Same here

To be fair, I think that the skeptics are/were just trying to be helpful. They were often the same people who could not imagine walking a mile to a store or spending any time outside when it's raining/snowing/windy/below freezing. Once they discover that I can still show up to places and do things, it's no longer a big deal.

The naysayers tend to stick out, but IME, there's an equal number of people who are thoroughly impressed as well as a larger number of people - most people in fact - who could really care less about how I get around.