Driver demands 37-year-old wife sit in back seat during 4 hour drive because "she couldn't stop distracting me": 'My wife is still upset with me'

If you don't want to sit in the back seat of the car, don't be a backseat driver! 

A true backseat driver can offer their less-than-helpful critiques from anywhere in the car. They could be in the passenger seat or riding in the 3rd row — they'll still find a way to poke their head forward and offer unsolicited advice. "Turn there!" "Take that exit!" "Watch out for that person crossing the road!" A backseat driver will take any chance to control the driver's actions — well, they'll do anything except actually climb into the driver's seat and drive that car themselves. All of their advice is just distracting. The driver probably knows where to turn, where their exit is, and that there's a person crossing the road up ahead. So when an anxious rider decides to chime in every 30 seconds, it gets super annoying super fast. 

Dealing with a backseat driver is especially difficult if that person is your loved one. What do you do if the person in the passenger seat is someone who you love more than life itself, yet you're going bonkers because they won't stop alerting you that your turn signal needs to be on just before you flick the button? You want to hold their beautiful face in your hands and beg for silence. You want to remind them that you completed driving school and have been driving for literally years since then. You're awake. You're alert. You're trying to focus on the road, and the only thing stopping you is that spouse. 

This person was starting to get pretty irritated by their wife, and on a 4-hour drive, who could blame them? They shared that they, their wife, and their 14-year-old were on a lengthy road trip to visit the in-laws. Instead of controlling the tunes, putting on a podcast, or sparking a conversation, this person's wife was pulling her usual backseat driver shenanigans. 

You can read down below about what happened next… as well as the reason that even weeks later, their wife is still unhappy about how things went down. Commenters didn't have a lot of sympathy to spare for this woman, but check out the entire thing and see for yourself!