{"id":16224,"date":"2026-07-03T23:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=16224"},"modified":"2026-07-03T23:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:29:18","slug":"my-son-took-me-to-renew-my-id-card-so-i-could-get-senior-discounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=16224","title":{"rendered":"My son took me to renew my ID card “so I could get senior discounts"},"content":{"rendered":"

My son took me to renew my ID card \u201cso I could get senior discounts\u201d\u2026 but when the clerk checked my Social Security status, she discovered that I had been legally declared mentally incapacitated two years ago. And the person authorized to make decisions for me wasn\u2019t my son. It was my daughter-in-law.<\/h2>\n

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My son took me to renew my ID card \u201cso I could get senior discounts\u201d\u2026 but when the clerk checked my Social Security status, she discovered that I had been legally declared mentally incapacitated two years ago. And the person authorized to make decisions for me wasn\u2019t my son. It was my daughter-in-law.<\/p>\n

I stood in front of the social services office in Pasadena, clutching my purse against my chest, my legs trembling.<\/p>\n

The young woman behind the desk looked at the screen. Then she looked at me. Then she looked back at the screen.<\/p>\n

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