yesterday my DH was at the famous 'mirror' laughing and talking to the guy in the mirror. i go by and said 'lets go see whats new in the bathroom?"meaning change of depends:)
DH says to the 'mirror guy'..
comeon lets go get new pants'
then looked at me grinning and said pointing to the mirror-, "HE needs one too."
I gave my husband his socks and shoes and asked him to put them on while I went back into the bedroom to get something. When I came back, he had his socks on his hands like mittens! aawwww
reminds me of my uncle who spent his last couple of years in a rest home an after he was admitted his daugther found out that men were in short supply there an one of the social butterflies quickly latched on to him an he assumed it was his wife Caroline,now everytime anyone went to visit if the two wern't together than Arthur was busy looking for the keys to the car so they could go on a trip,she was constantly after him to "find the keys to the car"his daugther tells of the time she went to visit an when she entered the room they had a suitcase on the bed that they were packing,an Arthur had his ladies bloomers on his head like a very expensive Tam O Shanter,his daugther was quickly informed that they had no time for idle chit chat as they were leaving on holiday an out the door an down the hall they went dragging the suitcase an he with her bloomers still on his head,apparently he had either found the keys to the car or they were going to hot wire the car hmmmm maybe car jack someone
This morning I had someone clean out a large flower bed; planted new plants and he mulched it all - big area. After we finished, I came in and asked DH to go out and look at it. He did. He said it was "oh so pretty. And I'm sure glad I married you!" (???) Alrighty, then!
My wife and I went to a church dinner. We sat at the table with the Sr. Pastor and 3 other couples. My wife during the whole dinner kept hitting on the Pastor. Everyone was getting uncomfortable. Finally she just blurts out How sexy she thinks he is. You could have heard a pin drop a mile away.
She went thru a phase for a while where she would say what ever was on her mind and use what ever language that would pop into her head. I hope we are past that phase.
My DH "hit on every woman he saw" in his early phase of the disease before DX. It was horribly embarrassing. He was just terrible. I'd ask him to stop doing that, and he'd claim he was only "kidding". I am sure he offended several of our couple friends.... can't prove it - but suddenly, the hugs and kidding STOPPED...from their side I could just feel the stiffness in their demeanor.
LAUGHING!!!!!! Just read Nikki's comment to me on Joan's grieving thread. I WOULD NOT POST ON IT THERE OF COURSE< don't want to throw the thread off track, it is such a perfect one.
But pixie dust and platitudes, oh Nikki that was so hilarious and is going on a note on my fridge. Thanks so much for the giggle!
This still makes me smile...... In January Lynn was wearing one of the super soft shirts I got him for Christmas... I said “My, don’t you look handsome!” He chuckled and said “why thank you” as he leaned in for a kiss. I then said “I love you Lynn” .. to which he replied… “I can see why”
CRACKED ME UP!!! And still makes me laugh right out loud every time I think about it. :D
A few weeks before my DH went to the hospital, as I walked from the bathroom through the kitchen to where he was in the dining room, he said worriedly, "We really gotta get these floors fixed." I thought a minute, and told him, "Honey, the floors are fine. That creaky noise is my braces rubbing in my shoes." He responded "shheeew!" Very relieved. And I did not laugh.
The other week, Dh started undressing himself in the dining room of the NH...he just about got his t-shirt off, when a carer said "Why are you taking that off'...Dh replied,"Because I'm in it! "
My DH often wore 2 watches on the same wrist. He couldn't tell time. He thought the guy in the mirror worked in the bathroom. He said do you notice that the guy that works in the bathroom never says much. Yes I did notice that. It's so funny but yet so sad. Maybe these moments in time help us lighten the horrors of AD a little. He will soon be gone a year.
DH said his fingers were hurting this morning when we were ready to go to DC. Told him it was arthritis and I gave him a tylenol. He asked if he could leave the fingers at home!
OT - 30 yrs ago my daughter married a man from a small French village. Several relatives came for the wedding, including an older maiden aunt who had worked all her life in the village bank, had never gone anywhere, and was very detailed. The whole time she was here she wore two watches, one for our time and one for the French village.
My favorite 'funny' moment was when the mail was on the table with an ad that said in big bold letters, "Are you having trouble with your memory?' DH turned to me and said, "Not me, I don't have any."
a year or so i bought my husband new slippers as it happened they were camo slippers he took our dog out and was gone quite a while when he came in i asked what took so long he looked at me funny and sid hed been trying to get the leaves off the slippers so he wouldnt bring them in the house it took him a while to figure out they were on the print of the slippers i had quite a laugh