****ing hell! Life doesn't leave you alone for long, does it? Sorry to hear that Exo, hope she'll be okay. At least you can comfort yourself with the thought that it could have been much, much worse.

I'm glad the insurance thing is all squared away - I've been thinking for a while of getting a dash cam for this explicit purpose (in case there are no witnesses and someone tries to lie about responsibility).

My wife deals with anxieties of her own, primarily about death and the after life, but not specifically related to cars (more related to planes actually). I hope Dana pulls through better and stronger for this whole thing.

In the moment though, car crashes are absolutely terrifying. In the moment, you don't know whether you'll live or die, and sometimes, the split-second decisions you make during these moments of fear and terror influence the outcome, just horrifying really. I've been in multiple accidents myself, never been my fault though, to my credit. I had an effin tie rod break on me, making me lose control of my car (thankfully not on the highway), I've had someone rear-end me when I was at a complete stop, and I've run into a moose on the highway, totalling my car. The moose was the worst in terms of lasting impressions, let's just say I'm extremely paranoid now at night and avoid night-driving whenever I can. But all these unfortunate events did lead to me being more cautious in almost all aspects of my driving - I'm a complete defensive driver nowadays, taking nothing for granted, always listening for any weird sounds my car might make. I just want to make it home safe.

One week, it's a beautiful marriage, the next week it's a horrifying car crash. Life is terrible and life is beautiful.

Poor Dana, that's terrifying. I hope you guys will be ok

God damn, dude, I can't imagine how scary and frustrating it must be to not be able to rush to the hospital.

Phones at 5%.

Dana is ok. We went to the hospital to get her checked out. Tests were fine. Doozy of a bruised wrist but that seems to be it. At home eating sushi.

I'll update more tomorrow but she's safe and alive. Gotta say thoigh guys...f*cking close call. Count your blessings.

Thank you all for the thoughts. Appreciate it internet fam!

sorry to hear about that :o:

Glad to hear she's all right. Go get some rest; reckon you could do with it now. Talk tomorrow.

Hope it isn't her handy wrist, bro.

Sounds like she just lucked in to the perfect opportunity to become ambidextrous.

I was sure you were gonna make a joke about women drivers but I'm glad you stayed classy.