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I was always terrified my father would fall when I took him on trips to the pharmacy. I just decided in my head that after the first fall there would be no more trips out there. Luckily it never came to that, but it is a good excuse to stop the trips to the store.
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Susansa Apr 2024
I’m thinking an actual fall would convince him. He’s had falls at home and luckily he was not hurt. Fear a fall out of home he wouldn’t be as lucky. Would hate for that to happen.
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Maybe he will be satisfied with just an outing, my mom often waited in the car while I shopped and then we'd hit the drive through and take our lunch to eat at the park.
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waytomisery Apr 2024
Yes , when the shopping experience gets too stressful , a drive and getting a meal is enough .
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Tell him you are not a crutch , therefore he stays home while you do the shopping . The other alternative is, if two of you go shopping with him , one pushes your father in law in a wheelchair , the other pushes the shopping cart.

Stop holding him up in the store , that’s absolutely ridiculous. Your husband needs to put his foot down with his Dad .
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After my mom tipped over a shopping cart by holding on to it while falling in the aisle, I told her she couldn't go shopping with me anymore. There was no convincing, there was no discussion. I told her I would do the shopping, and she had to stay home, and that was that.
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lealonnie1 Apr 2024
Imagine that. Putting your foot down and using the horrible and dreaded "N" word: NO. I've used it a lot with my parents while they were alive and it saved all of us a great amount of grief and trips to the ER.
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