How to buy your first car as a grown-ass woman
Emma Johnson, a professional single mom. Her goal is to help you build a full, awesome life as a single mom. She's helped millions of mommas with career, money, business, parenting, feminism, dating, sex, success, love and relationships advice. You’re not in this alone!
I recently read this post in my Facebook group, Millionaire Single Moms, and it made me feel all the good feels:
At 40 years of age this happened today: I purchased my first car on my own — no male input, no ex-husband choosing which car, no parents weighing in on my choice… this beautiful baby is a result of all my hard work and research. I am proud of myself today – selling the ex’s car I got in the divorce and starting fresh with my own selection: a Lincoln Hybrid MKZ. Excited to pick up my daughter from school today in this new purchase mommy did all on her own. – Jennifer
I hear from women all the time about the incredible feeling that comes with buying a car on their own.
Not only do they get the car they want (and not the car a parent or man thinks they should have —or are willing to pay for) but having the financial power to make a major purchase, as well as select a giant, technical machine (which society tells us is men's territory) is incredibly empowering.
But it also made me think. How many single moms have never actually purchased their own car? When I looked deeper into my Facebook group, polled my Instagram followers (I’m @wealthysinglemommy by the way) and brought it up in casual conversation all week, I quickly found the answer: A LOT.
Most women I talked to had similar reasons why they’d never bought a car......
