09-11-2014, 03:27 PM
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Re: The elderly don't need handling with kid gloves!
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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When my husband had a stroke he changed had to learn to do so much again and then I learned to love the new normal because he is never going to be the same person he was. I think in many ways I love the new normal more than the old one. I can't say exactly what attracted me to him as he has always had aspergers so some challenging times have been had but his kindness is high on the list and luckily he has never lost that.
Tolerating someone isn't something I would like to live with, we of course have tolerance but deep loving is most important.
09-11-2014, 03:48 PM
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Re: The elderly don't need handling with kid gloves!
Originally Posted by alice76
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I'm glad you didn't take that option. People find it too easy to walk out nowadays. The brother and sister thing is a common expression, I've heard, of living in a sexless marriage. I wasn't trying to offend you. I'm sorry if you took it that way.
09-11-2014, 03:52 PM
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Re: The elderly don't need handling with kid gloves!
Originally Posted by comeandgo
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Hardly sexless, we have three birth children, and that wasn't through an immaculate conception!
09-11-2014, 04:07 PM
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Re: The elderly don't need handling with kid gloves!
Originally Posted by alice76
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Sorry! I assumed you weren't having rampant sex these days by the way you've been talking!! Geeezus!!
09-11-2014, 04:11 PM
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Re: The elderly don't need handling with kid gloves!
Originally Posted by comeandgo
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You shouldn't assume anything about me! I drew up the drawbridge after my husband's illness, he might still be up for it, but I have done my bit where that activity is concerned. I got fed up with lying back and thinking of the universe 365x3 yearly!
09-11-2014, 04:25 PM
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Re: The elderly don't need handling with kid gloves!
Originally Posted by mesco m
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My husband has a few pet names for me. Even after all these years it still gives me a warm feeling, we are still very close.
09-11-2014, 04:26 PM
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Re: The elderly don't need handling with kid gloves!
Originally Posted by alice76
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Sorry Comeandgo, but I've now Cameandwent. You're playing mind games here and I can't be bothered with it.
I don't play games I tell it how it is, if your assumptions about me don't match the reality that is your problem not mine!
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