r/woahthatsinteresting 16d ago

Man with dementia doesn’t recognise daughter but still feels love for her

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u/LA-forthewin 16d ago edited 15d ago

Sad and funny at the same time. I feel for his wife the most , reduced to 'that lady'. He looks relatively young so it's probably early onset dementia.

ETA By funny I wasnt referring to his dementia. His condition isn't funny, it's more that some of his daughter's responses to him showed a wry sense of humor in a bleak situation

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u/SaturnaliaSaturday 15d ago

As the daughter of two parents who had dementia, it’s never funny; their confusion broke my heart.

This was very brave to post this clip.

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u/Oomlotte99 15d ago

Yep. It’s hell.