Reply #5: Outside of giving birth and those hospital visits [View All]

[TayTay]

This was one of the worst. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires young drivers on a learner's permit to have 12 hours of driving with a parent. I did 8 of those hours in a friggin parking lot, 2 more in a graveyard (well, you can't hurt anyone there) and 2 on 'open roads.' It was awful.

I learned how to drive in the city of Boston. My kids only have to learn how to drive in East Podunk. I have no idea why this so completely bothered me, but it did. My son was so embarrassed to be driving with me. "Mom, can we go somewhere besides the school parking lot?" "Ah, no, we have to practice the 3 point turn. It's a good time. It's 8:00 am on Sunday, there's no one here. go for it."

Heart attack time for sure and certain. thank God for the driving school. They took my kid out on the highway and such. But damn, that kid knows his way around a parking lot, let me tell you.