to hate it when people who can't or won't drive talk about "lift shares"

[soggy14]

I'm not talking about friends here who I may offer a lift to but various colleagues/acquaintances etc. who sign up to go somewhere/do something and then announce that they "don't drive" and so need a "lift share". I hate this. It not sharing when it is all give on one side and take on the other.

It seems that not being a driver for whatever reason somehow makes it okay for you to cadge off other people all the time and those of us who have bothered to learn to drive or who have prioritised buying a car are supposed to enjoy having someone else in the passenger seat.

I passed my driving test but I am a bad driver - I'm dyspraxia with very little spatial awareness and in the brief window I drove, I had 2 accidents which were my fault because I can't judge things very well. So I don't drive. I never ask for lifts, as I live in a city with excellent transport, but often people assume I will want a lift or even ask other people to give me a lift. It makes me sad that people are so contemptuous of non drivers - I wish I could do it! I hate having lifts, and I feel bad that my DH has to drive our children everywhere ( though he is fully supportive of my non driving ). It's not always laziness.

FFS.

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