Comments on: I hate my husband’s car

By: Jo Endemol

Jo Endemol — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:31:45 +0000

I love this article! I’m working for a TV production company called Zeppotron, who are part of Endemol, and we are looking for couples to take part in a new celebrity panel show for ITV1 where a panel of comedians and celebrities will solve the nation’s marital tiffs (co-habiting couples are welcome of course).

I am looking for couples that are a lot of fun and with some interesting hobbies and interests. We are hoping to find couples with some sort of on-going dispute, it can be as silly as you like but it does need to be genuine. It might be something to do with work, hobbies, pets, in-laws, hygiene, domestic disputes, sex, midlife crises, money and anything else you can possibly think of. Our panel will resolve the argument once and for all by deciding who wins the argument.

This kind of thing is exactly what we are looking for, anything that has been niggling at you about your partner (or them about you) that you would like to solve in a lighthearted comedy panel show (NB. Don’t worry its not Jeremy Kyle type stuff!) If you’re interested email me on joanna.corner@endemoluk.co.uk for more details!

By: Kenneth Duckworth

Kenneth Duckworth — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:16:11 +0000

Well, I guess my wife and I are equal on this. I hate her car (which I paid for) and she hates mine. I hate hers b/c of the expense – expensive to buy (at the time – it was a 2002 MB ML 320) and expensive to maintain, plus she feels it is some sort of reflection on her personality and needs to be purrrrrrrfect! She is angry when I say some sort of little maintenance thing that does not involve safety can wait until I get the money or she can get a job. (Note: we have one child, 12 y.o. who is at school 9 – 5, so it;s not as if she NEEDS to be at home.) In the meantime, frugal me drives an inherited 1990 BMW 325i with only 80,000 miles on it and in excellent mechanical condition. The paint is a bit faded, but it is not as if I am driving a rusted out hooptie in multi-color bondo! She kept pushing for me to buy some expensive sports car (one of her friends has the same car) and just would get so angry when I said I just don’t want a monthly car payment. Now, she is still angry, but no longer says anything.

By: Tonia

Tonia — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:04:52 +0000

I hate how emotions got the best of me and led me to marrying a man who is utterly and completely useless at everything except making my life difficult. The guy lived with his mom for 36 years, until he married me that is, and the woman just did anything he wanted. In his own words it was something like ‘Maaa, food…Maaa, coffee…Maaa, money…Maaa, where is my shirt?’ Completely ridiculous. Of course, following 36 years of that he doesn’t have the slightest clue how to do anything alone. So, he basically went from one mom, who at least had the financial luxury to be a stay-at-home mom, to another ‘mom’, who wakes up at 7 every morning and returns home at 7 every evening to wash, cook, serve and anything else that needs doing. On top of that, from the second he returns home to the second he goes to bed he sits on the couch with his feet up on a chair watching TV and saying maybe a total of 3 words, which bores me to tears. He is always complaining about ‘my knees hurt…oh, my back hurts…oh, I am so tired’ but never asks how I am because he just assumes that I can’t be tired, I still have so much stuff to do before the day is over!!! Not to mention the really,really, really bad and selfish and self-involved (like everything else in his life) sex. And his car?? He drove a cabrio until he met me and then decided to get a ‘family car’ as we have 3 dogs. His idea of a family car does not include proper seats in the back (they are divided by some …thing) and has 231hp!!! He is a selfish @ss and I my patience is wearing thin after only 3 months of marriage. So, I guess we’ll see how it goes but ladies, when you feel frustrated, just think: at least there’s someone worse off than you!!!

By: CardiacSeven

CardiacSeven — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:16:14 +0000

Your husband has done exactly what I would have done. Although I would have opted for a newer M3 personally.

Don’t hate on guys for wanting nice cars — we could care less about some of the things that ladies love so much, like interior decorating, clothes, or gossip. Just give us 1-2 things in our life that you won’t bitch @ us for and we’ll gladly leave you alone about the million things you buy without need.

My $.02.

By: Mollie

Mollie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:25:33 +0000

I love my beautiful Cyber green VW New Beetle. I hate my husbands silver Subaru WRX STI. It’s a stick with all-wheel drive, and when I have to drive it, I can feel every bump in the road, the jerks of the gear changing, it gives me a headache. I don’t like to have to work that hard changing gears just to drive, and it feels like I’m driving a broke down tractor. Even tho it’s the car that every guy passing by gives lustful glances toward.

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:14:13 +0000

I too hate my husband’s car, which is a classic mid-life crisis mobile — a convertible. Totally useless rear-wheel drive AND it takes premium gas. It only holds two of the six of us in our family. He won’t let anyone else drive it. I call it his mistress, and I guess I should be happy that the mistress is a car and not a person.

By: Tnert

Tnert — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:21:23 +0000

I hate my wife’s car. Easter egg green Volkswagen New Beetle. Guess what? She wanted it. She can’t drive it because it is a stick. Now after 70000 miles the damn motor blew. Guess who stole my truck and who takes the bus? Not her.

By: Felicia

Felicia — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:27:52 +0000

My husband and I have only one car and it frustrates the hell out of me. I feel like I’m trapped and have no type of independence, arrgh. Anyway, I enjoyed reading your post although I envied (friendly envy) the fact that you can hate his car since we only have one car and hating is not an option (just hating him). Once again I enjoyed this post.

By: Kristen De Deyn Kirk

Kristen De Deyn Kirk — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:57:13 +0000

I can so sympathize. I no longer trust my husband when he says something practical costs too much. He always says that — I swear so he can use the money for something “cool” that he would like much better. Maybe price the tires yourself and let your hubby know you “came across some interesting information” if the price looks like it’s worth it. Heck, any price might be worth it: Not fighting is worth a lot in my book.

By: aprilx

aprilx — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:59:07 +0000

Your stories pull me in and refuse to let me go. Yay Alisa!