@kjc48 oh my gosh, Karla……you’re the only person to tell me these things. This is so similar to what I’m seeing!! He gazes at me with a blank look during conversation. When I finally asked him about it multiple times (started out by asking if he could hear me), he finally said it seemed like it takes awhile for him to comprehend what I’m saying. I’ve noticed cognitive delay for a few months. This is new. Also, he refuses to go for a hearing test but lately, he often seems to not hear me at all. Even from a few feet away. I have to repeat a lot. He seems to have almost zero awareness of consequences, for even small things. (The other morning, the dog vomited on a polyester rug. Thinking to spare me the job [serving time in a week], my friend cleaned the rug with something, and removed almost all the color. Left a ring of water stain. ) He leaves for his snooker club in the hot afternoon, knowing it’s expected to be quite cold in the evening, wearing very skimpy summer clothes, with no sweater for later. This happens all the time. Little things like that……which don’t really cause trouble but aren’t normal for him. Once he didn’t gas up the truck, beginning a four hour drive home on familiar roads. At some point got worried abt the fuel gauge. Took a wrong turn and got lost, where there were no gas stations. He had turned off a short way BEFORE the known stations. Then he forgot to eat so he got all vague and sort of……couldn’t think clearly. All in the same trip. In the same roads we’ve/he’s been driving for over 25 years.
There are all these LITTLE things.
Yes, he asks questions over again but mostly because he forgot. Or he goes and does some task, makes mistakes over it, and when I comment, he says he “didn’t think/realize/know”. Except he did.
Hearing your similar situations helps me feel less like I’m imagining things.