Today, while at my aunt's funeral, my grandma who has terrible memory loss asked me whose funeral we were at. I had to explain to her that her daughter had died. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at my grandmother's funeral, my senile grandfather kept asking me "Where's granny? I've been looking for her, but I can't find her." FML
Today, my mom asked me to help pick out clothes for my grandma to wear in her casket. I didn't know she'd died. FML
Today, after mourning and making my girlfriend cancel her big birthday party, I found out my grandma didn't actually die. FML
Today, at work, I served a customer who looked so much like my grandma that I thought it actually was her. Then I remembered she died 6 months ago. I had to serve customers with a smile on my face while choking back tears for the rest of the day. FML
Today, at the end of my great grandmother's funeral, her daughter (my grandma) told me and my mother that she doesn’t have a reason to come back and visit anymore, and that everyone in her life is now gone. FML
Today, I told my boss that my grandma died to get a day off work, but then my grandma showed up at the office looking for me because she wanted to go shopping. FML
Today, I was at my grandma's funeral. While giving the eulogy, I accidentally mixed up "You will be missed" and "You won't be forgotten" and instead said "You won't be missed." FML
Today, I was standing in the parking lot with my sister, after my aunt's funeral, when my grandma walks up and says to my sister, "You're the one going places in life, I'm proud to have you as a grand daughter." She then looked at me, and walked away. FML
Today, I was at my mom's funeral. My sisters and I were sitting in the front row. The funeral director, whom we had met with twice before, was going around greeting everyone. When she got to us, she asked where our mom was. Seriously? FML
Today, I was mistaken for an employee at my grandmother's funeral. There were only twelve of us there, all family. FML
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helloimclaudia 30
That must have been a horrible thing to tell her.
angelofmusic113 9
That's really sad. :(
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simoncat 11
Ugh. Poor grandma. When her dementia is at that level, you can't help but pity her. Treat her gently. But keep her safe. She is like a child.
usernameunkn0wn 18
This just happened to my boyfriend's grandma. She has Alzheimer's and her and her husband were in the nursing home, in the same room and everything when her husband died. The day of the funeral, she asked us where he was at and we had to explain everything to her again... she didn't even know she was at her own husband's funeral. She ended up staying for about 10 minutes before returning to the nursing home. So heartbreaking! So sorry for your loss, OP.
Sora_McKain 36
How horrible OP, so sorry! *hugs* (also accidentally clicked his, which you don't of course).
CoDHater 9
How does OP deserve this?
markbove 3
Maybe it's better that she not know. Sorry for your loss
kpc2424 13
I can't imagine having to do that. It's like going through the loss twice:/
ginawater19 13
That sounds funny at first but is indeed very sad. My great aunt had dimentia and in her final months she couldn't even remember who I was anymore. It kind of feels like their life was a waste if they can't even remember what's going on. It's very sad. Hope everyone is well
worldclassrager 41
In a severe case as you stated of memory loss that's one thing that has to happen sometimes more than once...this is a heart wrenching kind of situation this explanation is tough to explain but needed to put her to peace...I know this sounds a bit odd but I hope I got my point across...
breadstickez 5
My family has been in the same situation. My father had to explain to his mother that her daughter (his sister) had passed away as well, at her funeral. Then due to her dementia, he originally had to explain on later dates that she had died when she continued to ask about her. Eventually we stopped telling her because it upset her, and just told her she was happy. It was for the best.
NellyFaceXD 3
Awkward silence