Yeah neither of those things apply to me, but they do make sense. Although re: dating, I have a perhaps unconventional take. I wouldn’t want to be with someone who’d view not having a car as an important signal, and so not having a car would provide me with good signal about someone who’d want to go on a date with me, while also helping me avoid dating someone I wouldn’t want to be with anyway.
Edit: Hm, actually I think I was being too uncharitable here. Not having a car does seem like a strong signal that someone is poor. And it does seem reasonable to not want to date someone who is poor.
Yeah neither of those things apply to me, but they do make sense. Although re: dating, I have a perhaps unconventional take. I wouldn’t want to be with someone who’d view not having a car as an important signal, and so not having a car would provide me with good signal about someone who’d want to go on a date with me, while also helping me avoid dating someone I wouldn’t want to be with anyway.
Edit: Hm, actually I think I was being too uncharitable here. Not having a car does seem like a strong signal that someone is poor. And it does seem reasonable to not want to date someone who is poor.