the Essex girl BLOCKED ME -(

After seven two-hour lessons and £750 spent, he handles manoeuvres but freezes in traffic, missing hazards, lanes, mirrors, signals, and braking. He regrets Malaysia, now planning only a short family trip; Japan is deferred while he pursues licensing, a car, and driving videos. He suspects Essex Girl blocked him after he blamed her for his divorce; he continues dating one English woman while pursuing others.

Driving becomes his latest single-minded autonomy project, displacing travel, dating, and former YouTube ambitions.