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Originally Posted by Starless
She's @ 87
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as we're getting ready to eat, she gets up and blurts out "I don't care about any of you *********s, I just care about my little girl (she's 62) in Delhi"
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Yeh, uh - while it's possible she's just someone you shouldn't waste too much time on, this could also be a symptom of a medical condition. She's about ripe.
Quite a few of my relatives lived long enough to lose their marbles. Alzheimer's and other age-related dementias usually aren't like flicking a switch in my experience; they go in and out over time, with periods of lucidity getting shorter/rarer. Decreased inhibition can also be a symptom. You might want to think about getting her checked out.
My buddy thought his dad was perfectly fine and doing just peachy living on his own - until he was over visiting and realized that he'd just boiled himself a sandwich for lunch...
When he looked more closely, he realized there was nothing in the fridge except 30 containers of milk - and about the same number of packets of unopened fuses by the front door. Because for a while, every day his dad had gone out, he'd had the idea he needed milk and a packet of fuses.