It is a very real stage of life: need to get my oldest driving (driving well enough that the stress of him driving isn’t more than the stress of me driving him everywhere) before I can no longer ask my parents to help with driving. But also, realizing having a new driver doesn’t help that much if he doesn’t have a vehicle. Because I GUAR…
It is a very real stage of life: need to get my oldest driving (driving well enough that the stress of him driving isn’t more than the stress of me driving him everywhere) before I can no longer ask my parents to help with driving. But also, realizing having a new driver doesn’t help that much if he doesn’t have a vehicle. Because I GUARANTEE the blowups we will have when he takes one of our cars when we have somewhere to be, and leaves his garbage and sports stuff festering in it?!?! WWIII. Christ, I’m exhausted just thinking about it.
I feel your pain. My teen is 40 hours of drive time away from getting her license and we cannot get it done. However, if she got her license it would alleviate the intensity of the schedule. It's a vicious cycle.
We finally bought a cheap car from a friend for our 18 year old to use this year, and it is life-changing in how much time I have back. Yes I track him obsessively on Find my iphone still. But my car is just filled with MY trash now.
It is a very real stage of life: need to get my oldest driving (driving well enough that the stress of him driving isn’t more than the stress of me driving him everywhere) before I can no longer ask my parents to help with driving. But also, realizing having a new driver doesn’t help that much if he doesn’t have a vehicle. Because I GUARANTEE the blowups we will have when he takes one of our cars when we have somewhere to be, and leaves his garbage and sports stuff festering in it?!?! WWIII. Christ, I’m exhausted just thinking about it.
I understand now why people let their fetuses drive. Because it’s a nice little break.
And I have spent way too much time refreshing the news this week. Information is the enemy.
I feel your pain. My teen is 40 hours of drive time away from getting her license and we cannot get it done. However, if she got her license it would alleviate the intensity of the schedule. It's a vicious cycle.
We finally bought a cheap car from a friend for our 18 year old to use this year, and it is life-changing in how much time I have back. Yes I track him obsessively on Find my iphone still. But my car is just filled with MY trash now.