For a while now, I've noticed my husband using "he" instead of "I" when he is talking about himself; or "she" instead of "you" when he's talking about me. Made for some confusing conversation, until I broke the code! I'm wondering if this is a common thing.
I haven't noticed that one in particular but my DH is having a lot more trouble with speech. He will start to say something and then in the middle of sentence he all of a sudden speaks like "baby talk" It is as if he can't finish the sentence so to cover over it he goes into babbling.
My dh has had problems communicating for almost a year now and mixing up the gender of people was one problem. He always refers to our daughter as "he", "him". I can understand the loss of vocabulary but not the gender mixup. He doesn't do baby-talk yet but substitutes words to the point where I do have a difficult time understanding him.
My DH is always talking about "the people" for one or more and "he" or "him" for our youngest son. Very confused the last few weeks and seems to include me in "the people".
My DH tells me things about "this guy" or "this woman". I have no idea who he means. The garage is the basement or downstairs. I'm sure if we had had children he would have them confused also.
My DH did the same thing for about two years. At first I thought he was talking about the imaginary people he sometimes talked to. Once I realized "he" was him and "she" was me, I tried to talk to him in the same way. Often, it was easier for him to understand. Sadly, he rarely speaks now.
Denny--I thought the same thing, that he was talking about hallucinations. But at some point I realized he was referring to himself and to me. I never thought about talking the same way--have to give that a try (if I can do it)!
When he needs something my DH has a hard time verbalizing his need. He came of the bathroom and said, I couldn't get get it out. He was upset and expected me to fix it. It turns out he was having trouble flossing his teeth. Because he has numerous bridges he as a hard time flossing. I used a threader with the floss and tried to floss under the bridge. It is very hard flossing someone else's teeth. He finally got the hang of it, until the next time. Sometimes, he just can't find the words and just gestures, which means I have to keep guessing what he needs.
maryd - my husband has a 5 tooth bridge upper front - has for most of the last 40 years. He has never flossed it. Dentist will give him the floss/tools to do it but has always refused. Fortunately for him (maybe me too) food does not seem to build up in there to cause odor problems.