Thank you mamsgirl
The other day I made the mistake of stroking someone's dog. I didn't know the dog or the owner but the dog was adorable and we live next to an alley way where all the dog walkers go to the park. After I had stroked the dog MIL said to the man 'can I stroke you too?' and did a stroke on his chest I nearly died and mouthed 'she has dementia' through gritted teeth MIL said 'what a muscled young man and so handsome'. I wished the earth would eat me up
Lesson learned: don't stroke dogs anymore unless they are with ladies of my age or more
Sadly, many people would relish and gladly return to the days when their loved ones had the capacity to do such things.
Sadly, many people would relish and gladly return to the days when their loved ones had the capacity to do such things. In our case, when mum was incontinent, immobile, disoriented to place and time, we would have given our eye teeth to see a reaction to a baby or a comment here and there.
Fiona
oh Wildflower
Are you sure you are not me and my MIL??? It sounds identical. Honestly the exact same thing happens with my MIL. I could cringe, die, cry. But I know she can't help it- I think!.
we were all born innocent and perfect and helpless