Bossy Backseat Bike Driver

My husband sent me this text late Saturday:

Guess what I’ll be looking at from behind tomorrow?...Your rear end. Lol. I know it sounds like something else.

But…..really……

I was very happy because that meant he wasn’t working Sunday, and we were going on our bike ride! Our new cherished tradition in tact. 

Sunday dawned and we left the teens to their slumber. I made us a nice breakfast for energy. This week I added some carbs to mine, I had a feeling I would need some. For the bike ride and the ‘laters.’

Let me digress a moment...

I have a confession to make here, I am a terrible bossy stressed out backseat driver, mostly with my husband. It drives EVERYONE crazy. I try really I do, it is just that I am used to driving, but whenever we go out he drives 99% of the time. We are both excellent drivers so my crazy stuff is my transition from driver to passenger. I trust him implicitly; it’s just a quirk that lasts maybe for 10-15 min.

When I drive and he is the passenger he is always offering his ADVICE, “honey move in that lane, slow down etc… This doesn’t bother me I take it in the spirit the advice is given.

Sooo….let’s get back to the bike ride on Sunday morning. Remember the text he sent me? Well he always rides behind me, unless we see the path is clear for a while, and then we ride side-by-side talking.

Now he is a bit bossy at times….and frequently kindly offers advice- even tho he knows I'm capable.“Darlin’(in his lovely accent) change gears we are going uphill, change again we are going downhill.” Something that drives him crazy is when I cross a busy intersection and I start on the low petal, this is illogical to him. He doesn’t get why I don’t start with the raised pedal. (I really don’t care grrrrrrr! I think- bossy backseat bike driver!)

So I said, “honey why do you ride behind me?” His answer was, “well I like to make sure you’re okay. If anyone is going to crash they will get me first." (There is a history here- someone did come on my left and I did crash)

 "Lastly, I like to look at your rear!”

 I think I will keep him- and take his bossiness with a grain of salt, even if he is a bossy backseat bike driver.

This leads me to the ‘laters.’ I have shared some of the blogs I read with him.

I have also directed him to some he may want to explore.

He is self-motivated and maybe we are inching toward ankles +++. He is taking the bull by the horns, and stepping things up a notch.

The text I got this morning was:

Good morning sweetheart, have a great day. See you when I get home.

Thanks for reading,

Minelle