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the question is ludicrous, whatever's most comfortable for the eldest or most physically frail.
Perhaps if you had a luxurious 4-door with full-size rear seats it would defer to the 'who called shotgun first' standard. But in every car I can think of, the front passenger seat has more leg room and the seat reclines. Almost no 2nd row compares, unless you have like a commuter van.
Let's say in the car it's a guy with a girl he's been dating for a good while (years). The guy picks up his elderly mother (almost 80 years old but still in pretty good shape with no physical disabilities) to take a hour trip. Does the girlfriend offer the front seat to the guy's mom or does she let the mom sit in the back seat? No, these are not bucket seats.
What happens if they're married and MIL is middle-aged and healthy? Does wife give up seat? I feel like sometimes I offer and sometimes I don't...now I'm curious!
Husband and I are in our late 20s and both of our mothers are fine with riding in the back. We've offered but they always choose the back. My mom prefers to sit in the back if she's not driving if there are more than just the two of us in the car. So we stopped offering.
this is funny because my grown sons try to MAKE me sit up front, and I insist on the back seat, not out of martyrdom, but because it is too nerve-wracking watching the traffic, more relaxing for me in the back seat; also i am really short and tiny, while my sons are all over 6 feet tall so i'd rather they have the leg room; if i am ever put in the front seat, with other adults in the back, I slide the seat way forward so the people in back can have leg room. i get teased all the time for being really short. i have to buy Japanese cars always so I can see out of them to drive
Mom sits in front....don't ask. If the girlfriend (or wife) gets their panties in a bunch over it, tell them to grow up.
I have always just gotten in the back when my Mom goes places with me and either my ex or a man drove. Back seats of most models are hard for ME to get out of. I sure am not going to expect my 80 year old mom to get out of them.
Husband and I are in our late 20s and both of our mothers are fine with riding in the back. We've offered but they always choose the back. My mom prefers to sit in the back if she's not driving if there are more than just the two of us in the car. So we stopped offering.
If you and hubby are in your late 20s I really doubt that either mother is 80 years old (like the OP's Mom).
A healthy, active, non-disabled 48 or 50 year woman can sit wherever she wants to sit, too.
What happens if they're married and MIL is middle-aged and healthy? Does wife give up seat? I feel like sometimes I offer and sometimes I don't...now I'm curious!
Great question! NOW we have a conversation.
What if mom is middle-aged and healthy? My wife and mother are like best friends so it's difficult for me to imagine such a situation, but personally, if I was driving my car, my mother should not feel entitled to the front seat, and I wouldn't expect my wife to offer it. It would be a nice gesture, but not obligatory.
Well you're obviously the high maintenance type. Good luck with that.
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