The driving my partner to the station is actually the best thing for both of us - we have one car between the two of us, so if he drives himself, the car sits at the station all day and I'm stuck with public transport. Plus there aren't really enough parking spaces in the available car parks near the train station nearest us unless he's basically out there catching the first train of the day at approximately 4.30am. Of the two of us, I'm the voluntary early riser, and the one who actually functions in the mornings (if he's functioning even vaguely normally at 7am, it's a sign he's either been up all night, or replaced by a pod-person) so driving him isn't a hassle unless the local drivers are being more bone-headed than usual. It's just the whole "re-arrange the routine to fit around changed circumstances" thing which bugs me.