A few minutes ago my husband came downstairs and asked if we own this house. He has asked this question before, but it's been a long time since he asked it. He also asked, "Which room do I sleep in?" This came out of left field and scares me.
You will get use to this kind of questions. Every night he thinks he is sleeping in a different bed. He ask me if I was married the other day. I said yes...are you married...he said no...I ask why are you wearing a wedding band...he said I guess, in case I decide to get married I'll be use to wearing one.
I get questions like this all the time. My dh tried to wash his hands in the toilet the other day. I asked him what was he doing? He said there is water so I thought I would wash my hands. I asked him if he would drink that water, he looked at me and said No it is dirty...... go figure. He stays lost and doesn't even know what the bed is. I don't know if that one thing is a new stage but I think the questions in total could be. It sure is keeping my brain busy trying to figure out what is next. It is scary. I guess this is my Halloween week because I have been real scared over some of the things that are happening. Hope things get better for you Bev.
May I ask what stage you believe your spouse is in? I don't have any idea what my spouse's stage is. He takes care of his hygiene and toileting, so far. I wonder if this has come up because we came home from a 4-day trip a couple of days ago and maybe it's caused some confusion.
My Dh is just now asking off topic questions and talking about things that have nothing to do with what is going on. I think my spouse is in between stage 6 or 7.
A little while ago he asked me who in our family will be the next to go to college. It will be his oldest grandson, in less than 2 years, and he, I believe, has been the love of his life since the day he was born. He's having trouble remembering his grandchildren's names; we have 6. It hurts so to know that by the time he graduates from high school his grandfather may not even remember his name......
I would consider my husband an early stage 4. He doesn't know our grandchildrens names, doesn't know our address,doesn't remember our anniversary or my birthday and this year totally forgot his only son's birthday and I just let it go. The other day we were with a long time dear friend and he turned and asked me her name. But, when we are out and about people don't notice a thing. It's just so different for each person. You can compare,but you can't compare.