Is this a mistake?

[electro shock]

A friend of mine was telling me about when, a couple of months ago, he was driving on an interstate with his girlfriend on the passenger seat and she was complaining that he was going too slow. He said that he couldn't accelerate because he was at the speed limit and didn't want to have a ticket/risk an accident. So his girlfriend called him a pvssy and said that her ex boyfriend went 10x faster than he did because he wasn't afraid to get arrested.

So my friend started to accelerate past the speed limit because he was afraid that the girl would get mad, but then he slowed down quickly because he didn't want to get arrested and he kept apologizing like crazy when the girl called him a pvssy again.

Anyway, the girl dumped him shortly after.

IMO, I'm not too sure what the guy could have done... so, I'm asking this: if I ever find myself in that kind of situation, what should I do? Accelerate to make the girl happy and risk being arrested or stay below the speed limit and get called a pvssy?

 

[Jariel]

His mistake was actually giving into her in the first place.

So my friend started to accelerate past the speed limit because he was afraid that the girl would get mad...

If he was a self-confident man, he would have stood his ground and ignored her insults. And he sure as hell wouldn't give a damn about her getting mad or apologize to her.

 

[arlanda]

Originally posted by electro shock
IMO, I'm not too sure what the guy could have done... so, I'm asking this: if I ever find myself in that kind of situation, what should I do? Accelerate to make the girl happy and risk being arrested or stay below the speed limit and get called a pvssy?

Neither of those two. Stop the car, open the door and show her the way.

 

[LittleBigOne]

Look, who wants to have a girlfriend like that? He must be glad that she is out of his life. If i was that friend you mentioned i would go over the speedlimit and then while driving pushing her out of the car.
Don't concern about such things. You don't need such girl. You deserve better.

DW
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[MetalFortress]

Originally posted by electro shock
A friend of mine was telling me about when, a couple of months ago, he was driving on an interstate with his girlfriend on the passenger seat and she was complaining that he was going too slow. He said that he couldn't accelerate because he was at the speed limit and didn't want to have a ticket/risk an accident. So his girlfriend called him a pvssy and said that her ex boyfriend went 10x faster than he did because he wasn't afraid to get arrested.

So my friend started to accelerate past the speed limit because he was afraid that the girl would get mad, but then he slowed down quickly because he didn't want to get arrested and he kept apologizing like crazy when the girl called him a pvssy again.

Anyway, the girl dumped him shortly after.

IMO, I'm not too sure what the guy could have done... so, I'm asking this: if I ever find myself in that kind of situation, what should I do? Accelerate to make the girl happy and risk being arrested or stay below the speed limit and get called a pvssy?

WTF? If my gf did that to me, I'd slow down to BELOW the speed limit just to spite her until she apologized. If she still kept on, I'm dumping her ass. He should have stood up for himself.

 

[diablo]

No kidding... although I never would find myself in that position in the first place since I go around 5-10mph over, on average. Face it, the speed limit is just a little to slow... however, it sounds to me like the girl wasn't that interested in him to begin with - if she was she wouldn't be picking fights about things like how fast he does/doesn't drive. I'm in agreeance with some of the others - go as fast as you feel comfortable doing... and do it because you want to, not because someone else is pressuring you into it.

 

[mrRuckus]

Originally posted by diablo
No kidding... although I never would find myself in that position in the first place since I go around 5-10mph over, on average. Face it, the speed limit is just a little to slow....

They purposely set the speed limit below what the road engineers recommend as a safe limit.... to make money.

There have been incidences where when they raise the speed limit on a road the accident rate goes down.

 

[Keeper]

Re: Re: Is this a mistake?

Originally posted by arlanda
Neither of those two. Stop the car, open the door and show her the way.

That's the spirit!

 

[locarius]

You guys are all braindead if you think she dumped him because of how he drives.

 

[Keeper]

Originally posted by locarius
You guys are all braindead if you think she dumped him because of how he drives.

And you're braindead if you think that's why we think he was dumped.

Fool.