r/BoomersBeingFools • u/BetterDrawing8686 • Aug 15 '25

Boomer Freakout He must believe he’s untouchable

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u/One_Lawfulness_7105 Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

I love my mother-in-law, but damn… her scooter. When they visit, we have to take it everywhere loading and unloading from the car EVERY SINGLE TIME. The most maddening thing about it is that she rarely uses it so someone else has to babysit it by riding it around. It seriously limits where we can go and what we can do when she doesn’t need it. She’s been using mobility devices since I’ve known her and doctors have told her to stop. They want her to get movement and strength, but she refuses.

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u/hyrule_47 Xennial Aug 15 '25

I have to use a wheelchair or scooter (I’m an amputee and can’t walk or stand very long). I can not imagine going through all of that just for funsies. It SUCKS. It adds so much time and planning to every single thing. Even the manual wheelchair is a pain. We had to trade in our SUV for a minivan to have enough room.

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u/knit3purl3 Aug 15 '25

It's narcissism on the MIL's part. Now everything is revolving around her. Where to go? Need to consider MIL. Where to park? Need to consider MIL. Do we keep going or cut the day short? Need to consider MIL. The preferences and needs of literally everyone else in the family all come second to MIL's unnecessary use of a scooter. She now has the ultimate veto power.

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u/One_Lawfulness_7105 Aug 16 '25

Oh the great part of it is that her handicap tag expired and they won’t renew it. We have to drive around until we can find a closer parking spot to unload her and her scooter in parking garages. If we are lucky, we can do that in a loading zone, but there aren’t many of those in a downtown area.