Just Ask Georgia: 4/17/2024

Georgia, I have a question,

Did I do the right thing? The other night, my girlfriend was reaching for something on a stool when she slipped and fell and injured her ankle. She was in quite a lot of pain, and we both agreed she needed to go to the ER. She asked me to drive her.

Normally, of course, I would be happy to drive her. However, I had already consumed several drinks that evening and was definitely over the legal limit to drive. I told her as much and said if she could give me two or three hours to metabolize the alcohol, I should be fine. She was really upset about this and told me how much pain she was in. But I didn’t feel comfortable driving and risking a DUI.

She then begged me to let her drive my car. However, she doesn’t have a license or much experience driving at night, and I didn’t feel comfortable with her driving my car in the pain and condition she was in. I offered to call an ambulance, but she said it was too expensive. In the end, we waited until I had sobered up, and then I drove her. Now she won’t talk to me. What else could I have done, though?

Broken Ankle Delay

Dear Delay,

While I agree that you did the right thing by not driving while intoxicated and also by not allowing someone in excruciating pain with no license and little experience to drive themselves, I do believe an ambulance - or a phone call to a friend, UBER, or LYFT - would have been more appropriate than waiting so long. She was in pain and not thinking correctly - you should have called someone sober or a professional driver (if available) and gotten her help sooner than you did. My guess is that’s why she’s mad. Make sure to help her as much as possible while she's injured; she’ll get over it eventually.

With love, Georgia

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