Because my wife wants to walk as much as possible, she doesn't want to be dropped off at the door and picked up there. It makes her feel like an invalid. She can walk limited distances such as from a handicapped space but not farther down in the parking lot.

What AUTHORITY do you have to speak with me about anything to do with where my car is positioned on private property?

I would never threaten anyone, ever. I wonder why you took it that way?

Oh, my! She wants to walk as much as possible, so you choose possibly the closest place to park rather than allow her to get in another 50 to 100 steps. Do you have any idea how far she travels while shopping? She, apparently, does not require your help or assistance.
And being dropped off and picked up make her "feel like an invalid"? Funny that walking to and from the car in "handicapped parkin only" doesn't make her feel the same.
Well, it really isn't any of my business whether you really need to use the handicapped spaces, or just use it for convenience.

Did you not read where I stated my wife wants to do as much for herself as possible, she wants to walk from the car to the store and back if she can. She doesn't want to be dropped off and picked up. That is what she wants and I will park my car in a disabled spot to accommodate her regardless of what anyone else thinks we should do. When the wife can't walk from the handicapped space, I will drive her to the door and pick her up and not use a handicapped space to park when waiting for her.
I have no tolerance for busy bodies sticking their nose where it doesn't belong. My business is mine, not someone else's. Over the years I have learned that most people who have the need to mind other people's business need to clean their house first as it usually needs it far more than the person that they are criticizing. It is the epitome of disrespect and entitlement when you feel the need to tell everyone else how to live.
I have also learned that when I concern myself with my own life and ignore everyone else's, I have a much happier life.

I have found that you will never find a nosier population than in TV.
My daddy used to say "if you just worry about yourself, you'll have your hands full".
Just look at the hundreds of threads on this board in which people speculate about other's lives when it has zero impact on their own. Don't let the busybodies get to you. They have nothing more to do in their golden years than
sit on a message board and post 7.2 times a day.

My issue is that if you can play golf you can walk, my wife cannot walk. Handicap spots have extra room to get the person in and out of a wheelchair and do not have curbs. If my wife could walk, she would, but she can't.

And where are these “loading zones”. You must be thinking fire lane. Dumb idea.

Many of them are mentally handicapped 😂😂.

Look around every one is old, what do you expect

Boo hoo, why don’t your brother get one for travelling?

No worse then some morons bringing a dog into a grocery store, disgusting

And sticking their noses (previously in some other dogs butt) in the fresh vegetable bins near the floor,sniffing and snorting the items on lower shelves or displays while owner is checking out other products and is blissfully unaware of their fake service dogs lack of service dog training and discipline.
But all that is for another great thread.

That seems logical ! What does not seem to make sense, is when a driver lets off a person with mobility difficulties, then parks just yards away in the closest parking spaces for the disabled, and THEN when the person comes out of the store, restaurant, etc., starts the car, backs out, and proceeds to the curb to pick up the person.

You are unaware of the WHY they may be there. I sometimes need to wait for my disabled husband, something he needs to do without me. But, I watch to see if someone needs the spot - if so I will vacate and circle the lot. The issue is that there are no designated pick-up / drop-off zones. When someone disabled comes out they may need immediate assistance to cross the lot. They may get disoriented if they don't see their car. When having a good day and there is a nearby spot we will park there. You do not know what their issue is, all disabilities are not visible. Everyone is NOT trying to game the system. Get out of the car and have what looks like a healthy individual collapse. You are not a mind reader.

So well stated, but have you noticed few of us on here ever get to the ROOT of the problem, I include myself. We often speak from what we have experienced and observed, that's what humans depend on to form ideas, opinions, philosophies. In some related ways, this is much like the abuse of "service dog" designations to "emotional support" pets of every kind description. It all went "viral" as the kids say, and is now possible to order, online, anything from a handicapped mirror tag (and you can even specify color if you are in a state or country not using the standard blue), to "vests" for the pet of those in such a fragile emotional state that they are not able to be in a restaurant or a store without the support of their animal. And yes, I agree that is a very tragic state of mind for anyone to have to bare, and only each of us can make the choice to judge or not judge. When I see a person in the hardware store, or grocery, or fast food location, cuddling their emotional support pet, I realized how judgmental my thoughts turned. Now I make a concerted effort to think "there but for the grace of God... and try to imagine what it would be like to not be able to go into a store to buy a light bulb without having an animal with you... thinking this way, I hope, keeps me a better person. If, LOL, I 'd been the person in the seat next to the peacock on that well publicized flight, I might have really had to fight my judgmental thoughts with all my might... LOL !