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Tue 24 Jan, 2017 08:48 pm
My wife has recently been working towards getting her full driver's license and because she currently does not have it, has had to rely on me for a lot of support such as initially driving her places to helping teach her to drive, as well as other things. Her final driving exam had to be completed prior to a specific date and even though I regularly reminder her that she had to book this examination, she left it until nearly the last moment, jeopardizing the process which got her to the point of almost having her full license. She had her final examination booked with not a single day to spare. If she passed, she would have her full license and if she fails she would have to begin the long process over again. Somehow she gets the date mixed up and misses her examination, losing her current licensing which still allowed her to independently drive.
We are a busy family of four with 2 children and the fact that she no longer has her license significantly impacts our whole family. As you can imagine, my wife was very upset that she missed her scheduled examination. However, as her husband who has been supporting her a lot through this process, I was nothing short of super disappointed in her for being what I felt was pretty irresponsible. I kept my feelings to myself but she has a really hard time accepting any critical comments about anything taking it as an attack on her personally while at the same time overlooking the fact that she possibly made a huge mistake that impacts her family. However, after keeping my thoughts and feelings to myself and trying to allow her to figure this out on her own, she comes to me and says "I hope I can count on you for rides". Well at that moment I got super pissed, thinking how dare you ask me for favours after acting so irresponsibly.
All this said, my wife thinks that I'm being complete insensitive. However, I can't get passed the disappoint that I'm feeling, nor the fact that i feel as though she acted so irresponsibly and didn't take her family responsibilities seriously.
Am i completely out of it and being insensitive to think and feel this way?
Thanks for your wise feedback.
There are so many issues here, from the possibility that she may not really want to drive ( more common than you think) to her possible ADD or other reason.
Continue to be patient and find her a driving school instructor to take over. Step back from the issue. Make her use Uber or the bus, too.
This shouldn't mean starting from the beginning again. She can schedule her exam for another time. She just might need more driving practice.