Paranoid? Grumpy wife!

[trlcavscout]

So my wife got on my case tonight about some funny driving habits. I guess with all the stuff going on anymore I am turning into a paranoid old fart.

So after going out to dinner (pinched one off at the restaurant but didnt forget the smoke wagon on crapper), went to the mall then I hit the ATM because I had to transfer a chunk of cash from checking to savings. After driving the 20 minutes or so back to my neighborhood I noticed a car following me so I made a quick turn around the block and took a scenic route around the neighborhood until I felt better. She immediately started giving me the third degree even after I explained that "we just left an ATM and a car I dont recognize has been following me for at least 10 minutes that i noticed". But all I thought about is once you pull into the drive way you are blocked in and a sitting duck with the whole family in the car and I can remember at least 3 incidents in the last few years of people being ambushed in front of their house, and it didnt work out very well for them. Maybe I watch to much news?

[Irving]

Have her read this article, then tell her to shut up about your driving....or ELSE!

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/...to-pleasanton/

[rondog]

Man, the things women will bitch about when you're just trying to protect the family and keep everyone safe. I feel your pain. Try talking to mine sometime about situational awareness, opening the door to strangers, etc.

[HBARleatherneck]

delete

[Mtn.man]

It only gets better with time, or worse how ever you percieve it.
Mine is on me all the time about everything, even though she can't remember where she put her keys, but that is my fault too.

[theGinsue]

Yeah, I have cars follow me into and through my neighborhoob fairly often and I WILL NOT go straight to me home until I know they are well away from me before then. In most of the cases it's been a resident a few blocks away that pulls into their driveway, but in some of the cases the people never seem to find their "home". In those cases I generally find a way to follow them until they leave the neighborhood.

I have standing directions with my wife and kids to call me if they think they are being followed and to lead the followers into a neighborhood close to ours. With my big F250 I can get in behind the followers and on the couple of occasions I've had to get involved I've scared the sh!t out of a bunch of kids thinking it was fun to follow someone (no weapons were ever presented). Their idea of fun changed once they realized that the game had turned on them.

I've also ensured my family knows where the local police precincts around town are located. BG's rarely follow you into the parking lot of a police precinct.

My wife used to always accuse me of being paranoid, but she's seen me proven correct too many times now. She's finally starting to see that once my "spidey sense" tingles, something bad is usually going on.

There are a lot of very bad people out there and there are even more just plain dumba$$es that get off on trying to intimidate folks while they are behind the wheel.

[Ranger]

Mine just knows that is how I am and stopped saying anything. In fact she is probably getting as paranoid as I am these days!

[BigBear]

There are a lot of very bad people out there and there are even more just plain dumba$$es that get off on trying to intimidate folks while they are behind the wheel.

I don't get this... Just the other day I was driving along with my windows down (beautiful day here) and a SUV full of teenagers drove by yelling and tried to cut me off. What was the point of that? I don't get kids ideas of "fun" now-a-days.

[Mobat555]

The few times I have deviated our path I got an eye roll but she did not dispute it much since I had a incident once.

Luckily it was only me on my motorcycle, the people followed me from 6th and Wadsworth to 120th and federal.

Ever since I feel justified in my paranoia.

[K31Fan]

My 2 cents worth: women like to feel safe with their men. And when men start carrying guns, or making sure people aren't following them, it presents an image of danger - even though we know we have a better chance of keeping them safe when we're observant about these things.

Hmm, does that make sense?

Case and point: I think she was a little scared, and covered for it by calling you paranoid and being irate.

Keep protecting your family, it sounds like you're doing a damn good job!