| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 7:50:33 AM | yeesh!
i wiped out 2 weeks ago in my jeep. dark road...rain...etc. the insurance company wants to total it. i want to keep it. long story short: i may end up ride-less for a bit.
does this somehow reflect on my character? | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 7:58:31 AM | | This is a great topic, just goes to show that us guys aren't as bad as some women make us out to be. We are more open minded about the prospect of dating someone without a car. Yes I have and will date a woman who doesn't own a car. | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 8:52:01 AM | I will use the redirect function to answer this one...if some guy had to ask me if i had a car..I would figure he did not have a car, and that would be goodbye. Now if it concerned social values after i knew him somewhat, then yes any woman should have a car. I feel that todays woman not having a car would either mean she is a total loser or druggy.
Janet
You Go, girl!
How very American!
Well,now.....
As someone who grew up in Europe, I am not instantly repulsed by someone pretending to be a human being without owning an automobile.......
It would be nice, if she had some form of independent transport, and if she gets around on a bicycle, skates or something like that, she may even be a kindred spirit.
Besides deserving a lot of respect, life can be difficult without a car in North America.
Not tyo worry, I do have one (two, actually...), in this country, I need to, I'm a guy........ | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 9:30:22 AM | | I would not be turned off by it, I would normally think she got into a bad wreck lately. If she told me 2 years without a car. I would think a car did not fit her budget. | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 11:01:06 AM | Hey,
I live in the UK I try and only use my car to get to work. I normaly either cycle or walk around town... its good for your health!! Or catch the train between towns, but obviously it depends on what transport's like where you live.
Anyway it doesn't worry me if a girl drives or not... I'm not looking at what a girl owns etc.. much more interested in a girls personality. | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 11:04:51 AM | Depends on the situation and where you live and how far apart you live. If the girl lives down the street from you, I think that's not as big of a problem as if the girl lives 50 miles away.
It's not a deal breaker, but it's another complication to be honest. The more complications you have, the harder it is to find and hold common ground together.
I accept though that the reverse would not be true. Maybe if the guy was still in college and there were good future prospects of his earning potential or if the guy lived in an area where a car was impractical, but it's still not very likely. A car is a sign of financial flexibility, stability and options to a female when it comes to dating.
For a guy:
Not having enough money to support and maintain a car = not having enough money to spend on her.
Not having enough money to spend on her = she's going to sleep with someone else.
Not having enough money to support and maintain a car = she's going to sleep with someone else.
It's been this way since high school, when the first guy to get a car probably got laid simply for having a car, the world hasn't changed much since. | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 11:36:12 AM |
It's been this way since high school, when the first guy to get a car probably got laid simply for having a car, the world hasn't changed much since.
Oh Dear, Am I In Trouble | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 11:58:30 AM | Few months with no car I could understand. Few years? No way, she would have to show me that she has been able to keep a job and able to stop by my place from time to time. If she can do that then I wouldn't care and figured her lifestyle doesnt need the use of a car.
But honestly, I cant see that unless you are in the inner city and I don't see myself dating someone in that sort of situation. I have known people that live in downtown Chicago that don't own cars and that is prefect for them. I for one wouldn't mind dating someone like that. But I live in Detroit atm, it is a totally different story!  | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 3:30:19 PM |
I will use the redirect function to answer this one...if some guy had to ask me if i had a car..I would figure he did not have a car, and that would be goodbye. Now if it concerned social values after i knew him somewhat, then yes any woman should have a car. I feel that todays woman not having a car would either mean she is a total loser or druggy
I was going to let that one go, I have to say it, if a bloke had come out with that statement I would have called him a pretentious prick, I don't drive, I don't hold a valid driving license, for the simple reason I don't want one, I'm quite happy to jump on the bus, or if I need to go further the train, it gets me to where I need to go without all the added hassle of traffic jams, road works that never seem to end, being cut up by a driver who thinks that having a drivers license is a god given right instead of a privilege, suffering from driver rage because the guy in the lane next to you is being a nob, my car breaking down when I need to get somewhere quick, having problems getting it started in the morning because it is too bloody cold, or the lights have been left on and drained the battery, oh and to top it all of the rising price of petrol, why on earth would I want all that stress, no thanks. It wouldn't bother me If I met someone down the line and he didn't drive. The thing being not everyone wants to have a driving license. And according to you because I don't have a car, I'm either a druggie or a loser, has it ever occurred to you that not everyone needs the social prestige that having a car is supposed to bring. I'm confident in who I am as a person, I don't need or want someone in my life who see's a car as being a status symbol, someone like that can take a long walk of a short pier, because I wouldn't entertain them. | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 7:40:06 PM |
Not having enough money to support and maintain a car = not having enough money to spend on her.
