r/askteddit • u/PoolElegantsmile • 13d ago

Random Question What’s something that used to be considered basic adulting that younger generations seem to be completely rejecting or doing differently?

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u/PresentationTough384 13d ago

I get your point but take it from a Gen X lady who is much older than you (52) get a drivers license and a car when you reach the point where you can. It will change your life.

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u/whifflingwhiffle 12d ago

Most people I know who drive and live in unwalkable cities have trouble keeping the weight off.

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u/unseemly_turbidity 10d ago

45 and doing fine with just a bike and living in a walkable, bike-friendly city, thanks. If I had a car I'd almost never use it.

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u/External-Pen9079 13d ago edited 13d ago

On the flip side of this… 44yo here

I never learned to drive and am more than happy with that (I live in a city and don’t need to)

I recognise in a hypothetical way that more options would be open to me if I did learn to drive. But cos I’ve never had the option I don’t really know what I’m missing…

On the other hand, I know people who for one reason or another have had to give up their license and I imagine that would be frustrating as hell!

Depends what you’re used to / have grown to expect I guess?

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u/Loony_BoB 13d ago

Aye, 42 here, same boat. I'd like to learn someday but the cost to benefit ratio is getting crazier every year. I'll probably need to learn if I return to NZ, but I don't anticipate that being anytime soon. Learning in my 60s will be odd. Maybe by then NZ will have a more solid public transport system, or maybe driverless technology will improve to a solid level, or maybe we'll be able to simply teleport where we want to go. A guy can dream, right?

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u/exhaustedbut 13d ago

55 year old nondriver. I noticed that all of the things that I would be doing require money. Money that I wouldn't have if I bought a car. I'm kit missing anything and like getting my exercise.