so date is off for tomorrow

[Rising Phoenix]

we might meet friday and go dancing.....here is the thing, I don't drive (long story) and I have this uncanny knack for meeting men who a. don't drive b. are in between carrs.....etc.....how annoying

[Solon]

1. I have a car!

Wanna go out sometime?

:hide:

[Rising Phoenix]

4. lol

[Solon]

9. Wanna see the...

backseat? :evilgrin:

:yoiks:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I don't drive either. I'm phobic about it. Hope the date works out *hugs*

[Rising Phoenix]

3. thanks babe!

me too....so phobic.....the date on Sat will still work out, which is the one I really wanted to happen

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Glad that one will still happen :^) Crossing my fingers that all goes well

[Rising Phoenix]

6. thanks hon

[FedUpWithIt All]

7. I am also a touch phobic about driving.

Interesting to see others with that problem. My Father died in a car so i always assumed that played into it. It is really difficult for me to force myself to drive and if it is at all possible to avoid it i do. :(

Is there something in your life that you think contributes to the phobia?

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. It'll sound really wierd but as a little kid I _really_ wanted to drive. But then I started

having nightmares about 'jacking my mother's car (like I am 'jacking Phoenix's thread right now. LOL) and going joyriding and getting into a world of trouble when I got caught.

By the time I was 15 they had to force me into taking Driver's Ed. I got my permit, ran it out to the end, took the test, nearly hit another car during the test (not my fault, though!), got a permit extension, got into an accident doing 20 mph and no one got hurt but it peeled the right front fender off and really freaked me out as to what could happen. I think I drove 2 more times after that at my parents' insistence, but I was so sure I was going to hit the bike rider or dog or oncoming car... whatever was in view, that I just flipped and said I would never drive again. (I did though, sorta. Took my littlest boy out in a go-kart. We were both terrified. I've driven our car up and down the driveway a few times, but only when I've been manic. The rest of the time it's scary.)

When I'm manic it just seems stupid that I am so scared of something like driving. Once I woke up from a dream in which driving seemed perfectly normal. I felt so confused as to why I didn't drive and it felt weird to me that I did not have my license. Wish that was a feeling I could reproduce at will so I could just get the stupid license already. *sigh*

[FedUpWithIt All]

11. ...

Just :hug:

I am a wreck when i drive but more so when it has been a while since i was behind the wheel. If i know the car and the route really well i do alright. Lately it is becoming more of a problem. We have a new car and my fiance drives most everywhere so every time i HAVE TO drive i panic...badly.

Every time i have a little fit and end up having to force myself to get into the car. It sucks.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. .

My family is so tired of me not being able to take myself or them anywhere, but I am just so scared. :cry: :puke:

I am really proud of you for being able to drive at all! :hug:

[DarkTirade]

8. I have a car!

... I live about 400 miles away, and have responsibilities that keep me from being away for more than a day or two... but I have a car! :P