Not having enough money to spend on her = she's going to sleep with someone else.
Not having enough money to support and maintain a car = she's going to sleep with someone else.
It's been this way since high school, when the first guy to get a car probably got laid simply for having a car, the world hasn't changed much since. Sorry, UHS, but I have to catch you on this one. Women in the forums keep saying they don't need a guy for his money. You're claiming that they want a guy who spends his money on her. That means she wants him for his money, amongst other things.
Basically, what this says is: if she cares that you have a car, then she's materialistic. In a woman who is looking for a husband, and who expects to cook & clean for him, that's only fair. In a woman who has her own money, and expects to keep it, AND expects him to be good-looking, AND expects him to spend money on her, that just ain't playing fair, IMHO. Who wants to be with someone who wants it all her way? More to the point, who is NOT going to keep looking, for the non-materialistic woman? | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 7:48:07 PM | Both people should have a vehicle.
What happens when the only one in the relationship with a car is broken down in the middle of nowhere? What about if they've wrecked there? What about when their car won't start in the morning and they can't get to work? And so on...
Not like that matters anyway. I doubt that some of these "MUST HAVE A CAR" women even think along those lines about it. | |
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dsj34
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Joined: 11/1/2007
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 8:00:00 PM | | Having a car isn't a requirement, but not having a car could make things harder if I often have to drive a woman to various places, if there is little/no public transportation, or if a woman doesn't live that close to me. | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 8:11:15 PM | If I were into a woman I would date her no matter what she didn't have. Do you know why? I'm a man. For almost all men, we could care less what a woman doesn't have materialistically.
I sure wish it worked the other way around. | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/26/2007 9:55:47 PM | As long as she doesn't come crying to me at all hours of the day to bum her a ride somewhere. And if she's going to get away with that, I charge $20 per ride, of course, and a little extra at the night hours. I mean, sheesh! You ever see the rising gas prices nowadays?
I'd never like anyone enough to let them ride for free. What's in it for me? | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/27/2007 12:42:10 AM | If she was making a statement and didn't believe in cars, I could understand it, but I would hate to see her swallow her pride if she decided to have a family and drive the kids to school.
If she was just having a tough time of things because she bought a lemon and decided it was better off in the junkyard, I'd help her out as much as I could and even lend her my car. As long as she got where she wanted to go it wouldn't bother me. Of course I would have to like her, that would help. | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/27/2007 12:51:16 AM | three must's 1. must have a car 2. must have a job 3. must have a place to stay. i'm not a taxi, i'm not a sugar daddy, i'm not a landlord
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/27/2007 1:12:29 AM | Wow. I'm surprised by some of the answers in this thread.
So, I don't have a car, so I'm a druggy or a loser.. or better yet, a mooch. I suppose it's all subjective, but really, in an urban area with access and willingness to use other resources, you'd reject a potential mate based on a possession?
Someone who has a career and a home is not worthy based on the fact that something that is deemed as an unnecessary expense due to location and lifestyle? Regardless of a willingness to utilize the alternatives? By that I mean car coops, renting, taxis, etc.. at that persons expense. To me, it's just a more economically sound decision than to own something that will depreciate in value and for the most part spend most of it's time in a garage.
I'm in a high income bracket, and I wouldn't use "must own a car" as a qualifier for a mate. There are a lot of other ways to determine someone's character. | |
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/27/2007 8:58:20 AM | i dont see the problem, theres a lot of people taking trains, buses etc these days or even better walking. Cars are not everything. some people prefer not to drive and it should not matter whoever it is if they have a car or not. If you like someone then you like them for them, not for their material possessions | |
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Joined: 6/30/2006
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| Would you date a woman with no car?
Posted: 11/27/2007 9:12:26 AM | I dont make lots of money...and my credit is crap (thank you ex-girlfriend..lol)....and I own a 2007 truck....not bragging..just making a point...
your over 30 and dont have a car?...big no for me | |
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