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[quote=Anonymous]I need advice, DCUM. My MIL, whom I love dearly, cannot do anything on her own. I've known her for over 20 years. She is lovely and capable, but for some reason, cannot drive a car, fill up gas, fly on a plane by herself, etc. My husband says she's always been like this; it is attributed to "her nerves" (I've never seen this woman stressed/angry, I should note!) She is not yet 65.

I have always tried to leave this alone, but my FIL is having vision issues and no longer drive at night. This means they cannot do anything past 4:30. It also means that she cannot do anything on her own, since my FIL still works (remotely, but is in the house at his computer all day). I just worry about what happens if something worse happens to FIL and she's really stuck. She has no health problems of which I'm aware, and could very well outlive him. Is there any way I can tactfully address this? My husband agrees fully with me, but his family's way is to avoid any uncomfortable discussion (I've seen this play out over the years in really terrible ways: ie no wills because they don't want to talk about death, or even think about it!)

If the advice is to let it go, I will![/quote]

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