She understands I’m sure

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        You live in an appearance obsessed fantasy world full of people who say that “YouTuber” and “Influencer” are their #1 career choices.

        Sensible people don’t see anything wrong with a Civic.

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          I also realized if OOP is a man, that sometimes women will judge men on their financial status because the traditional path assumes “the woman” will need to depend on “the man” financially as a stay-at-home mom, and so a desirable man to a traditional, straight woman is usually a wealthy man.

          Since I’m a gay woman and I accidentally assumed OOP was also a gay woman, I found it really confusing why she was worried the girl she is going out on a date would judge her for her old but reliable car.

          The whole meme makes more sense to me with OOP being a straight man 😅

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            My ex and I were joking about that. I asked her what kind of car would instantly cause her to nope out if someone came to pick her up… “PT Cruiser.” No hesitation.

            I am inclined to agree.

            As for the “assumed OOP” thing - we all do that, I think. I know I do constantly and have to check myself, even though I think it’s pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. That is, of course, as long as we can all agree about PT Cruisers. ;)

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              I think a Hummer would give me the ick faster; I feel like a PT Cruiser is ugly and poor taste, but I would at least find out if like they inherited the car or someone gifted them the car before nopeing out, whereas a Hummer wouldn’t probably get that level of benefit of the doubt, I would be looking for the quickest opportunity to nope.

              I think I would also feel that way about Corvettes and certain other luxury cars. BMW is also a red flag. Lexus is borderline.

              But yeah, I’m also not a typical person who actually went on dates or participated in much courting. At some point it was my goal to never have a romantic partner, and I see it as a fluke (even a failure) that someone found me anyway.

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              Why its just a car? The only red flag with a car I could think of is like a super expensive or impractical choice. Why would you judge a pt cruiser? Very reasonable car.