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1 posted on 11/14/2007 10:52:46 AM PST by dead
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No one can know how much the man was in control of his faculties.

As much as I dislike Sandy, I think it’s a mature and rational reaction on her part.

Likely that he’s been a completely different person to her and toward her for a while now, which is why he’s in the retirement home.


2 posted on 11/14/2007 10:55:57 AM PST by American_Centurion (No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
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Does Kay’s family know that their mother is being abused by this facility? She is not of sound mind. If there is sexual contact, it’s Rape.


3 posted on 11/14/2007 10:56:07 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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This really is a very sweet story. Good for Justice O’Conner for sharing it.


4 posted on 11/14/2007 10:56:33 AM PST by Mercat (Waddle around and make new friends.)
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It is sad that they forget their spouses.

This disease is truly devastating to all affected by it.

5 posted on 11/14/2007 10:56:38 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (RIP Eric Medlen. You will be missed.../ Get well Soon John Force!!!)
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Too much information, thank you.


6 posted on 11/14/2007 10:57:02 AM PST by rhombus
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Very HEALTHY reaction Sandra!


7 posted on 11/14/2007 10:57:20 AM PST by mosaicwolf
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Sandra Day O’Connor.

Ronald Reagan didn’t make many mistakes, but he sure did make one colossal mistake with her.


8 posted on 11/14/2007 10:57:31 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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And so why are they sharing this lovely situation with the whole wide world?!?
9 posted on 11/14/2007 10:57:34 AM PST by Yossarian (Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity...)
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What an unenviable situation. The headline is a little silly. It’s not like they’re running off for a tryst in the broom closet.


11 posted on 11/14/2007 10:57:50 AM PST by Aggie Mama
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O’Connor is not one of my favorite SCOTUS Justices (then again, she’s not the worst either), but I must applaud her on this. She’s handling it in a very healthy way.


15 posted on 11/14/2007 11:02:55 AM PST by lesser_satan (READ MY LIPS: NO NEW RINOS | FRED THOMPSON/ DUNCAN HUNTER '08)
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There was a movie based on a situation like this, that came out within the last year. Except it was a woman entering the nursing facility, and the husband went to visit her every day. I cannot remember the name of the movie, though.


16 posted on 11/14/2007 11:02:59 AM PST by marvlus
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Hmmm, I wonder how “Honey, Its not what you think, I have Alzheimer’s!” will work as an excuse?


21 posted on 11/14/2007 11:05:09 AM PST by Bob Buchholz
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None of our business, in my opinion.


22 posted on 11/14/2007 11:05:31 AM PST by American Quilter (The urge to save humanity is nearly always a cover for the urge to rule. - H. L. Mencken)
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Ugh.


29 posted on 11/14/2007 11:09:37 AM PST by Age of Reason
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This just in... Kent Brockman reporting--

Former President Clinton says... "I keep telling Hill I've got Alzheimer's, but she wants a note from my doctor."

Film... at 11!

33 posted on 11/14/2007 11:12:51 AM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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Don’t most Alzheimer’s patients live in the waaaaay past.....my grandmother did. I took family pictures when I went to see her......she didn’t know who I was, but she knew who her parents were.....so it doesn’t surprise me that an Alzheimer’s patient would revert to teenage behavior.


42 posted on 11/14/2007 11:27:25 AM PST by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
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Justice O'Connor was not my fav, but she (along with her adult children) is handling this beautifully.

My mother in law has Alzheimers (as did her late sister) and the rapid progression is stunning. She can remember her sons, myself and my sister in law; and our older children. The younger ones (four boys all born in the last 14 years) she can't. Who are they? Are you going send these kids back to their parents? Its as though there is some 'line' in her brain and anything after that certain point is gone. She can't remember that her sister is gone; she will call her neice to ask how her mom is doing (she remembers how to dial the phone; but can't 'learn' to use a microwave or a remote control). It is heartbreaking.

46 posted on 11/14/2007 11:56:51 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. Jane Austen.)
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I’m sorry but adulterous sex in a nursing home is disgusting


49 posted on 11/14/2007 12:48:24 PM PST by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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My beloved father died of Alzheimer's in 2004. Near the end he would cry because he wanted to go be with his parents, and couldn't understand why he, a child, would be so horribly abandoned. Of course my grandparents had died years ago, and my father was in his 70's. He was a child no where but in his own mind.

You have not known pain until you have to try to help someone understand that their parents can't come visit today, and know that you will have to do it again tomorrow. And the next day. You have not known pain until you have to explain who you are over and over, and no that it does no good and that you can be of no comfort to your loved one - knowing that you are confusing them and upsetting them when you try to help calm them. But nothing calms them.

If this man can be happy for even one moment with his new love, and not spend his final days sobbing, wondering why he has been abandoned, then that is what should happen. And the fact that family members are gracious and loving about it is wonderful.

No one has the right to question this family or their decisions.

51 posted on 11/14/2007 12:56:20 PM PST by mountainbunny
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How does he remember his Girlfriend if he doesn’t remember his wife? What am I missing.


54 posted on 11/14/2007 1:15:23 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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