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WinterWarrior

I feel your pain. MrWW is very good, but then he’ll suddenly start researching some hobby for ages, then buy all the top end toys (instead of affordable ones) and then be all about that hobby…until he’s on to the next thing. I wouldn’t sleep if we had joint funds, I’d be on edge about what was next 😬 

enthusiasticsaver

My DH was a great one for sabotaging budgets too and buy tools usually regardless of the account balance. Drove me mad until we allocated personal spends and as our house doesn’t need anything doing now beyond decorating he has to get tools out of his personal spends.

If Mr SA has a graveyard of walking assists can he not use one of those like the frame or a stick? Walking poles are designed for hikers not as a walking aid. This constant pestering must be so wearing. 

Parkyp

Would the poles not cause damage to your flooring if he was to use them indoors. 

Sun_Addict

Parkyp said:

Would the poles not cause damage to your flooring if he was to use them indoors. 

No he has the sort with ferrules on the bottom so they are more like walking sticks really. He won’t use his walking stick because apparently it makes him feel old 🙄 He’s going through an awkward stage at the moment unfortunately. 

foxgloves

I'm sure there will be some funkier walking sticks around, @Sun_Addict. Agree the traditional ones probably do make younger people feel they look a bit elderly. I've seen nicely decorated ones in the past in hippy type shops & also at craft fairs, as stick-makers do sometimes appear at the bigger ones. Atm, I only have arthritis in my hands, but if I develop it elsewhere in the future & need a stick, I have already decided I will buy something flowery & funky so it feels like an accessory rather than a walking aid.
I do think you have the patience of a  saint with Mr SA's purchase demands.
F x

Scottiedog_3

foxgloves said:

 Atm, I only have arthritis in my hands, but if I develop it elsewhere in the future & need a stick, I have already decided I will buy something flowery & funky so it feels like an accessory rather than a walking aid.

That's a really good plan. I amused myself when I was immobilised during two successive hip replacements by jazzing up all the useful but boring "aids" I was given. Everything seemed so... beige. The very best thing - which I still treasure- is a little trolley for trundling meals from the kitchen to the living room. It is now covered with scraps and looks as if a demented five year old was let loose on it. Does anybody else remember collecting scraps - or is just The Very Aged like me?

ladyholly

I have two flowery sticks that I can use, they are different colours so can be matched to what I am wearing.

badmemory

One of mine looks like it has a mosaic of many colours running round it.  Far too many colours to actually match with anything so does actually go with anything.  I also have a black one which is okay & I keep in the car for the whoops I need one moments, but I also have a wooden one which I frankly find a bit depressing & is kept in case I have an emergency need a stick moment.

beanielou

He could have one like mine 

Parkyp

Scottiedog_3 said:

foxgloves said:

 Atm, I only have arthritis in my hands, but if I develop it elsewhere in the future & need a stick, I have already decided I will buy something flowery & funky so it feels like an accessory rather than a walking aid.

That's a really good plan. I amused myself when I was immobilised during two successive hip replacements by jazzing up all the useful but boring "aids" I was given. Everything seemed so... beige. The very best thing - which I still treasure- is a little trolley for trundling meals from the kitchen to the living room. It is now covered with scraps and looks as if a demented five year old was let loose on it. Does anybody else remember collecting scraps - or is just The Very Aged like me?

Oh I loved collecting scraps, we visited a market stall a few years ago and there was angel pictures, I said to my friend they look like the scraps I used to collect - she had never heard of them. I’m 46 and she is 40 so they must have disappeared fairly quick.