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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ignore the PPs. I have someone in my family with severe hearing loss and refuses to wear hearing aids. I think you were 100% in the right and shouldn't apologize.

It is your business if your FIL can't hear because then you have to shout all the time. For everyone's sake, he needs to get some hearing aids.[/quote]

So it's op's business because she's inconvenienced? [/quote]
So it actually doesn't have anything to do with me (OP). I will yell all day long. I genuinely believe it will improve his life and enable a relationship with my children- which he has expressed a desire for. He gets in arguments all the time with his wife and my Dh, many of which I believe could be avoided if he could hear.

Anyway, I'm not surprised to see that there are two camps on this: the MYOB crew and the rest of us. Still, I will apologize and[b] see how I can more tactfully agitate for at least a consult with his doctor on this subject.[/b] [/quote]

OP, any campaign on your part should be a campaign to get your husband to handle all this. Your FIL is mad at you and will bear a grudge (yes, his ego was bruised though you didnt' intend that), and MIL is going to possibly be defensive of her husband now. Let their son handle it with them. It sounds as if your husband agrees with you that his dad needs hearing aids; so talk with your husband about now being the sole point person on this whole topic. That will give you a chance to let it blow over emotionally with MIL and FIL, and frankly -- it is the adult child's job to deal with his or her own parents. If this were your own parent, you would be the one to handle it if your husband were frustrated with your parent's hearing issues. He needs to handle this for his own parents.[/quote]

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