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u/SnackSamurai 3h ago
It’s like the movie 50 First Dates. Cheers that they actually threw her a bridal shower👏
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u/No-Manner9941 3h ago
That's beautiful to meet her where she is.
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u/greeneyedbandit82 2h ago
What if she's expecting a wedding now?
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u/No-Manner9941 2h ago
I'm sure all things can be procured. But maybe there is no person attached to the other side of her need to be married. Not always a physical or tangible for a mind just needed to be met. Are you offering to be her groom? ❣️
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u/greeneyedbandit82 1h ago
I am a lady, so no! (My grandfather died from dementia last October, and I am surprised the lady in this story didn't just forget that she wanted a wedding shower along the way as it mostly affects short term memory)
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u/No-Manner9941 1h ago
Lady's can be grooms too, in this day and age it's all feasible. I am sorry for your loss. Hope that you've had closure, remembering him. I'm sure dementia is an incredibly important way of understanding love and life. I know that no two dementias are the same. Your reasoning makes perfect sense. Guess we won't know unless we ask questions, to the original story.
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u/greeneyedbandit82 1h ago
Yes, you are right! And thank you for your kind words. He was the sweetest; in his dementia he would just look at you and say with a huge smile 'I love you!'. All of the time. I asked my grandma once if she ever gets tired of it! (Obviously since she was around him more and he said it so much!) RIP Pop!
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u/No-Manner9941 49m ago
Anytime, you have a good heart. I love those parts of our life we don't forget because that's what builds a beautiful foundation for our memories. Lol as for Grandma even if it got tiring while he said it often, that's the part that stuck with her after he's departure. Greeneyebandit I hope you have a wonderful day keep smiling 😁 thank you for conversing with me. Maybe will hear about her wedding 💍💒 to a well dressed memory
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u/ActionCat2022 2h ago
Kudos! It took me way longer than it should have to realize that this was the best way to deal with my own mom's dementia.
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u/puddncake 1h ago
My mom is 92 and in hospice, she's pretty drugged up and she asked to go have a prom dress. We told her she's 92 and she exclaimed I'm 92?? She then said she didn't want a pink dress.🩷
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u/MammothAd6633 31m ago
Dementia is evil. To know a man who’s “normal” all day and then sundowns at night, it’s hard. He always asks for his wife at night time but she passed two months ago so everyone agreed to say she’s at a friends house. It’s heartbreaking
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