Today, my mother-in-law got her driver's license, despite being prone to fainting, seizures, and being on so much medication that she sometimes forgets where she is. She now wants to drive us to all our family functions, and my father-in-law won't object because he doesn't want to damage her self-esteem. FML
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PhoenixChick 26
Hey, OP here! You know, this might be a comment thread that saves lives. I had already decided to put my foot down on me or my husband ever riding with MIL, but...I hadn't thought about everyone else. And now I have. I do not live with my in-laws, but we live in the same town and I cannot drive at night so it gets awkward to refuse their offers when my husband can't take me somewhere. Funny thing is, there is no legal restrictions on my driving,the DMV keeps insisting I'm fine, but I know that my contacts and retinal disease give me issues with headlights and therefore I shouldn't. I'm fine during the day, but stay off the road at night. I'm careful because my eye disease is from my father, who kept driving at night when he shouldn't. Nearly killed himself in an accident. I know who my MIL's doctor is, and I'm going to call his office. She MUST have lied to the DMV, and I think it'll be easier to talk to her doctor than to the DMV. I just have to brace myself for if she finds out. Thank you all for the help. My in-laws are rather good at manipulation. I've known them for ten years, and they use MIL's medical issues to overrule literally everything. She has serious psych issues, and FIL is very protective of her feelings. To the point of letting her lie to my husband's doctors when he was in the ER because it made MIL "feel useful" to tell the doctor's things about my husband's health. She was making up all kinds of things about my husband's condition when he went in for emergency surgery, and when I corrected her I got yelled at by my father in law for making MIL "feel bad." Nevermind that her lies to the operating surgeon could have gotten my husband seriously hurt or killed. So yeah, this ends now. I'm not going to let her hurt anybody else if I csn help it. Wish me luck, I've got a fight on my hands...
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hotheadslav 17
Just try and make an excuse to drive yourself or to be in a different car, if you can't though, just try and break it to her easy. I would rather hurt her feelings than be in a fatal crash. You're stuck between a rock and a hard place OP. FYL
little_star78 13
Buckle up and hold on tight
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little_star78 13
Buckle up and hold on tight
Wizardo 34
"Its gonna be a bumpy ride" - Shrunken Head, Knight Bus
hotheadslav 17
Just try and make an excuse to drive yourself or to be in a different car, if you can't though, just try and break it to her easy. I would rather hurt her feelings than be in a fatal crash. You're stuck between a rock and a hard place OP. FYL
BantasaurusRex 13
Or (God forbid) a car and a hard place
Paras_800 27
Time to get a rental car!
YodaMyNameIs 15
How would that help in any way? Did you even read the FML?
KaidensCrow 18
and get hit by her while in the rental car? it's not like they wouldn't be going to the same place
DMA0712 22
How did she get her driver's license in the first place then?
False_Stupidity 42
Probably lied outrageously and then somehow fluked it. Or where she is just doesn't give a shit and hands out licenses like they were library cards .
lexa1love 16
That's what I'm wondering. It's my understanding that if you have documented seizures or start medication for them you have to be seizure free so a certain length of time before you could even drive legally
RedPillSucks 33
I don't think the DMV is rigorous about finding out. unfortunately it's more of a "don't ask, don't tell"
ki087 20
pervy sage is right.
UmmOkThen 31
Good luck with that one. Maybe you could wear protective gear in the car? Or, I don't know, walk everywhere? Learn how to fly? Whatever you do, do it fast because it won't be long before she crashes that car.
dabaerju 23
"Learn how to fly"? Really? So I guess sprouting wings for humans is normal. Or then again, I could probably go "Wingardium Leviosa"ing people to make them levitate.
RickySleeves 20
That must drive you insane.
Amateur_Dank 17
Intervention time
cocoshake 16
can't blame him tbh
militarybrat 21
*her* and what? Cant blame her for lying and (more than likely) getting someone KILLED?!
Agtthepw 21
Learning independence hurts sometimes. Good luck with that!
thatnakedguy 17
This sounds like it could be turned into a road etiquette video