“Side-Seat Driver”

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🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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"Side-Seat Driver": Ken can’t understand why his wife declines to drive but when she’s in the passenger seat she’ll “do all the driving!” - Dr. Laura: "Back seat drivers want the power without the responsibility." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://family.drlaura.com/pg/jsp/help/general/privacypolicy.jsp for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.
0:03.8	Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.
0:09.6	10 welcome to the program.
0:12.0	Hello Dr. Laura.
0:13.6	I just, I had one quick question for you.
0:16.4	Why is it this goes back to your question about the hair?
0:20.7	Why is it every time my wife and I go to go somewhere?
0:24.3	I offer for her to sit in the driver's seat and drive.
0:27.7	She declines and as soon as she sits down in the passenger seat, she then does all the driving.
0:34.7	I have an answer for you.
0:37.4	Okay, I'll take it.
0:39.3	It's the power without the responsibility.
0:42.9	Whoever is at the wheel has the responsibility.
0:45.8	Who nags has the power?
0:49.7	Okay.
0:53.7	So this is what I'd like you to tell your wife.
0:56.6	You called me and I said the reason she does that is she wants the power and not the responsibility.
1:03.6	And say sweetheart, you have a choice.
1:05.1	You either drive and take responsibility or you sit quietly or I pull the car over and get out and
1:12.2	sit in the back seat literally and then you can either sit there and complain or drive the car.
1:18.0	But you can only have one job.
1:22.9	I love you dearly and give her I love you dearly and give her big kiss.
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