The Magnolia is great. I like Georgia O'Keeffe

I can admit I'm a very stubborn person.

If it's a personal choice then I am more likely to do it if someone says not to do it. I hate being told what to do and not do. If someone tells me not to do something, it's a good way to have me to do it to spite them, but spiting them isn't mostly why I would still do it. I could have already wanted to do it and it's just a bonus to defy them lol.

I can usually also tell when someone is trying to use reverse psychology though, in which case if someone tells me TO DO something that I already wanted to do and I think they're just saying it to get me not to do it, I will say yeah I will do it.

If it's something that is common sense to not do something then I am likely to agree with someone who says it. I'm not going to slide down a hill with ice going into a busy traffic intersection, or jump off my roof into a bush. Those are just dumb.

Still nobodies business but my own. I only tell people what to do if they ask my opinion or if they are an imminent threat to other people or property.

Having had 2 surgeries on my ankles I am cautious about things like that. Unless I am in dire need I stay off the step stools when I have a boot on.

The last words of a lot of rednecks.

I'm stubborn as all hell, too, so I'm basically right there with you. That said, get yourself a good step stool for around the house, as suggested by 1of5. It will often come in handy. Safety first and a speedy recovery!

You go, girl!

I can fully understand your sassy stubbornness. It’s amazing what a person can do if they just try. Sure, there’s danger, but there’s danger in existence. It’s all in what you’re comfortable with.

I had some younger guys order me not to climb my own ladder because they thought I was too old. As they were driving away I was climbing. I recently pressure washed my entire A-frame roof off a 32’ ladder.

You have nothing to prove. Standing on a chair with a medical boot on is foolish and dangerous. Falls kill and it doesn’t take much of a fall.

Hey good for you! I'm sure your friends were just concerned about you moving around with that clunky boot on your foot. I sure wouldn't adivise using a ladder though (smile). I know the feeling of feeling not up to par and the need to prove your aren't a gimp. Just be careful!

That's something left to the situation at hand, in your case good call.

My answer is "You shouldn't do that" is often not meant as a challenge, so I don't take it as one at all most of the time. I assume that most of the time it is meant well as a warning to me with my safety in mind. I don't care much about proving things to people, esp. as far as my physical capabilities. We do seem to have very different mindsets and personalities.

Nope. I worked construction, as an electrician, and operated commercial buildings. When someone says " You shouldn't do that" to me I take it to heart - way to many bad things have happened just after those words were uttered in my experience.

BTW, boot or not you should never stand on a chair. Get a step stool, it actually works better than a chair.

Reading this did not surprise me, you're one of those people who does not have the word "can't" in her vocabulary.

I generally ignore the challenges of others, preferring to generate them internally. I don't need to "show" anybody anything. Their reaction to what I do, or don't do, is theirs. The meaning I choose to assign to it is up to me. It's a Stoic thing......