Anonymous
Post 08/05/2022 17:07     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's not, OP. My grandmother, who was my mother for all intensive purposes...didn't recognize me when she was in this stage of passing away. Not recognizing people, confusing people, etc. is very, very common. I'm sorry your father is passing and wish peace for you and your family.

Completely off topic, and I admit I'm a nut, but the phrase is "for all intents and purposes".
You may now go back to your regularly scheduled programming.


Quotation marks go outside the period. Nobody's perfect.


Only if the entire sentence is a quote, in this case the quotation marks are used to highlight a phrase and the period of this sentence goes outside the quotation marks.

Like you said, no one is perfect.


You're incorrect. Two master's degrees. One in education, one in education. Also a published author.

How about you move along and stop being an a*hole?


It technically depends on if you're in Europe or the US. Maybe the poster is from across the pond.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2022 10:05     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
Anonymous wrote:On my grandmother’s deathbed, she called my mom by her mother’s name and me by her sister’s name, repeatedly. On my dad’s deathbed, he couldn’t remember the name of his beloved only grandson and just asked for “the baby.”

They lose names but they keep the love. That “I love you was yours, even if he couldn’t find the right words to say it.”


I hope that you are comforted by this many, touching replies OP.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 20:42     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
On my grandmother’s deathbed, she called my mom by her mother’s name and me by her sister’s name, repeatedly. On my dad’s deathbed, he couldn’t remember the name of his beloved only grandson and just asked for “the baby.”

They lose names but they keep the love. That “I love you was yours, even if he couldn’t find the right words to say it.”
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 20:37     Subject: Re:Freudian slip on deathbed
Having recently gone through hospice with my mother who had dementia I am confident that your dad was telling you that he loved you but just mixed up the names. My mother always knew who we were but didn’t know our names.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 19:56     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's not, OP. My grandmother, who was my mother for all intensive purposes...didn't recognize me when she was in this stage of passing away. Not recognizing people, confusing people, etc. is very, very common. I'm sorry your father is passing and wish peace for you and your family.

Completely off topic, and I admit I'm a nut, but the phrase is "for all intents and purposes".
You may now go back to your regularly scheduled programming.


Quotation marks go outside the period. Nobody's perfect.


Only if the entire sentence is a quote, in this case the quotation marks are used to highlight a phrase and the period of this sentence goes outside the quotation marks.

Like you said, no one is perfect.


You're incorrect. Two master's degrees. One in education, one in education. Also a published author.

How about you move along and stop being an a*hole?


The other degree in writing and education. No one needs to be perfect...but correcting a person's speech, grammar, etc. on a casual message thread is major league douchbaggery.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 19:54     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's not, OP. My grandmother, who was my mother for all intensive purposes...didn't recognize me when she was in this stage of passing away. Not recognizing people, confusing people, etc. is very, very common. I'm sorry your father is passing and wish peace for you and your family.

Completely off topic, and I admit I'm a nut, but the phrase is "for all intents and purposes".
You may now go back to your regularly scheduled programming.


Quotation marks go outside the period. Nobody's perfect.


Only if the entire sentence is a quote, in this case the quotation marks are used to highlight a phrase and the period of this sentence goes outside the quotation marks.

Like you said, no one is perfect.


You're incorrect. Two master's degrees. One in education, one in education. Also a published author.

How about you move along and stop being an a*hole?
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 18:28     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's not, OP. My grandmother, who was my mother for all intensive purposes...didn't recognize me when she was in this stage of passing away. Not recognizing people, confusing people, etc. is very, very common. I'm sorry your father is passing and wish peace for you and your family.

Completely off topic, and I admit I'm a nut, but the phrase is "for all intents and purposes".
You may now go back to your regularly scheduled programming.


Quotation marks go outside the period. Nobody's perfect.


Only if the entire sentence is a quote, in this case the quotation marks are used to highlight a phrase and the period of this sentence goes outside the quotation marks.

Like you said, no one is perfect.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2022 22:51     Subject: Re:Freudian slip on deathbed
My MIL called my daughter by her dead relatives names for years when my daughter was a teen. She wasn’t near death and didn’t have dementia. She was a thousand years old and a little dottie. I instructed my daughter to answer and not to correct her.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2022 21:41     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's not, OP. My grandmother, who was my mother for all intensive purposes...didn't recognize me when she was in this stage of passing away. Not recognizing people, confusing people, etc. is very, very common. I'm sorry your father is passing and wish peace for you and your family.

Completely off topic, and I admit I'm a nut, but the phrase is "for all intents and purposes".
You may now go back to your regularly scheduled programming.


Quotation marks go outside the period. Nobody's perfect.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2022 21:25     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
Anonymous wrote:My grandma’s last words to me were “why are you trying to murder me?”

For the record, I was a terrific granddaughter and never tried to kill anyone!

While I am sad for you that that was the last thing your grandmother said to you, I have to admit, it’s kind of funny too because of the absurdity.

My father’s last words were, “I think I’m going to throw up.”
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2022 18:42     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
Anonymous wrote:It's not, OP. My grandmother, who was my mother for all intensive purposes...didn't recognize me when she was in this stage of passing away. Not recognizing people, confusing people, etc. is very, very common. I'm sorry your father is passing and wish peace for you and your family.

Completely off topic, and I admit I'm a nut, but the phrase is "for all intents and purposes".
You may now go back to your regularly scheduled programming.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2022 17:24     Subject: Re:Freudian slip on deathbed
Anonymous wrote:I call my youngest kid the dog's name pretty much every day. Truth is, they have similar personalities.

I don't actually think my kid is the dog. He's in bad shape and misspoke. That's it.


Lol
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2022 17:24     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
Nope, he just mixed up your names. I’ve done it myself with my kids and am younger than your dad and cognitively intact. Just a regular (non-Freudian) slip of the tongue.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2022 09:01     Subject: Re:Freudian slip on deathbed
I call my youngest kid the dog's name pretty much every day. Truth is, they have similar personalities.

I don't actually think my kid is the dog. He's in bad shape and misspoke. That's it.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2022 08:48     Subject: Freudian slip on deathbed
Not at all, OP. My DHs grandmother thought my daughter (her great grand daughter) was my SIL... there is a 50 year age gap and they look nothing alike. For starters my daughter is mixed race and SIL is very pale and was blonde. It's the dementia and medication.