to find a man who coudlnt drive UTTERLy unattractive

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and rather pathetic

yadaydayd meddical expcetiosn etc

Y'see.
This is why otherwise sane people fancy Jeremy Clarkson.
He can drive.

Men. Cars.
Women. Cars.

Driving vital life skill imo for both genders.

UQD, now I know why we don't get on.

Do we not get on? I hadn't noticed. I'm sure it's a daft thing not to get on with someone about. But a life skill? Pleeeeeeeeease.

mumblechum - well, you're half right, and I'm not telling you which half.

Mrs GG - no Yorkshire accent (the very thought!) and no more chips than anyone else on here...

and cheers for the - woman in short skirt working away in the kitchen - malarkey, UQD. Some wistful thoughts there.

Life skill.

Glad dh could drive me to hospital when in labour. (Ambulances better used elsewhere and who fancies a taxi - if they'd even let you get in?)

Glad I'm able to drive dd to school 9 miles away.

Glad we could drive to remote parts of Europe for holidays.

etc etc etc

Threadie - No, not teasing. Good at languages = hopeless spatial awareness

at UQD

both my dh and I have Yorkshire accents

you have just set fire to all your brownie points

mine has yorkshire accent and HER-YUGE facial hair! And chips! don't talk to me about chips. If he could read, he'd read the Guardian.

I'm too scared to face Swedes.

YANBU. I feel the same way about men who don't know any latin. Driving is shit though.

Threadworrm, I love your new West Country accent.

Nothing wrong with a Yorkshire accent, I just find it funny that people think I have one!!

My brother got all the car genes. He is a driving examiner. But "Quis custodet ipsos custodies"?

That's interestign Iorek (my dearie) - I was reading it as a kind of Scandiwegian-Germano-gutteral-no-daylight-till-Aprril heerre kind off vorrm.

Arr, Iorek. My West Country Nana would apparently get out of her car, as a young woman, and hail down a passing male to park it for her. My dear old grandfather drove steam trains.

I baint no koind of Gerrrrman Onebat.

UQD. that is the annoying latin thing that all non-driving non-latin-knowing people know!

It is a useful but not vital life skill surely.

My DH can't drive - but it really doesn't bother me anymore. We live in London, and on the occassion we go outside London I drive - or we get cheapo rail tickets or taxis. It's mainly other people who make a big issue of the fact that he can't drive.

I guess he may need to start driving when DS needs to be ferried around, but I'm not sure I would trust his road sense even if he did manage to pass his test: I've seen him play the occassional computer driving game - and it was food for thought (I didn't realise verges / trees were meant to be driven on/crashed into).

I don't fancy the idea of a taxi trip to hospital when DC2 arrives: but that's the only issue I can think of.

yes noddy, I think so too..A life skill is something such as empathy, an ability to understand, recognising one's own character, ability to change etc. Driving is just a simple mechanical process. Kind of thing.

My DH can't drive

He's veeerrrreeee sexy ACTUALLY

I don't CARE that he can't drive - we were v young when we met and he'd failed a test. I'm a TERRIBLE passenger and alwasy discouraged him from learning [selfish]

Only time I wish he could drive is when I'm pregnant

So yes, YABU you ponce

Okay. I recognize my own character as someone who is more in control of my own destiny if I can make a car go back and forth.

Pan, with this emotional intelligence you are really spoiling us.

yes someone who drives but treats you like shit is pointless.Driving is like any other learned skill some are better than others at it and some just have no desire to master it.

Easily done, batty, easily done.

I know it's bad but I'd rather be treated badly in a car than be treated like a princess on a bus.

Not 'bad' Swedes..just a bit tasteless.