Before we start a thread about people wearing Pj's and slippers to drop lids off etc. That's not what I'm on about here.
I'm in a wheelchair and can't walk anyway, some days I can't get my shoes on due to swelling so most the time expecially the summer I wear a pair of slippers. They are just a basic slip on slipper, nothing special. Never had a problem before.
Today however as I'm going into Tesco with DH and DS an elderly woman comes across in a very patronising voice looks at my husband and says "Could he not help you get dressed properly this morning" and pointed at my slippers. I mean as it is I was pretty peeved that ah e automatically thinks cos I'm in a wheelchair that my husband dresses me. But seriously what is the problem. I told her I wore slippers because my swollen legs didn't fit into a proper shoe very easily. She th en said "Get bigger shoes" but damn it doesn't work like that unless I buy a size 10 and tie them on to avoid them dropping off. Slippers are stretchy and there's room for my feet to swell inside them and for me nett to worry they will drop off if the swelling goes down. She thought me going out with slippers on was sloppy and a sign I wasn't looked after/looking after myself. Never been so peeved to be honest.
I mean I wouldn't turn up to school to drop DS off in Pj's like some parents do but I wear slippers for a practical reason and it's not as if it really matters anyway as I don't walk. I mean fair enough if I wore slippers to work on a building site or something ridiculous, but to sit on a wheelchair as They. Do my shop is hardly a problem surely.
AIBU or is she just OTT