Originally posted by micki76
I failed the stupid test twice! I was also 21 when I got my license. Part of that was my mothers fear projected onto me. She never learned how to drive and I always feared it because she did. After I learned there was no stopping me! You too may learn to love the freedom. Good luck!!!
Funny you should say that...I know exactly where you're coming from. My grandmother practically raised me and she has always been the most paranoid driver. One of my earliest memories is of her making my preschool teacher take out a map so they could find a different route so she wouldn't have to cross a busy intersection that always made her so very nervous. I think I picked up on her fear and paranoia as a young child. I can remember being in 1st or 2nd grade and thinking how nice it was that I didn't have to drive.

Even though I've hated it, I'm glad my F-I-L has made me start driving these past few months. I'm much more comfortable with it than before although traffic does freak me out and I do drive like a Maw Maw, but hey, it's progress.

Thanks everyone for your kind wishes. Hopefully I'll have my license by this time tomorrow and I can stop the weekly driving lessons with Pop(my F-I-L). While the driving has been fine, every time I get into his new BMW, I'm so afraid that something will happen while I'm driving it. I so don't need that stress anymore!