Hi
@Beads
Such a good idea to resume this thread!
OH is worsening, above all re memory and reasoning, while his physical health is not bad on the whole.
He is stubborn and arrogant, two features of his personality which are not new, but dementia had made them worse.
I am literally under house arrest. Not only is any kind of holiday on my own impossible, but even going to the supermarket is difficult, because he clings and wants to go with me.
I am exasperated. The two of us , only.
No conversation. He doesn't understand what I mean nine out of ten times.
I stick to the advice I have often read here, so I never argue (well...when I do not lose it..), never explain, never contradict ( even though he thinks I am contradicting him also when I am not).
I have added " never speak ". It would be only , as we say in Italian," wasted breath".
I know so many people here are struggling to manage situations by far worse than mine, and I feel a bit guilty about my long rant.