Minivan drivers are athletes.

[Midlodemocrat]

I am sick and tired of the attitude around this place about minivans. It is HARD FUCKING WORK to drive one of those suckers. First of all, you have to get the temperature right or the little shits in the back will whine. Then you have to put in the right DVD or play the right music, or all hell breaks loose.

You have to bring snacks and water. You have to have blankets in case it gets cold. You have to put up with 'He's touching me, he's touching me'.

IT IS NOT FUCKING EASY TO DO THIS DAY AFTER DAY, PEOPLE!@!!!!!!@@@@!!!


I know LaraMN, LIW, BarenakedLady, KitchenWitch and qmpmom support this post. :patriot:

edited to add KitchenWitch

[KitchenWitch]

1. I am in full support of this post - I drive a minivan.

:patriot:

It needed to be said.

[flvegan]

2. Driving a minivan sounds a lot like being a Mod around here.

Just sayin'

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Mods don't have tasers or pepper spray.

:hide:

[flvegan]

5. Taser? Why do you advocate torture?

[Midlodemocrat]

6. It's better than listening to them whine.

Series.

[LeftyMom]

4. Aren't you glad your friends talked you out of buying one?

[Ptah]

7. And miniature golf is no walk in the park.

[kmla]

8. I support you and feel your pain, Midlo.

I'm an exhausted minivan driving Dad.

The "Will you start the movie?" chorus starts eminating from the backseat before we have even backed out of the garage. *sigh*

Hey! Driving minivans is hard work! (incorrectly sentence structure is intentional)

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. You think you have it bad???

The triplets' mother puts up with three seven-year-olds in her minivan.

:patriot:

[texas1928]

10. Duct Tape. n/t

[Inchworm]

11. I too drive a minivan

It is not for kidlets though.

I need the room for my dogs. They too have needs. All rear windows must be opened and the passenger window 1/2 way open. I have to plan trips so as not to leave anything in the van tempting for munching as I go into the next store.

My Akita once destroyed a big bag of potting soil and I came back to a van with an inch of dirt from front to back.

It is not fucking easy, but the rewards are great. :)

:hi:

[Javaman]

12. Don't make Me Come BACK THERE! NT

[China_cat]

20. Oh dear lord...I found myself saying that to the dogs

in the mountains of WV when they were especially testy Sat. morning.

[Rambis]

13. Love my Isuzu Oasis minivan

I would not drive anything else- Damn I said Oasis sorry-

[AirmensMom]

14. Are we there yet?

I hafta go to the baffroom. :P

We have a minivan ... and the little shits have grown up. They think buying it made us go from uncool to totally-uncool-with-no-hope. :shrug: They are SO glad they're not us. :rofl:

[Pithlet]

15. Not to mention you have to be limber

to be able to insert the DVD and then twist around and back to look up at the screen behind you to see if the menu has popped up yet. You can really pull a muscle that way. To prevent any flames, this is always done by the passenger or while at a complete stop.

[LynneSin]

16. What do you want - a medal or a chest to put it on

:hide:

[LaraMN]

17. My kids are weird in the van.

The minute they get in, they just glaze over.
They don't fight or talk or do anything. They all just stare out the windows-whether it's a two minute trip or a two hour one.
I'm not complaining- it's just weird.
Sometimes Jack licks his finger and wipes his spit on the window, but that's about it.

[jakefrep]

18. Especially when the power steering goes out. nt

[China_cat]

19. I support you and I don't have kids

We do, however, have 3 (large) dogs that have to be accomodated. Just this past Fri. night we drove from SC to PA with them. We had the doggy equivalent of 'are we there yet' with them whining in the driver's ear and drooling on his shirt until it looked like he'd been pouring water all over his arm.

Then there were the 'he's touching me' snarls and griping because one had a better vantage point on the mattress and wouldn't let the others get comfortable. The 'I gotta go...RIGHT NOW' half-whine, half-bark. And the 3 part harmony to go with (and drown out) any music we might want to listen to.

My kids might wear fur year round, but I know just what you're talking about.

[Javaman]

21. I didn't know that Mini Driver was an athlete? nt

[BarenakedLady]

22. Damn straight!

You forgot "MooooooooM!!! He's looking out myyyyyy window!!!!"

[redqueen]

23. Hell, I go through all of that ('cept for the DVD stuff) in a subcompact!

No vents in the back make summers in texas a real PITA. It's ALWAYS too hot. Unless it's too cold.

:crazy:

[Iris]

24. Damn! How did my mom survive with just a station wagon that didn't even have a tape deck

much less a dvd player?