"She knows how it goes / yellow red green red and yellow / and she knows how it's gonna change"

[larryhammer]

Sometimes in the morning, I see it: a guy drives up and gets out, and then a woman in the passenger seat moves behind the wheel and drives off. This is weird enough, but then there's the afternoon converse: a woman drives up, shifts over to the passenger seat as a guy gets in, and he drives them off. This always gives me a "what's up with that?" reaction.

This morning, it was something different: I finally saw the sex-reversed version.

Except the process wasn't quite the same -- she parked next to the smoking area, they both got out for a cigarette, and only when they were done did he drive away. The pause gave it a different vibe. As did the little red sports car -- with the guys, it's almost always an SUV or pickup.

---L.

Comments

[danielmedic.livejournal.com]

The male ego is a strange thing.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Some people hate to drive. Others hate to be passengers.

In our house, I do all the driving--I hate being a passenger. My spouse hates driving, and much prefers to be a passenger. So we'll often do the reverse thing, if we're doing a drop or pickup.

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's one valid nonsexist explanation. Another that I've run across is that someone gets actually motion-sick if they're not driving

[harvestar.livejournal.com]

A lot of times, when we carpool, we're driving either "my" car or "his" car. Or we take turns driving. If one of us then picks the other up for some reason, then who ever has that day of driving then drives. None of us is all that happy with driving, but I'm up for more of the city driving than P. is. And we tend to use my car when going to work since it has slightly better gas milage.

[harvestar.livejournal.com]

And sometimes... he'll buy a new Transformer and so then I have to drive so he can play. :D

[janni.livejournal.com]

See, that's just of the same problem: a society that assumes it's always the guy who has the greater need to play with the transformer ... :-)

[harvestar.livejournal.com]

He really is the bigger fan. :) I've got the Legos, though. (Viking, Indiana Jones, and Dwarven Castle)

[janni.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, if you have the legos, the balance is clearly in your favor anyway ... :-)

[incandragon.livejournal.com]

One of my cherished memories was of the time I saw a gal driving a pickup truck, and the guy in the cowboy hat sitting in the middle of the bench seat beside her. It was like getting the last item in a scavenger hunt.