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[quote=Anonymous]My best friend and I both have mothers with dementia.  We make time once a week to have breakfast together. From the time we get to the diner until the food comes we complain and compare notes about our moms. It is so nice to know that I'm not alone and that what is happening is "normal" for dementia. Once the food comes we try to switch gears to other topics: kids, spouses, house projects and work. While we eat we will discuss solutions for our moms but not complain.  So things like which night light did you get for her bedroom? Or did the picture book you made help?  But having those first 10 mins to complain really helps.  There is no judgment.

In the moment I make it a drinking game. Mom asks a question more that 3 times I start taking a drink of water (in my mind it is vodka).  It helps me get my fluid in and somehow the physical action of lifting my glass and drinking gives purpose to her question. Then I sneak a text in to my friend and tell her I would be drunk if it wasn't water.[/quote]

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