I have never taken a date into a cab, come to think of it, I haven’t actually gotten into my own cab in 15 years or so due to the high price of merely sitting on the pleather without even going anywhere, but some people do take dates into cabs and I always wondered about the awkwardness of the whole situation.
If you don’t keep negiah, that’s one thing, but if you do keep negiah – that’s when the awkwardness begins. Anyone that has ever taken a cab in New York City knows that sitting in the front is generally not an option – besides, if you sit in the front and your date is in the back, that looks pretty weird doesn’t it?
So you two shomer negiah daters are in the back and suddenly you hit a sharp turn or the cabi curses at the pothole he just had to swerve to avoid and you find yourself sliding quickly across the cracked pleather in the direction of your date, what’s a yeshiva bochur to do?
Can you grab the suicide handles before you slide into your date, creating an awfully awkward situation? Or do you just let gravity take control?
Has anyone ever experienced this?
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Just deal. It’s not as if you’re fucking.
Reminds me of the “stopping short” technique in a Seinfeld episode.
you mean the soccer mom save?
The more you let gravity take control the more of a creep she’ll consider you. ..doesn’t matter how shart that turn into 42nd st. was..
It’s the same as in the subway; you’re not prepared when it starts or stops and you go sliding into her…
I always take my own car, besides girls love a man who knows how to handle a clutch
Hesh – besides girls love a man who knows how to handle a clutch
No, no, no, you got that wrong. It goes, guys love a girl that can handle a stick [shift].
Hold on to the handle and strategically place your purse in between.
actually, it is really masculine and sexy when a man can drive a manual.
Reminds me of the “stopping short” technique in a Seinfeld episode.
i just saw that episode.
honestly, it’s all about the funky cab smell that gets me all excited.
“girls love a man who knows how to handle a clutch.”
Dear Abby, scratch that, Dear Heshy,
What else do girls love?
Too funny.
Which isn’t to say that guys with skills don’t rock. They do.
What about girls who can drive a manual? After 2 years or marriage, my wife finally gave and learned to drive a manual (I wasn’t buying a new car). Now she loves it and after 25 years we finally only have 2 automatics , since you can’t get a mini van in a 5 speed. Now she misses it!