Hi
Don’t know if I am posting this in the right forum
I posted a while ago about my dad being in denial and not taking my mum to the doctors well good news since then he has and she now waiting on a brain scan
All my mother now talks about is her parents especially her dad (they both been dead for over 20 years) every story conversation she has is about them, I have notice she is taking thing that have happend like family holidays occasions and telling the story but as it happens with her mum or dad not the people it did happen with (if you get my drift) like she was telling me about a time she had visited some where with my dad but was now saying it that she was there with her mum and dad, she is also saying things that never happend like she traveled the world with her dad, visited places she never been to or she been to a particular restaurant when she was younger but the particular restaurant wasn’t built
Now my question is do I let her tell me these stories as really it’s the only way to have a one on one conversation with her or do I tell her it’s not real didn’t happen, my sister will correct her saying no mum that never happened, you never went there ect, where I tend to just let her tell me the story as she wants, but am I wrong ? Should I not let her make up these stories and correct her
I find if I do she says no no it did happen like that or there just no conversation just me making small talk and her saying yes or no
Sorry for thinking post all so new to us
Sorry if its rambling hope you get the gist of what I am saying
Don’t know if I am posting this in the right forum
I posted a while ago about my dad being in denial and not taking my mum to the doctors well good news since then he has and she now waiting on a brain scan
All my mother now talks about is her parents especially her dad (they both been dead for over 20 years) every story conversation she has is about them, I have notice she is taking thing that have happend like family holidays occasions and telling the story but as it happens with her mum or dad not the people it did happen with (if you get my drift) like she was telling me about a time she had visited some where with my dad but was now saying it that she was there with her mum and dad, she is also saying things that never happend like she traveled the world with her dad, visited places she never been to or she been to a particular restaurant when she was younger but the particular restaurant wasn’t built
Now my question is do I let her tell me these stories as really it’s the only way to have a one on one conversation with her or do I tell her it’s not real didn’t happen, my sister will correct her saying no mum that never happened, you never went there ect, where I tend to just let her tell me the story as she wants, but am I wrong ? Should I not let her make up these stories and correct her
I find if I do she says no no it did happen like that or there just no conversation just me making small talk and her saying yes or no
Sorry for thinking post all so new to us
Sorry if its rambling hope you get the gist of what I am saying