Learning to trust myself II

[heatherg]

My H calls me this morning to tell me that he's getting his oil changed at lunch time (remember, we're taking his truck to MI). I say ok and we exchange a few other things and hang up. I call him around lunch time and tell him I called to keep him company for a couple minutes while he's getting his oil changed. While we're talking, I can hear the technician in the background telling him something and H says "THAT'S weird, ok man, thanks". He says to me "the guy handed me my keys and tells me my engine light is on", and I proceed to say how stupid that is that he expects you to drive off with that nice piece of info without suggesting they take a look to see WHY the light might be on....anyway, H gets defensive for some reason. I say "well you're going to have to have that checked out, we can't drive all the way to MI with your engine light on". He says "yes we can, don't start". I say "I'm suggesting you get your truck looked at and you tell me 'don't start'?" He says "yes". I said "yeah, well ok, those lights don't mean anything anyway right? It's your truck. I'm at the grocery store so I need to get going."
At this point, I'm sorry, but I'm thinking 'what an absolute retard'. Who PLANS to drive 2,000 miles KNOWING their engine light is on??!!

So he calls me later and says "You'll be happy to know I got my truck fixed. In a very low muffled voice he says "I think you wanted there to be something wrong with it, but anyway" and he tries to go right by that statement and tell me about how he got it fixed. I interrupted with a really stern voice and said "You think I *wanted* your truck to be broken?" He says "I get that feeling, yeah". I said "And if I wanted your truck to be broken, I wouldn't be telling you to go have it looked at, *would* I?" He says "yes, you would". I said something else after that but I can't remember what. He then proceeds to finish telling me about how it got fixed.

Anyway, despite the fact that he was a jerk, I got the feeling that he was slightly intimidated by me. He got his "jab" in, but said it really cowardly and then tried to keep talking, changing the subject. He got quiet when I challenged him and wouldn't say much. The whole thing just made me think he's a huge wimp. And stupid to boot.