I passed my driving test! I’m too embarrassed to tell people IRL so I’m telling MN

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I’m 32 and feel a bit stupid telling people I’ve passed my test when most people do it as teenagers or early 20s. I’ve really lost confidence in myself over the years so I’m actually really pleased with myself for passing first time. I feel like I’m not completely useless for once. Please share your good news too!

Awesome!

You're going places, op!

😍🍸

I didn't pass mine until I had DC, when I was in my mid-thirties. Up until then, I used public transport.

Congrats though!

Congratulations! I passed my test at 32, too.

I think the examiner was being kind to me as I was 8 months pregnant with DD1, but it didn’t matter, that one pass was all that mattered.

That's brilliant !! Well Done !

First time !! Well done 🍾

I only passed third time, so I'm impressed.

Well done. Your driving test is one of the most nerve wracking things you'll have to do and it's a proper milestone to achieve and will open up opportunities for you with work options and social freedom.

Amazing achievement! Dint be embarrassed, I passed in feb at 35 and shouted it from the rooftops 🤣

Excellent well done!! I was 30 and third time lucky - doesn’t matter!

I passed when I was 39 ... I told everyone . I don't care want people think .

I didn't really need to learn to drive as I live to public transport and walked everywhere, only passed my test so I could take my kids to places that were a pain to get to .

I was 34 when I passed over 30 years ago! Shout it from the rooftops! It's a massive achievement and will enhance your life

Congratulations! Nothing to be embarrassed about. My brother passed in his late 20s, he hadn’t even told anyone he was trying to learn to drive (again) and then out of the blue just announced he’d passed his test and everyone was pleased for him.

Less and less teenagers and young adults are bothering, fishy getting round to it in your thirties is going to get more and more common. Well done.

yay!! That is great news!

One of my friends passed last year at the age of 63. Her husband was a controlling sort and never let her learn (said she was too ditzy to drive and he would drive her to places if he approved of where she wanted to go). When he passed away she booked in for her first ever lesson within the week.

Congratulations! This isn't old! I was 35 passing mine after decades of trying!

It isn't when you pass, it's that you've passed! It shows tenacity! I'm proud of you! Tell people!

I'm 54 and still don't drive, nor do I care! Congratulations! It's something to be proud of, not embarrassed about.

Congratulations! 🎊

That's the other thing - I also happily tell people I only learned to drive a few years ago, and there hasn't been one negative reaction. It has always been "Good on you! That's major!" Now maybe that's more of a thing because I'm 60 and not 30, and have a fair bit of don't-give-a-fuck now, but I suspect if you tell people you'll get congratulations. And if they make negative comments, well, you know they're arseholes whose opinions aren't worth a bucket of piss.

Congrats op! My mum never learned to drive until I was in my teens... then she got lessons and got her licence just a few years before I learned.

She also never went to uni as a young person but then took a course and got a degree just a couple of years before I graduated from mine!

So she was in her 40s/50s for both!

I'll always be better at parking though :)

Congratulations!

Wow - congratulations. I passed mine when I was 30!

Congratulations! I passed my car test when I was 49, so you're beating me at adulting..! 😁

Congratulations! I failed my maths O'level 3 times and gave up. I was always quite open about it. Then I took GCSE aged 61 and got a good pass. Did I shout it from the rooftops (and Facebook)? Hell yeah

Congratulations!

I learned to drive when I was in my 20s but I didn't start swimming lessons until I was 33. I was embarrassed at first but when I started telling people they were all so positive about it (after the initial "what, you can't swim??").

Don't be daft, I passed at 35. Nothing embarrassing about it.