If you lost the ability to do it yourself, who would you want more than anybody else to tie your shoes for you?
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Just to see who follows up: for those of you who would switch to slippers if you couldn't tie your shoes anymore because you wouldn't want anyone else to have to do it... Why do you do it now if it's such trouble? Why not switch to slippers ASAP?
The way things are going today I want somebody from the government to say,"I am from the government and I'm here to help you." Then instead of tying my shoelaces, they would tie my shoes together so I will trip and fall when I try to walk.
When I get that bad, it will be loafers or slippers for me.
My wife would do it if she could, If not, then how about the cute nurse at the nursing home!
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I have worn slippers most of my life, but now with diabetes it is somewhat ugly diabetic shoes for me. If I had to do slippers, walking very much would be out. That is yet another reason to stay active and avoid disease. (I got diabetes when I went blind and just listened to the radio. I cured it with diet and exercise, but the peripheral neuropathy remains.) There is a lesson here for you.
If I can't tie my shoelaces anymore, why bother for the shoes? I'll instead settle for slippers or step-ins. I won't continue using something which will make me totally dependent on others when there are obviously better & less troublesome alternatives. :-)
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Who says that tying of shoelaces is such trouble? What I said (& I think what the others are trying to say too) is that it ONLY BECOMES A PROBLEM IF YOU LOSE THE ABILITY TO DO IT YOURSELF. And if that time comes, only then will I permanently switch to slippers. For now, it is a very simple task which I am very much able & capable of doing by myself.
if i have not the ability to tie shoe laces, i will not wear shoes and i go for slippers. i don;t want to depends on others for small things ,so i will not wear shoes and then there will be no need to tie shoe laces.
I would like Ronald Mcdonald to try to do it and then I can finally use the line I've always wanted to but as a girl never could .... "and while you're down there!"
Can I have two answers? Firstly, I'm pretty short, so I think it'd be great to have the tallest person in the world do my shoelaces, so that I know how it feels to look down on someone that tall.
Secondly, if I couldn't do my laces I think I must be in a very sad state, and I'd need cheering up. So someone like Billy Connolly, the funniest man in the world, who could keep me laughing while he did it. And probably get some mileage from it on stage...
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I didn't say I'd switch to slippers, and I don't think the people who did meant that tying shoelaces was too much trouble, just that they didn't want to wear shoes at all if it meant someone else had to do the laces for them. They are still happy to tie their own, however.
I personally wouldn't switch to slippers anyway, because there are lots of things you can't do in slippers, such as run or dance. And how silly would you look in the supermarket....
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The way things are going today I want somebody from the government to say,"I am from the government and I'm here to help you." Then instead of tying my shoelaces, they would tie my shoes together so I will trip and fall when I try to walk.
When I get that bad, it will be loafers or slippers for me.
My wife would do it if she could, If not, then how about the cute nurse at the nursing home!
Additional Details added 1 year ago
I have worn slippers most of my life, but now with diabetes it is somewhat ugly diabetic shoes for me. If I had to do slippers, walking very much would be out. That is yet another reason to stay active and avoid disease. (I got diabetes when I went blind and just listened to the radio. I cured it with diet and exercise, but the peripheral neuropathy remains.) There is a lesson here for you.