Conversation with my 90 year-old mother in the dermatologist’s waiting room today:
Mother: “It sure would be nice if they had some music playing here while we wait.”
Me: “They do.”
Mother: “Are you sure? I don’t hear anything.”
Me: “That’s because you’re deaf. If they had the music cranked up loud enough for you to hear it, everyone else would be driven out of the room.”
Mother: “I’ve told you, I’m not getting hearing aids! They don’t work and they’re expensive! I keep getting ads in the mail all the time for them. Did you have the company send them to me?”
Me: “No, I didn’t have them sent to you. I get them too—they send them to everybody who’s over a certain age.”
Mother: “Well, I don’t need them.”
Me: “Fine.”
[Pause]
Mother: “What are they playing?”
I Tried Being Tasteful... 
Oh, that picture! LOL!
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Ohmylordohmylordohmylord. I am laughing out loud in between my tears.
I have so been there. Aren’t they something? My Dad is 97. He had shoulder pain for a month and we all kept telling him to take Tylenol. And he would say ‘No.’ Just that. ‘No.’ Finally there was a trip to the doctor’s office. The doctor said take some Tylenol. So he did.
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I hear you. My mother thinks taking an aspirin is as bad as doing crack cocaine. She says she’s not a “pill taker”, despite the medications she takes every day for blood pressure, thyroid, etc. Sheesh!
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Uh, ditto. Where does this denial come from?
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Fun. Do you do artwork for books? I’d like to talk to you about that.
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Thank you, James. I’d be interested in finding out what you have in mind. Feel free to contact me!
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Are you sure you weren’t with my mother-in-law?
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Jincey–Well, I have been known to have multiple personalities, so that is a possibility. Thanks for stopping by!
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