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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did it until my kid was 10. The pandemic was my breaking point because it was harder to get rides/people didn't want my kid showing up after being on public transit. I think the hard thing about being car free is that your choices are really constrained, so maybe you like one dance studio better but the other is convenient by transit, or your kid wants to do a particular sport but it would take an hour to get there on the bus. [/quote]

Get. Rides. So you were freeloading off other drivers?[/quote]

Of course, should I feel deeply ashamed for saying "we are going to the same place, can I meet you at your house and get a ride"? I hate the UMC individualism that tells us we shouldn't help or depend on others, so asking for rides worked great for me as a way of screening out those people. I also use transit and uber/lyft. Now that I have a car, I'm happy to give rides.[/quote]

Right but all those times when you were taking rides you weren’t returning them. [/quote]

That's the issue. If you are always depending on someone else you are a taker. How about 50% of the time you spring for the Uber ride? [/quote]

Offer to pay for an uber is a nice thing to do. I can tell you as someone who has been without a car, it can be inconvenient and there is zero chance that your friend with a car wants to uber/drive/walk to your house with a car seat, wait for an uber, install a carseat in an uber, take uber to dance class, and then do it all over on the way back. They would much rather drive and get paid back with free babysitting.[/quote]

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