A friend of mine sent me this story from Slate's top 10 stories, called, "An Affair to Remember. "
The article reminded me of an Alice Munro story that was made into a movie called "Away from Her." Yet this story is entirely true. It's about an elderly couple in a nursing home, and if you're yawning already it get's more interesting that that, but I'm keeping this blog pretty PG.
Essentially, it gets at the question of autonomy and age. At what point do people stop being allowed to make their own decisions about love? This is not a happy Christmas-y story, but I promise you won't forget it.
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A fascinating story that does raise some uncomfortable issues. In a way, adults with dementia are much like children, and you'd certainly intervene if your young kids behaved this way. On the other hand, you want even addled adults to have the dignity to make their own choices, so long as no one is hurt...
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