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Dealing with a Spouse with a “Mild Cognitive Impairment”
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You know what’s really hard?!?
A know-it-all with MCI, it is more frustrating than I could ever have imagined. DH is very lucid and can seem like he doesn’t have anything wrong, but when he makes an incorrect assumption or statement and it involves me (significant other) he becomes belligerent about its authenticity. I get sucked into his ‘show’ of ‘nothing wrong’ and react incorrectly.
How do you do the ‘pretend they’re right’ when they get so darn confused about the simplest things? Aye yi yi!!!
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@lkbous
I am not pretending at this point. My husband is beyond MCI and has FTD. If he gets something wrong I tell him. Fortunately with his type, or because of his personality?, he doesn't get belligerent. I know things may get worse.
My husband was a very intelligent man, and it hurts so much to tell him the truth about things.
When he started getting worse he was bragging one day regarding how well he was doing on a quiz, and I quite meanly replied he should no longer be bragging about his intelligence. He was a gentleman and didn't bark back at me. I'm having a hard time losing my smart and interesting husband.
All the best to you as you navigate these choppy waters. 🫂