Sex

My mother told me the other day that she felt the 65 year old aide was flirting with the Occupational Therapist , who it should be noted is a nice looking, very kind and fit man in his 30's . It was my mothers assertion that the aide could hardly wait to walk my motherr back to her bed so she(the aide) could get back to flirting with him. Meanwhile it takes mom so long to hobble from living room to bed that I am sure he was long gone. I did however marvel at the capacity of mom to be interested in men and sexual thoughts in general. I also think how hard it must have been for her to maintain relationships. Now her ability to string cause and effect together is very weak, and that has always been a part of her persona. For example she might yell and say horrid things to a person and wonder a few days later why that person is upset. If said person tries and bring up the prior fight this will result in mother saying that person is a liar and that she is angry at them for their lies. So to maintain peace a constant attitude of forgiveness and ignoring of her abuse is the only way forward .