Hey Susan,
I didn't plan on not being able to drive. I suffered a 20-hole retinal detachment in my right eye (and a two-hole tear in my left) when, on Tuesday, August 5, 1980, I broke the water in a swimming pool headfirst from a three-meter board. Spent nine days in Wills Eye Hospital in Philly; had ninety minutes of surgery on my right eye on August 8, 1980; spent my 17th birthday in hospital two days later; had a ten-minute operation on my left eye on August 13, 1980; and was forbidden by my surgeon to take driver's ed.
Fortunately I live near Philadelphia and my hometown has a PATCO High Speedline (commuter train between Jersey and Philly) station. I get around by walking, taking public transit, getting rides from friends, and/or (a last resort) taking cabs.
It makes dating very difficult because staying home is much easier than meeting someone.
Jim, who likes women more than they like him.