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chef · Guru

RE: Mothers Who Wish They Had Less Children

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

But but but but chef!!!! Didn't the world stop when you were 16 and not driving?! Didn't you become a helpless homebody ?!?! Lol

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Mellow Momma wrote:
But but but but chef!!!! Didn't the world stop when you were 16 and not driving?! Didn't you become a helpless homebody ?!?! Lol

It's amazing she was able to go to college and get a degree (or two).

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
But but but but chef!!!! Didn't the world stop when you were 16 and not driving?! Didn't you become a helpless homebody ?!?! Lol
It's amazing she was able to go to college and get a degree (or two).

I am surprised she isn't a spinster. 😉

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Mellow Momma wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
But but but but chef!!!! Didn't the world stop when you were 16 and not driving?! Didn't you become a helpless homebody ?!?! Lol
It's amazing she was able to go to college and get a degree (or two).
I am surprised she isn't a spinster. 😉

The years of therapy helped. evileye

chef · Guru

LOL! That was awesome, ladies!

The hardest thing about not driving at 16 was using my *gasp* legs to walk home. A whole mile and change. The horror! Or not. More like a leisurely stroll while eating the frozen yogurt I'd pick up on the way home.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Your parents made you take the TFW? OMG what kind of parents did you have?

chef · Guru

Horrible ones! All that walking was abuse. Abuse, I tell ya!

chef · Guru

I do realize it's different when one lives in the country but I simply didn't find driving to be necessary when I was a teen.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

chef wrote:
Horrible ones! All that walking was abuse. Abuse, I tell ya!

Maybe you can sue them after the fact. I hear that's the in thing today!

NAOW · Vette's SS

I don't understand not wanting to drive. I was counting down the days until I was old enough and went to take the test for my learner's the day I turned 14 1/2 (Dakota's). As soon as I was 15 I was in getting my Restricted License. Again at 16, getting my real license. All of my friends were the same way. I don't think I've ever met a kid who didn't want to drive as soon as they were able. It obviously happens- a lot, judging by this board, but I've just managed to not meet anyone, lol.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I wanted my license but it wasn't a burning desire. I knew that I'd have to pay for my own car and insurance. I knew that would take awhile so I got my license but I wasn't ecstatic about it.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I wanted mine. I needed them. Between mom and dad's schedules and my activities, I had to have them.

And I never wanted to be anywhere I couldn't leave.

And while Caitlyn didn't have a license and Jesse has yet to get his, they can drive if they needed to.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I wanted mine. But I lived out in the country - there was no walking to anywhere without it being a day long hike. My DNs didn't want theirs - they finally got them at 18. Everything they needed was really close to where they live, school, the beach, shopping - all within walking or biking distance.

We actually DID give their parents a hard time b/c they weren't even teaching them. But there really is a difference between learning to drive and getting a license.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

"Kids these days" don't see a drivers license as a right of passage of as an important way to connect like we did years ago. They have smartphones and FaceTime and they can "be with" their friends online anytime they want to. Driving just isn't as big of a deal to them because times have changed. It's not "the thing" like it once was.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2014/01/24/millenials-in-2014-take-my-car-not-my-phone/

college.usatoday.com/2015/05/07/drivers-licenses-proving-increasingly-less-necessary-among-millennials/

It just isn't something this generation is eager to do.

Vette · Owl drink to that!

NAOW wrote:
I don't understand not wanting to drive. I was counting down the days until I was old enough and went to take the test for my learner's the day I turned 14 1/2 (Dakota's). As soon as I was 15 I was in getting my Restricted License. Again at 16, getting my real license. All of my friends were the same way. I don't think I've ever met a kid who didn't want to drive as soon as they were able. It obviously happens- a lot, judging by this board, but I've just managed to not meet anyone, lol.

Same here NAOW!

chef · Guru

NAOW wrote:
I don't understand not wanting to drive. I was counting down the days until I was old enough and went to take the test for my learner's the day I turned 14 1/2 (Dakota's). As soon as I was 15 I was in getting my Restricted License. Again at 16, getting my real license. All of my friends were the same way. I don't think I've ever met a kid who didn't want to drive as soon as they were able. It obviously happens- a lot, judging by this board, but I've just managed to not meet anyone, lol.

For me, I knew I wasn't ready. Besides that, I was wired differently than my peers as teen and still am wired differently. The things that were important to my peers - driving, dating, dances, etc. - just wasn't for me. I didn't care what the popular crowd and, frankly, thought they were stupid for wanting to be carbon copies of each other. That line of thinking didn't and doesn't make any sense to me.

I enjoyed going to sports games but I genuinely love sports and watching a game. I looked forward to summer because I could go to summer school and get ahead. I voluntarily attended summer school each summer during HS and ended up with only having to take 1 mandatory class senior year. I also started college when I was a junior in HS. I was happy filling my schedule with academics.

chef · Guru

I had my permit for 2ish weeks before actually getting behind the wheel. The desire just wasn't there.

FNW · Guru

NAOW wrote:
I don't understand not wanting to drive. I was counting down the days until I was old enough and went to take the test for my learner's the day I turned 14 1/2 (Dakota's). As soon as I was 15 I was in getting my Restricted License. Again at 16, getting my real license. All of my friends were the same way. I don't think I've ever met a kid who didn't want to drive as soon as they were able. It obviously happens- a lot, judging by this board, but I've just managed to not meet anyone, lol.

