Husband lets 28-year-old coworker borrow family car, 32-year-old wife insists she stop using it: ‘I will not put myself in this situation again’ – FAIL Blog

This wife is realizing that her husband’s coworker has been borrowing their car for way too long. 

This story is a surprising read. Before you check out the whole thing below, ask yourself: “When was the last time I let someone else drive my car?” I’m not talking about just like, letting your husband or wife use the car to get groceries. I mean, would you let your next-door neighbor borrow it? How about your teenager who isn’t on the family insurance plan yet? What about a coworker? You probably wouldn’t do that, right? 

It has nothing to do with wanting to be helpful or kind, because a lot of us want to imbue those qualities naturally. But you simply cannot let other people drive your car due to the incredible amount of risk it carries. If they somehow get into a fender-bender or slide on a little patch of icy snow, the financial and legal consequences could turn your life upside down in an instant. You’ll know this firsthand if you’ve ever been in a car accident before — the months and years of legal paperwork and meetings with lawyers, the back-and-forth with insurance companies, and the long wait to get your car back from the mechanic, can all put a damper on your life plans. 

This woman knows that she and her husband shouldn’t be lending out their car… at least she does now that the internet has told her in no uncertain terms. She does seem upset by the harshness of a lot of the comments, but I think that this is exactly the wakeup call that she and her husband needed. As she notes, she’s 38 weeks along, expecting her baby in probably about a month or so, and this type of undue stress is not going to be good for either her or her baby. The response she got to her post is her learning the easy way what could happen if the coworker borrowed the car and crashed it. The hard way would be letting things play out in real life. Chances are the coworker wouldn’t wreck the vehicle, but it’s one of those chances you simply should not ever take. 

If her husband really wanted to be nice to the coworker, he could offer occasional rides. But I think in this case, a little white lie might be the best way to go about it. Something like, “Oh, we actually will need the car back today, it has to go into the shop,” with 0 other explanation, might do it. But if she presses for an explanation, they could lie and say they found a buyer who will pay 5x over the offering price, or some other extravagant number that she couldn’t pay. It seems important not to ruffle feathers too much, since the husband, rather unwisely, chose to involve himself too deeply in the coworker’s personal affairs. No one has to be “to blame” here — this could hopefully resolve quickly with few hurt feelings. 

The post has now been deleted, but thanks to my swift screenshotting skills, I’ve preserved it for our lovely readers down below. You can see if you think the commenters were too harsh, or if they were just giving this couple a much-needed reality check before the baby is born.