It's so good to hear everyone else's stories. It's not easy when colleagues/friends/family can sometimes make you feel like a freak for not driving.

I think the key for me has been to hit on a really motivating reason to drive. Friends saying "it will make your life so much easier," doesn't really cut it for me because I don't see my life as being THAT hard without a car. Certainly no harder than my parents who survived without a car and had a one-per-hour bus service.

What's pushed me over the edge is that I am getting very excited about doing some things to our house and I am very excited by the idea that I could jump in a car and go to a built-in-wardrobe place, a fabric shop and a carpet shop ALL ON THE SAME DAY if I wanted to rather than trying to work out the closest train station or waiting till DP has a day off.

Since I've found something to be excited about, rather than it being a 'should do', I'm a lot less scared.

I'll let you know how I go.

I think DP is now getting nervous about my excitedness especially as we'll have to swap his manual for an auto.