Sheri, You bring out the compassionate side. It is a good reminder....I was not feeling compassionate this weekend after not being able to get the snowthrower started still, and breaking two snow shovels, working, coming home and my dh who has been sitting in his chair watching tv for two days says oh, I see blueberries are available again...I would like some for my breakfast.......grrrr. He walks most days in Wal-Mart where there is no snow or the like...He could pick them up but never thinks. Then he asked me to get his rx for him before work so I went early and I got it and when I got home he said did you get my rx? Yes I said and he says he was there and they said you picked it up. I told you I was going to get it and he sort of hems and haws and says I thought you forgot. He doesn't seem to show the love just the demands and yep I feel all alone sometimes too.
grendelsma I see your dh stills gets around on his own. I find myself being surprised here when I read that some still drive too. It seems to happen so fast.
Now that he is in a more declined phase, I find myself more patient with him as he cannot help it. There is no way he can drive now, though I can still leave him alone for very brief periods.
My sadness has gone in to a very lonely place too, for me and him.