I guess you get smarter the farther into this hell you are drawn. I finally wised up that the more and more he can't remember and the more I answer his questions -- the more hostile he becomes to me that I know answers and he doesn't. I finally started telling him I don't know or I don't remember to all his questions. I had the first laugh I've had for over three years this morning. He couldn't remember his dogs' names and I just responded I didn't either and they answer to "dog" just fine. He looked at me funny and said "I think you have AD also".
Sometimes laughter is all that keeps us going. Check out the "Humor" section on the left side of the home page - www.thealzheimerspouse.com. May I add your little anecdote to that section? It made me smile.
Add away Joan. Wishing you Holiday Greetings and thank you for this site. A "not so funny" was when he decided he wanted to sell the lighted sleigh and reindeer. I sold it and then he had a meltdown that the buyer had taken his extension cords. They didn't and who knows what he did with his cords. He decided he was going to confront the man who bought them and insisted I tell him where he lived. The buyer was an attorney and not a good person for him to go off on. Luckily, the attorney lives in a gated community and I convinced Mr. Hostile that having the address wouldn't do him any good since I had no idea what the security code to their gate was. He's still wound up about it two weeks later.