Spouse got a new to him (2015) truck that isn't even nice or anything. Tonight I asked if I could take it to the gas station because he was blocking me in and it was more convenient and he said no, which he never has before so I asked why and he said "because i said so, it's my truck and I say when someone can or can't drive it"
Is this weird or do other people not let their spouses drive their cars when the spouse isn't an owner?
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I get being protective, but that’s a bit much. Why marry someone if you can’t trust them 100%

We both own both of our cars. We each have a primary car but we can drive either because we are both on the titles.
If it’s only his then technically he can say if you drive it or not.
maybe it's just me but especially because he didn't do that from the start, it just seems weirdly manipulative to me like he needed to feel powerful saying no or something
But I totally understand if it's like a brand new car or if your spouse has a bad driving record or something

Hmmm, could there be something inside the car he doesn’t want you to see?

That’s weird. Me and my partner have always driven each others cars. Sometimes he takes my car for work or his car. Just depends on what he’s doing for the day. I have a hatchback and he has a sedan. When I had a truck he loved driving it around. Even since right out of high school he would take my truck if I wasn’t using it before he got a car. (I had him under my insurance)

I don’t ever drive my hubbies truck because I just hate the feel of it compared to my suv, my hubby drives mine often though because it has all the car seats lol, neither of us mind, it sounds like your spouse is being weird about it

I let just about anyone drive my cars lol

I always think of it as “what’s mine is yours” in marriage 😭 I get having separate cars but in reality isn’t it technically both of your truck?
I know some guys who make their truck a huge part of their identity and don’t want anyone driving it, but I still feel like in marriage we should all share lol
I would only be hesitant if my husband wasn’t the best driver 😅 but even then though, it’s just a car
this is literally what I said, that we're married. He's been wanting to open a joint bank account so I was like how can you want to join our money but then say I can't take your car a mile down the road 😂
Mostly just wanted to check if I missed the memo and no one let's their spouse drive their cars

I don’t drive his car, but his car is a low sports car that has a “heavy duty clutch” and he’s scared that 1. I’ll go too fast over speed humps that’ll wreck the bottom of his car and 2. I can’t handle the heavy duty clutch because it’s much much heavier lol. I can drive manual, normal manual stick but I’ve never driven his car. It’s a sports show car. I think he has good reason though it’s not just about the trust here he can barely handle the clutch himself so he thinks I’ll have trouble . Subaru WRX he’s got. Turbo. And it’s loud. Lol.

When we first bought our first brand new vehicles we jokingly refused to let the other drive it but gave that up after a month or two

Haha nope you’re def not missing any memos! 😂 not just you at all!

My family have always said 'take the keys, don't ask'. That's how I grew up, I was driving cars in private fields at 14.
Very quickly I learnt that was not the case with my OH (who only passed his test the month before we met). So I say the same to him 🤷♀️

That’s an odd reaction tbh. I would snoop and see if anything is in the car lol
We have 2 cars while I mostly drive our van because it has more space I occassionly still drive the small car just because it runs better and has better gas milegage. Like I took it to my OB appointment today since he didn’t need it for work and my husband didn’t question it.

Yeah that’s suspicious- it’s giving he’s hiding something in the truck…

There’s no “mine”, everything is “ours”. Okay, the car might be my little get round with my stuff in it, my set up but it’s bought with our money. We have the keys to each others.

He drives mine but i dont touch his but i know its because he loved it nothing against me he dont let anyone he could of atleast explain to you then being shitty about it….

When we first got together we had our own cars and my partner was INSISTENT that I drive his for some reason 😂 I'm not even sure why, I think he just liked it and wanted me to share that, wanted me to drive it to see if I like it too, idk. Either way since having our daughter and moving house I've sold my car and gone on his insurance, so "his" car is now "our" car and I drive it more than he does 😂

the only reason i don’t let my bf drive is cause he 1) doesn’t have a license and 2) doesn’t know how to drive. i feel like that’s rlly the only valid reason to not let someone ur supposed to trust drive ur car

Personally, my partner could take my car if he wanted/I didn’t need it and I could take his car as well. As for his truck, I simply have never driven a truck and am not used to/not comfortable driving that large of a vehicle and he knows that lol so if I said I was gonna go drive his truck he would probably be like wtf?? 😂 but if you are familiar and comfortable with driving a truck, then yeah that is weird rather it’s just rude or suspicious, on his part.