Rites of passage have more to do with having their own cell phone and Skype accounts than with getting a driver’s license and car. (Class of 2017, #14)
Father: Sweetheart, times are tough, you can have a premium Skype account, or a driver’s license and a car, or we can throw you one hell of a debutante ball.
Daughter: That’s easy, I’ll take the Skype account!
I rather agree with this one. My niece will turn 18 in a few days (8/25) and just graduated from high school. She has an iPhone and iPod and saved money for several years to buy . . . a camera. She doesn’t have a driver’s license, in a state where she could have gotten it at age 16, and to this day still says she doesn’t care if she gets one or not.
On the other hand, I was so upset that I had to wait an entire 24 hours after I officially turned 16 (in 1987) to get my driver’s license—because my birthday was on a Sunday. With my parents’ help, I bought my first car at age 17.
So, yeah, I would say this one is pretty accurate.