caught R cheating and he moved out within a week to be with his new girlfriend. I got left with the car he bought – in my name because his license was suspended – a car I couldn’t drive. He’d given me 2 lessons before the big crisis and his departure. So, I mustered all the courage I could and started driving at night, when no one else was on the road, in case I would stall out in an intersection or anything (which happened a few times). The only way to do this is just to bite the bullet and start doing it. Get in the car and drive. You’ll learn, and you know what? I feel like it was one of my biggest achievements last year! I felt so empowered, teaching myself to drive and then driving around in this super sexy car. Plus, driving a stick shift, once you learn to do it, is a lot more fun than driving an automatic. You feel so engaged with the car and the road, accelerating is thrilling, driving fast is thrilling. It’s totally worth learning – especially I think for women, because it seems like a really kick ass thing to be able to drive a stick, and women should all be able to do a few kick ass things.
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learned under duress
17 months ago
