to think being able to drive is KEY skill for a woman ( particularly)

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or not

YANBU, but i think it is key for oth genders.

yes but oyu read these threads about women at home wiht a wanker h and not able to drive

grr

it's a key life skill for everyone

I think being able to drive is very basic skill for every adult.

Having said that, I am very glad not to be a regular car driver in Paris - driving is truly vile here!

YABU - I don't drive, and right now have no intentions of learning. I have got to the grand old (?) age of 30, 3 DC - don't drive. So far no issues with it.

Depends entirely on your circumstances. I don't drive but I live in central London and transport is excellent. No use at all for a car. I've never missed not having one.

I wish I could drive now that I'm stuck at home with a demanding toddler and the weather's shite

DH did warn me...

its like one of these things that ( money or friendly neighbour mate) permitting NEEDS to be done.
like er... getting married when you are pregnant, not then moaning on for years afterwards that " oh we neevr got around to ir and i really want to"

sheesh

yes the london argument is ofen proposed

tehn you leave london ( gasp!!!!) or go abroad and you look a right nincompoop

yes

otherwise how can you drive off into the sunset in a convertible?

a girl's got to dream

I bow to pressure a few years back and had a few lessons, but they were expensive, and having insurance, extra petrol (assuming I would then have been using the "family" car), etc etc just seemed like a silly amount to pay.

..imagine the derision if you said " ah its ok i live in norwich and like getting the number 9a to Lakenham so its ok!

I think it is a key skill for anyone even if you do live in central London but it is one of those things that you don't realise quite how big a difference it makes until you do it. I really hope my DC can learn before they leave school as it is harder to find the time for lessons later on.

I do agree

especially when women whinge about not being able to drive

I don't live in London, I've never lived in London (and never want to either ), I have also lived abroad where there was no "public trasnport service" to speak of (just "combies"). I never looked like a nicompoop there.

i know of a mum whose olde kids once told her that being able to drive made her "a proper mum"

but the kids were pretty vile to her most of the time tbh

no i am sorry
you need to be able to get out and about.
its so liberating!

like the poor lady wiht the alcoholic h and has to take two busses to a kids footie match as he was out being drunk

ermm I can get out and about.

in the middle of the night?
oh no
you will need a bus then.

YABU.

I would much prefer that fewer people could drive rather then even more. There are too many cars on the road as it is.

It is possible to travel and do everything you want to do without driving.

yes, my mother doesn't drive and we lived in teh middle of nowhere. it was a right pita. i can understand not having a car blahdeblah but get your licences ffs.

Yep - YABU. I do leave London and have spent 5 out of the last 7 years living abroad. Somehow I have managed and am pretty confident that I don't look like a 'nincompoop'. I'm off abroad again next year for three years and, guess what, still don't need to drive......

but it takes twice as long and is a pita