Hit and run

A few days ago, I came home and picked up the mail. There was a letter for Wife from the Oxballs Police Department, and a letter for me from the company that holds our auto insurance. [Oxballs is a town just a little under an hour away from us, and no that is not its real name.]

The letter from the insurance company was to inform me of my rights in case of submitting a claim. And the letter for Wife told her that she had been charged with hit-and-run, and that she had to make an appointment t pick up her citation in person or else they would issue a warrant for her arrest.

What???

Wife's story is that she was out shopping with Kevin, and "lightly bumped" another car while pulling into a parking space. She claims that she and Kevin both got out to inspect the other car and that she had done "absolutely no damage." So she didn't bother to leave her name or insurance information, but somebody obviously saw and wrote down her license plate number. Meanwhile, the owner of the other car is claiming huge damage ... hence the insurance claim and the police report.

Needless to add, neither Wife nor Kevin thought to take pictures of the other car with their cell phones, to back up the claim of no damage. And of course Wife is a listed driver on all our cars.

Somehow the clumsiness of her driving looks to me of a piece with the clumsiness with which she conducts the rest of her life. But, ... hit and run? God in Heaven!

It is getting harder to hang on until Son 2 goes away to school this fall.