I am 30 years old and was raised in an Asian country where people have 'drivers' and learning to drive/driving your own vehicle is simply not the norm. I moved to UK (London) for multiple higher degrees and obviously while I lived on beans and toast and had the Oyster student card I had to no reason to learn how to drive.
Fast forward five years. I live in the middle of the country, work in a different county, nothing much of public transport around, and expecting dc1. I desperately desperately need to drive. I bought a second hand car, spent £1659 on lessons and passed theory one shot and have been trying for a year now, but every test ends in tears. And failure.
First test - I was a mess, hardly had ten lessons. Write off.
Second test - got blinded by light and touched a kerb
Third test - fantastic drive, messed up the bay park at the end returning to test centre. No other faults at all, clean sheet.
Fourth test - was 7 weeks pregnant, Vomitting every ten minutes, can't even remember it, vomited in the middle of the test. Dozens of faults.
Today, fifth test - 5 months pregnant. fantastic drive. No fault. Except a van came up to my arse just as I was finishing off a beautiful turn in the road and I was deemed too close to it.
AIBU to think this is it? Al this money, all this time, perhaps some people just cannot drive? I am getting so so frustrated, spending hundreds on train fares, unable to go any places on my own for leisure, child on the way. I have never failed anything in my life, let alone five times.
It's so hard to find dates around here, and I even have an account with a cancellation finding company.
I feel so, so dejected. I feel useless really. I love driving, I love being behind the wheel, and every time it's a little something that slips up.
Is anyone around here who was in a similar place but did in the end make it? I am so so so demoralised.