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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found it more like the lack of filters was gone. Whatever popped into my moms head, she said. Same is now happening with my MIL. Problem is so much is so negative and inappropriate and sometimes racist. [/quote]

Nothing like an elderly parent with hearing aides and no filter who is racist. They spew the racism loudly in a public place and can't even hear how loud and horrible they are.[/quote]

It's even better when they are in assisted living and most of the caregivers are non-white.[/quote]

Or in hospital, my MIL said very loudly how dirty and useless the black nurses are, ok stupid considering they are the ones looking after you.  Or the poor tea ladies that come in and she grunts at them that she wants coffee and then she doesn't even say thank you, just ignores them.  They look so unimpressed by her.

I say thank you to them and smile, which they seem to appreciate.

I don't know what happens to their filters but this general attitude of not caring what others think can border on being cruel to others and this is probably why people have less tolerance to it.  Getting old doesn't excuse you for everything.

[b]I think in general though my MIL has always been slightly nasty, in her older years it is just more pronounced.[[/b]/quote]

Nailed it.[/quote]

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