25/05/2026
#17795
"28M, Married last year. Just need to vent/get some perspective. Bought my dream car recently on EMI as the family grown big and I’m so proud of it, but the seating situation is driving me insane.
Whenever my parents rides with us, I want my dad in the front seat out of respect and comfort. But my wife gets super possessive over the passenger seat and expects my dad to sit in the back. It feels like a constant tug-of-war between my partner and my parent. It’s making me feel resentful, and I hate that a milestone like buying a car is causing this much petty drama. Anyone else dealt with this? How do you get your spouse to understand?
I have seen in such situations since late teenage or early 20s where my cousins and their partners were accomodative in such situation. someone grown up seeing this, I feel this embrassing for me.
Even if my parents are ok with it, I feel they should not think I am kind of hen-pecked(In tamil we say pondatti munthanaiye pudichite poran) . How to deal this.
Note: We live seperately only this is just happening when we travel occassionaly together or visiting home town."
-Guy