Holding Hands while driving..
By cream97
@cream97 (29086)
United States
32 responses
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Maybe she is scared that your husband can't concentrate anymore in his driving!LOL!Just assure her, that we will be fine MOM! Cheers!
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
7 Jun 08
checapricorn I agree with you. Judging by all the comments I do not think cream likes her mother in law very much.
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
8 Jun 08
I have the feeling too! Maybe both of them doesn't like with each other! LOL! Is it cream?
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@lorilei39 (22)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Perhaps she just finds it inappropriate. Sometimes older people are just that way.
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@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
4 Jun 08
strange isn't it? my mother in law tends to be the same way. she always is trying to get my husband to come do things for them but never invites me and his 3 kids. i feel like its always me against her for my husband attention. they always are asking him to do things for them when his 20 year old brother still lives at home and could be doing it. she seems to get weird around me when we are happy. but i swear if we argue in front of her she looks happy about it. and if i'm not being overly paranoid, i'd almost swear she has done stuff to cause a fight between us. others have told me they think it seems like that too.
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ling with the same wicked and evil mother-in-law!
@angel_kaycee (1112)
• Philippines
4 Jun 08
i think your mother-in-law has been very jealous of you for so many times. with the reasons that i can't really understand. based on the discussions you post about your mother-in-law. maybe she still jealous because she thinks you took away her son. or she may be jealous of you coz she never had the chance to experience with her husband the kind of treatment from your husband. i can't just figure her out at all.
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@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Because she probably never had that from her husband, and she's wondering how her son could be so opposite of her husband. She's also aware that you are the one he wants to be close to and she's not ready to let go, sons and mothers have a strange relationship, he's your husband, make him feel like your the only woman in his life. Mom's have to let go, its not healthy to hold on too long.
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@fluffnflowers (1594)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Maybe she's not jealous; maybe she just has nothing better to look at. Maybe she was contemplating how much her son likes you or something not unpleasant. You could always ask. :)
@nilzerous1 (2434)
• India
4 Jun 08
It is so common a gesture in today's world that I'm surprised to know that your mother-in-law takes note of this trivial matter even at this time. I think she is reacting a little too much in your entirely private matters.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
7 Jun 08
Maybe she was just shocked that he did not have both hands on the wheel. That could be just as dangerous as using one hand to hold a cell phone.
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
7 Jun 08
Do you not know that people in shock are usually silent!!
@travibabiesgirl (1690)
• United States
20 Jun 08
My husband and I also hold hand when he is driving. We cuddle and kiss a lot as well. I think my MIL might have had just a little jealousy as well at first. I think it is because that is their baby and it is hard for some mothers to share their children. I mean they loved them first and through out their whole lives. The moms where their for everything the child needed as they grew up. When the kids need something mom is usually the one they went to. It has to be hard to become second in someones life. When a child get married the mom usually becomes second and that maybe where the jealousy comes from.
@travibabiesgirl (1690)
• United States
20 Jun 08
Yes you are right the love between a husband and wife is different from the love of a mother. Some mothers just have a hard time sharing their kids even though the love is different. I don't know that i can explain it very good. I hope that I am not that kind of MIL when my kids reach that age. But the only example I can give may not work. When my kids were little I was their hole world. They would look at me like I had the power of the universe. I loved the look they gave me in their little baby eyes. I felt loved and important. Then when they got older they realized that it was grandma that made the world go round. They gave grandma that look and many times told me I want to go live with my grandma. That broke my heart and made me a little jealous. It took me a little while to move past that and realize that they still love me and didn't mean to hurt me. I think with the mom it is she just don't realize that her son still loves her just as much as ever and that she should be happy that he has someone to share his life with. I still don't think my story explained it the way I wanted it to. I just know from experience that some moms have a hard time letting go. If she feels that you are jealous of her she may also be reacting to that as well. I had a hard time sharing my husband with his family at first and I know that once I got over that we became closer. But anyway I hope that you guys can work through it and things get better for you all.
@travibabiesgirl (1690)
• United States
20 Jun 08
You bring up a very good point. She may be jealous of the love you two share because she don't have it in her life from her husband. So I think you are very right about that being the reason she is jealous.
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
20 Jun 08
Yes, what you said makes a whole lot of sense! I am not even jealous of my mil and her love for her son, I can never change that. I have a son of my own, and I would not ever try to stop him from loving his wife if he was to ever become married. I just wished that my mil was not so cruel. I wish I could let you see into all the mean things that this woman has said to me over the years.. And my answer is that, she did all of this just because she was so jealous of what her son and I had. Her own husband would hardly pay any attention to her. He would hardly be home, and he would be gone most of the time. It was very sad.. So, I guess she compared her relationship to mines, and she became jealous..
@nicholejade (2430)
• Canada
4 Jun 08
My fiance and I hold hands all the time while driving. He loves to actually and is usually the first one to do so. He also like to pull me close to him and have his arm around my neck. Those times are for when we first see eachother from being apart for several months. I honestly couldn't tell you why your mother in law is jealous of this. I think it might be that he is showing affection and maybe her husband never did this.
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@thedaddym (1731)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Perhaps it upsets her that she does not have someone to hold hands with like that. You didn't say weather or not she was married or in a relationship. Maybe it just makes her think about what she is missing.
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@snakequeen (1299)
• India
5 Jun 08
I think this question can be better answered and understood,when we see our son doing the same thing with our daughter-in-law!
@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Me and my soon to be hubby will hold hands when he drives and has a free moment or it is not too busy.
Oh my cream I have no idea why she would be jealous , she should be happy for you two.
I suppose it is hard when you don't have it herself. Might be a little bitter , I hope that is okay to say .
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
5 Jun 08
From safety point of view, it is not a good practice. Though there are many ways of expressing love and affection, much safer methods can be adopted. When one is driving in a highway, it is quite natural and it is alright, because traffic can be easily handled in one hand.
@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
20 Jun 08
are you sure she look envious, I'm just thinking you are her grandchildren for the mother so why would she feel that way. isn't she happy for the both of you?
I'm thinking that perhaps you only misinterpret her look, but if she's really envy i guess that will be because her husband did not do that thing to her back on their time.
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
20 Jun 08
Yes, she is envious.. Do you want me to write a book on all the things that my mil has said to me? After reading it, you will be convinced that she is indeed jealous of me.. She says that she is not.. But by the way that she looks at me, and all the nasty things that she has said to me, will make her appear jealous. If she is not jealous then she needs to stop acting like she is..
@cortjo73 (6498)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Probably because he used to hold her hand and now, he isn't momma's little boy anymore. He is another woman's man and, some mothers don't handle that well. They never handle letting go of their little boys well. Not all...just some. And, I think your MIL is one of those mommas.
@sisterjinx (1135)
• United States
7 Jun 08
Because she doesn't have it with her husband. She isn't jealous of you having your hubby, she is jealous of WHAT you have with your hubby. Maybe it has been a while since she felt loved. Maybe she feels like she is not given the kind of attention you are.
@snowlove08 (114)
• China
5 Jun 08
when we go out my boyfriend always put his hands around my waist,and i will hold his arms.i think that when your husband didn't marry ,he is the only son of his monther,even if he didn't show feeling to her mother.But when he has you ,the mum thinks that he will never be his only son ,he is your housband,you share his son with her.Especially when you show love to each other,she can not stand and show envy!
