SS Driving Test....I laughed.
Last night my 16 yo SS took his driving test. He took lessons at the local driving achool and they did the testing. When he called for me to pick him up, he said he failed. I knew he would....I drove 1/2 mile with him and I thought we were going to die. I told him no big deal, you can take it again. When I got there, there was that sad-sack pouty look that I loathe soooooo much. Once again, I said don't worry. The instructor said she didn't to talk to me. She had THREE PAGES of driving infractions: speeding, impeding traffic during merging, lane changes and just going straight, indecisive driving, not using the mirrors. I jsut kept on saying don't worry. Then it gets good....he RAN A RED LIGHT!!! I was like you are kidding me???? Then the instructor hit me with the city bus...apparently he was speeding up to the back of a city bus which has stopped....apparently he didn't notice that it stopped....she was telling him that the bus stopped he kept on going towards the stopped bus at 45 mph....so she grabbed the steering wheel and avoided the bus but almost hit someone when she changed lanes. Then the kid and the instuctor got into the dispuet over what happened!! I believe the woman.....this woman drives with 16 years for a living....I could tell this ruffles her feathers. I just had to laugh....because the kid failed for every possible thing.
I bring the kid home and was telling DH about every thing he failed for and I was like oh wait it gets worse and I was laughing. DH didn't see the humor in this....running a red light and almost smashing into a city bus.....not funny??? He was pissed that I was laughting and not coddling the kid....the kid shouldn't be driving in the first place....OMG he was an absolute bast*rd over this last night. The first time in 10 years I have ever seen him like this!!! I was really surprised. Then DH started up with the excuses and SS joined in. I wanted to smack both of them. I alway have an issue with DH's behavior and denial about my SS....last night I began to question my DH.
This morning, I asked him if this was someone else's kid....wouldn't you laugh? He said yeah, because it is funny....no one has have failed for all those things. So, I asked why isn't funny when it is the kid? He got pissed again because he is my kid. He attempted to start up again for the first time ever I told him to shut the F up and I walked away.
What is wrong with them?????
Sorry about the typos...I need new nails.
yeah I would find it
yeah I would find it hilarious!
I don't see how that is
I don't see how that is funny. I imagine if I came home gloating and laughing because my stepchild failed a driving test (or anything else), my husband would be out the door.
And if my husband came home gloating and laughing because one of my bios failed a driving test (or anything else) I would be gone.
Come to think of it...I wouldn't stay married to a person who would take pleasure in any child failing something as important as a driving test is to a teen.
I understand the need to vent frustrations. But that's not venting.
SD is 17 and recently got her
SD is 17 and recently got her license (on the second try). NYS has determined she is safe to drive. . . I have not.
She failed the first time because she backed up into the curb ACROSS THE STREET during a 3 point turn. o.0
How the hell do you do that???
She of course blamed the instructor, "he was grumpy!"
I don't think the OP is laughing because the kid failed, but more because of how BADLY he failed, yet he still blames his failure on others. She tried to console him with "no problem! practice more and take it again"
i think that is funny, but I
i think that is funny, but I definitely would try hard not to laugh at my dh's face cuz he would be sooo pissed at me! lol but honestly, how can you get lessons from a driving school and fail so badly?? I took drivers ed and it totally helped me out!I could see those mistakes coming from someone who has never driven a car, but to have lessons and still make so many mistakes...? he must of had bad instructors or totally did not pay attention.
Like skidsmimi, I find humor
Like skidsmimi, I find humor where other's may not depending on their sensitivity level. I also laugh at my kids and encourage them to laugh at themselves and me when I screw up. Without malicious intent of course. I don't want them to learn to be cruel but I don't want them to take the world too seriously either.
I am learning that I am not allowed to laugh at SD however. H gets very defensive if I make a crack about his kid. It's hard cuz she gives me SO MUCH material.