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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh. I’m sorry, op. This sounds so hard.

It would probably be easier to figure out a way for your mom to get space from your dad but keep them married.

My mom kept threatening to divorce my dad but they both had dementia at that point. She thought the female caregivers were hitting on him and that dad enjoyed it. They were doing things like taking him to the bathroom. I feel quite confident they did not want to have sex with him.

Now they are both too far gone for the idea of divorce to be an issue. But it used to upset my dad when she said it and he would apologize etc. I think she maybe just liked saying it so he would have to say he loved her and wanted to be with her etc.[/quote]

"keep them married?"

You are not talking about a dining set here.

Why do we lose all respect for adult autonomy when people get old?[/quote]

I don’t entirely disagree with you but have you had parents with dementia? My mom consciously chose to stay with my
Dad for over fifty years. She had dementia and perhaps was not legally competent by the time she was talking about divorcing my dad. [/quote]

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