Me, too. Although a friend of my mother never did get her driver's license. Up until the day she died, she had a fear of driving. Probably just as well she stayed off the road I suppose.

NAOW · Vette's SS

FNW wrote:
NAOW wrote:
I don't understand not wanting to drive. I was counting down the days until I was old enough and went to take the test for my learner's the day I turned 14 1/2 (Dakota's). As soon as I was 15 I was in getting my Restricted License. Again at 16, getting my real license. All of my friends were the same way. I don't think I've ever met a kid who didn't want to drive as soon as they were able. It obviously happens- a lot, judging by this board, but I've just managed to not meet anyone, lol.
Me, too. Although a friend of my mother never did get her driver's license. Up until the day she died, she had a fear of driving. Probably just as well she stayed off the road I suppose.

Yes, probably better she never did.

NAOW · Vette's SS

chef wrote:
NAOW wrote:
I don't understand not wanting to drive. I was counting down the days until I was old enough and went to take the test for my learner's the day I turned 14 1/2 (Dakota's). As soon as I was 15 I was in getting my Restricted License. Again at 16, getting my real license. All of my friends were the same way. I don't think I've ever met a kid who didn't want to drive as soon as they were able. It obviously happens- a lot, judging by this board, but I've just managed to not meet anyone, lol.
For me, I knew I wasn't ready. Besides that, I was wired differently than my peers as teen and still am wired differently. The things that were important to my peers - driving, dating, dances, etc. - just wasn't for me. I didn't care what the popular crowd and, frankly, thought they were stupid for wanting to be carbon copies of each other. That line of thinking didn't and doesn't make any sense to me.
I enjoyed going to sports games but I genuinely love sports and watching a game. I looked forward to summer because I could go to summer school and get ahead. I voluntarily attended summer school each summer during HS and ended up with only having to take 1 mandatory class senior year. I also started college when I was a junior in HS. I was happy filling my schedule with academics.

Ok...

I can tell you my wanting to drive had nothing to do with wanting to be popular or wanting to be just like everyone else. I had a strong desire to drive a car. To get where I wanted to go, without relying on anyone else to get me there.

I also live in an area without much for public transportation and not very many places within walking distance, so maybe that has something to do with it.

chef · Guru

NAOW wrote:
chef wrote:
NAOW wrote:
I don't understand not wanting to drive. I was counting down the days until I was old enough and went to take the test for my learner's the day I turned 14 1/2 (Dakota's). As soon as I was 15 I was in getting my Restricted License. Again at 16, getting my real license. All of my friends were the same way. I don't think I've ever met a kid who didn't want to drive as soon as they were able. It obviously happens- a lot, judging by this board, but I've just managed to not meet anyone, lol.
For me, I knew I wasn't ready. Besides that, I was wired differently than my peers as teen and still am wired differently. The things that were important to my peers - driving, dating, dances, etc. - just wasn't for me. I didn't care what the popular crowd and, frankly, thought they were stupid for wanting to be carbon copies of each other. That line of thinking didn't and doesn't make any sense to me.
I enjoyed going to sports games but I genuinely love sports and watching a game. I looked forward to summer because I could go to summer school and get ahead. I voluntarily attended summer school each summer during HS and ended up with only having to take 1 mandatory class senior year. I also started college when I was a junior in HS. I was happy filling my schedule with academics.
Ok...
I can tell you my wanting to drive had nothing to do with wanting to be popular or wanting to be just like everyone else. I had a strong desire to drive a car. To get where I wanted to go, without relying on anyone else to get me there.
I also live in an area without much for public transportation and not very many places within walking distance, so maybe that has something to do with it.

My perception is colored by my experience of attending a hoity toity high school in which the popu****s always showed up in color-coordinated outfits and loudly disparaged anyone who wasn't dressed to their liking. In regards to driving, it was a lot of clucking and head-shaking if *gasp* you didn't have the newest BMW, Mercedes, whatever. Driving was about being able to show off and act cool.

I'm sorry if I offended you.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

NAOW wrote:
chef wrote:
NAOW wrote:
I don't understand not wanting to drive. I was counting down the days until I was old enough and went to take the test for my learner's the day I turned 14 1/2 (Dakota's). As soon as I was 15 I was in getting my Restricted License. Again at 16, getting my real license. All of my friends were the same way. I don't think I've ever met a kid who didn't want to drive as soon as they were able. It obviously happens- a lot, judging by this board, but I've just managed to not meet anyone, lol.
For me, I knew I wasn't ready. Besides that, I was wired differently than my peers as teen and still am wired differently. The things that were important to my peers - driving, dating, dances, etc. - just wasn't for me. I didn't care what the popular crowd and, frankly, thought they were stupid for wanting to be carbon copies of each other. That line of thinking didn't and doesn't make any sense to me.
I enjoyed going to sports games but I genuinely love sports and watching a game. I looked forward to summer because I could go to summer school and get ahead. I voluntarily attended summer school each summer during HS and ended up with only having to take 1 mandatory class senior year. I also started college when I was a junior in HS. I was happy filling my schedule with academics.
Ok...
I can tell you my wanting to drive had nothing to do with wanting to be popular or wanting to be just like everyone else. I had a strong desire to drive a car. To get where I wanted to go, without relying on anyone else to get me there.
I also live in an area without much for public transportation and not very many places within walking distance, so maybe that has something to do with it.

That was me too. I hate having to wait for a ride.