guy's car as such personal thing that I wouldn't even think of asking to borrowing it. It is like asking to borrow his toothbrush.
