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My husband, diagnosed with MCI 3 years ago, drivers license taken away several months ago, wants to do a chainsaw carving on a 15ft tall tree stump and would involve using scaffolding. In the past he did some nice carvings, safely, and professionally. He is quite angry with me for telling him that I don’t want him to take on this job.
He won’t drop the subject. I’m prepared to do anything possible to make sure that he can’t move forward on this. I feel like I’m the person who actively limits what can bring him joy, but common sense prevails. This will go from bad to ugly and I’m just dreading the fallout. Any advice on how to redirect? I’m hoping that he will just forget that he wants to do this. I feel horrible that I have to “be the bad guy”