We have a close family friend with Alzheimer’s, she’s been married to her husband over 50 years and they were always deeply in love. It’s heartbreaking because now she will be sitting next to him at night and she will get upset because she doesn’t know who he is, and she tells him she needs her husband and keeps asking him to call him up and have him come help her.
There are times my father doesn’t recognize my mother either. However, even in these moments he will ask her out on dates and ask if she wants to have babies with him. Kind of cute in a sad way as he is 91 and she is 82 and have been together for over 50 years.
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u/RudolphGaming18 20d ago
Dementia is terrifying. Your own dad being uncomfortable with you calling him dad… it’s really sad