Just curious ladies, is it a turn off to you to know a guy doesn't have his license?

In this city, it would matter to me. Our public transportation sucks, so there would probably be a reason like legal trouble or just being plain ol' stupid, for a man here not to have a license. Now, if I lived in Chicago, it wouldn't make a difference to me because he wouldn't need a car. But around here, you really need a car. And I am not about to cart some guy around. The only exception being if a medical reason kept him from it. Then I would be flexible and understanding.

It wouldn't be a turn off for me if a man didn't have a driver's licence, no. Those kind of superficialities are really unimportant in the scheme of things.

Why not? I don't have mine yet either.

There is a difference in not having a license and not knowing how to drive. Anybody can not have their license for whatever reason. So I'm assuming you mean would would it be a turn off for me to meet a guy who doesn't know how to operate a vehicle. Yeah, it would be peculiar for me to meet a grown man in this day and age who doesn't know how to drive.

Some people just don't learn how to drive, for several reasons, fear always the primary one. Ray Bradbury never learned because when he was a kid he witnessed people dying in a car wreck and he never wanted that to happen to him. Alfred Hitchcock never learned to drive, because he was afraid of policemen and figured if he never drove, he could never be pulled over for a ticket.

I wouldn't be hot on dating a female who didn't have a license. That can become a "Driving Miss Daisy" scenario very fast.

Marc™ wrote:

I wouldn't be hot on dating a female who didn't have a license. That can become a "Driving Miss Daisy" scenario very fast.

I was about to say it wasn't a big deal at all but that is a very valid point.

JM130ELM wrote:

Just curious ladies, is it a turn off to you to know a guy doesn't have his license?

It's a major turn off, actually. Depending on the reason why, I can overlook being licensed, but just not having a ride. If, however, he doesn't even have a license, then I don't think it is going to work. Like Kral said, I can't understand why a grown man would forsake knowing how to drive a car. That is just part of adult culture, IMO.

Nhaiyel wrote:

It's a major turn off, actually. Depending on the reason why, I can overlook being licensed, but just not having a ride. If, however, he doesn't even have a license, then I don't think it is going to work. Like Kral said, I can't understand why a grown man would forsake knowing how to drive a car. That is just part of adult culture, IMO.

It took a Korean woman 50 tries and well into her 70s before she finally passed her driver's test. Maybe the problem isn't they don't want to know, but haven't passed yet or aren't ready yet.

Marc™ wrote:

I wouldn't be hot on dating a female who didn't have a license. That can become a "Driving Miss Daisy" scenario very fast.

I agree with that and can say from experience that some unlicensed people or people with drivers licenses but no car are VERY quick to take advantage of people in their lives who have both. My brother was with woman who didn't have her license and within a week of dating, she saw him as a way to not have to ride the bus anymore. He was picking her up and taking her to work, taking her shopping and to visit with people.

I couldnt date a man w/o a license and a car (indefinitely) because I have both and I know its only gonna be a matter of time before I'm his personal dropper off and picker up.