Lost my enthusiasm for my driving. Simply can't be bothered anymore.

I'm 19.
I took about 10 hours last year but they're irrelevant since I forgot everything by the time I resumed lessons this February.

So I've had about 23 hours with my new instructor and though she's lovely and teaches well, I feel like I'm getting nowhere. I can do all the basic things well - signals, left/right turns, hill starts, braking at junctions, peep/creep, stopping the car, crossing/meeting traffic etc...
I've also practised all the manoeuvres. I can do a turn in the road properly and today I did a left reverse and it went quite well. I suck at bay parking and I'm okay at parallel parking.

The only thing that bugs me is having to stop abruptly especially when you're stuck in traffic uphill or whatever. I've learnt not to panic when I stall and now I can calmly secure the car and move off even in traffic.

I've just stopped being excited for my lessons anymore. I feel like if I concentrate too much on keeping good clutch control and switching gears, I forget to do good mirror checks and assess the road ahead of me. If I then focus on the cars ahead and traffic lights, I mess up with clutch control. I've tried going into lessons with a positive mindset and confidence only to get bored and just count down the minutes until I'm back home.

I've always wanted to go down the easy route and do automatic but my dad's against the idea. He says manual requires common sense and if I can't even do that, how am I supposed to do anything? Family friends have been supportive saying, "Look, that person is really thick and they were able to do it. You can too!"
My dad's also saying, "You should have passed ages ago. You should've finished your lessons last year" etc.

I KNOW it's different for everyone, just as I know some people are fast learners and for others it takes a lot longer.
The more lessons I take, the less motivated I feel. It doesn't help that I'm constantly being frowned upon for not having passed already.

Should I just drive an automatic?

I'm 19.
I took about 10 hours last year but they're irrelevant since I forgot everything by the time I resumed lessons this February.

So I've had about 23 hours with my new instructor and though she's lovely and teaches well, I feel like I'm getting nowhere. I can do all the basic things well - signals, left/right turns, hill starts, braking at junctions, peep/creep, stopping the car, crossing/meeting traffic etc...
I've also practised all the manoeuvres. I can do a turn in the road properly and today I did a left reverse and it went quite well. I suck at bay parking and I'm okay at parallel parking.

The only thing that bugs me is having to stop abruptly especially when you're stuck in traffic uphill or whatever. I've learnt not to panic when I stall and now I can calmly secure the car and move off even in traffic.

I've just stopped being excited for my lessons anymore. I feel like if I concentrate too much on keeping good clutch control and switching gears, I forget to do good mirror checks and assess the road ahead of me. If I then focus on the cars ahead and traffic lights, I mess up with clutch control. I've tried going into lessons with a positive mindset and confidence only to get bored and just count down the minutes until I'm back home.

I've always wanted to go down the easy route and do automatic but my dad's against the idea. He says manual requires common sense and if I can't even do that, how am I supposed to do anything? Family friends have been supportive saying, "Look, that person is really thick and they were able to do it. You can too!"
My dad's also saying, "You should have passed ages ago. You should've finished your lessons last year" etc.

I KNOW it's different for everyone, just as I know some people are fast learners and for others it takes a lot longer.
The more lessons I take, the less motivated I feel. It doesn't help that I'm constantly being frowned upon for not having passed already.

Should I just drive an automatic?

Have you passed yet? I'm 20 and my sister is 22 still haven't got to do theory or driving haha it's so boring :/

Lmao, no. I'm 20 now too. My driving test (manual) was supposed to be on Friday but with perfectly good timing, I misplaced the paper counterpart of my license...which they're gonna scrap in a week anyway. So I wasn't allowed to do my test and that's £62 down the drain. :/
Got it booked for the end of July. I failed my last test with one major on the way back to the test centre. LOL.
I managed to regain my enthusiasm for it, by the way (in relation to why I made this thread) - my new instructor is a hell of a lot better. Think that was the key.

It's boring but you can do it! Have you had any lessons at all?

Aww glad you got ur enthusiasm back! No not had any lessons my mum keeps nagging us to do it saying oh i was the first one out of all my siblings to pass blah blah blah i'm only learning it now because I need to know how to drive when I go on my uni placement it's a requirement Hopefully i'll pass one day aha

Haha, the nagging thing...I can relate! It's just a good skill to learn I suppose for things like emergencies or...like you said, uni placements! Good luck for when you do the test!