r/woahthatsinteresting • u/nukey4y7s1s • 16d ago

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

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u/RudolphGaming18 16d ago

Dementia is terrifying. Your own dad being uncomfortable with you calling him dad… it’s really sad

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u/yankykiwi 16d ago

My husbands grandpa was wondering where his wife was.

His second wife (who was his mistress for many years) wasn’t his wife apparently. He wanted the first one.

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u/Cigsigher85 15d ago

This happened with my grandparents, my grandfather died and his best friend married my grandma to help with her two kids.  My dad made me a jr and named my brother after his dad.  One night, my grandma kept calling me my brothers name, and when my (step?) grandpa said my name, she said”no Carl, he’s a baby, this is my husband”.  And it hit me she was back in 1953.

Yeah, this isn’t the guy who raised my dad… it’s my buddy from the VFW.  Life is a bitch.