The day I realized I was putting my seatbelt on backwards for 5 years

I was always getting annoyed at how the seatbelt would twist right near the buckle. Like every single time I got in my car I'd have to reach down and untangle it before I could click in. Last week my friend watched me do it and just started laughing. She said 'you're grabbing the wrong side of the strap when you pull it across.' Turns out I was grabbing the twisted edge instead of the flat edge and that's what caused the twist every time. Now I just grab it by the buckle end and pull straight across and it never twists anymore. Has anyone else had a dumb little car habit that you only fixed after someone pointed it out?

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uma_taylor471d ago

You ever have one of those moments where you realize you've been making something harder than it needed to be the whole time? I did the same thing for like three years before my brother finally said something.

casey_wood21d ago

@uma_taylor47 Oh man, that hit close to home! I spent like two years folding my fitted sheets wrong and getting so frustrated. My roommate finally showed me the corner pocket trick and I felt like such a dummy. Sometimes the people closest to us just see our blind spots so clearly!

grace_campbell1d ago

Wait, you mean there's a right and wrong way to grab a seatbelt? I've been blaming my passenger seat for being haunted. Maybe my whole life is just one long mistake with a side of twisted fabric.