You just have to laugh sometimes.....
Some of my recent favourites are:
"I had a terrible night last night. I had to stay awake .. until I went to sleep" (said several times over, with greater emphasis each time, because of course if you repeat it, then it must make sense.)
"drinking water causes gas, so no water, and no salt, cause salt makes you drink water"
"the toothpaste took all the enamel off my teeth in just 3 days!"
I got to the end of scanning and bagging and trying to pay, but the system is griping at me about something or another. I looked over and Mom was putting the bags in the cart and it apparently wasn't ready, so I explained it and put them back.
Went back to try to put in my credit card when the system started to gripe, again. Mom just couldn't wait and she was kind of inching one of the bags off.
We had the same discussion. I went back to put my credit card in and she started asking me, "Can I do it, now?" "Nope," I said, but she was inching it, again. It went back-and-forth with "Can I do it, now?" "Nope" and me reaching over to shove the bag back on the scale.
This went back-and-forth for a bit - good thing no-one was behind us.
Yesterday, I was getting somewhat impatient about it but, today, can laugh.
https://www.agingcare.com/discussions/you-know-you-are-caregiver-if-163390.htm
My response, as a joke, was to point out that she should look on the bright side - if she totally loses her memory, she'll only never need the one book. She glared at me and and I told her that, if she thought hard about it, there could be other good benefits to total memory loss.
She then suddenly looked a bit smug and said, "You know, I think I have finally lost my memory, completely. I just don't remember having any ice cream, today," and we had actually just finished having ice cream.
Maybe it's a you-had-to-be-there moment, but it was kind of funny.
Mom was telling me how she would waltz with her head on a fellows shoulder and she said "It's a wonder that we didn't get in more trouble, that he would get all worked up and not be able to go home"! HA I guess she means his parents won't let him in the house with a " woody"!!! Lol
Since then she has asked me everyday if she can have my nice big TV...then she laughs so hard it hurt her stomach.
Your idea is a good one and I will have to remember that when I save up the money to buy her a big TV.
"& do we care if they did?"
Hee. She's still in there somewhere, then.
mom: Do you want me to go with you and help the good careliver?....
Didn't know you were a liver dish did you?....
You will never live that one down. ...
liver lover (not)
She meant to say caregiver. I hope she forgets the liver lover part.