Prehensile_cloaca

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  • Prehensile_cloaca @lemm.eetomemes@lemmy.worldI'm hungry
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    14 hours ago

    Going to assume you’re just trauma venting, because clearly toddlers should be eating all the time; they’re small and have small systems, whereas adults can almost always eat enough food to sustain them for 4-5 hours, with a basic understanding of nutrition.

    Anyway, sorry your mom was the way she was.










  • Prehensile_cloaca @lemm.eetoCyanide and Happiness@lemm.ee2024.08.13
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    2 days ago

    Some people have abysmal spatial awareness and, from experience, many women seem to not have much sense of the gradation of height beyond recognizing someone who can loom over them. Eg, many women have said something like, “we’re almost the same height,” while I am 4" (10cm) taller than them. Eventually you just chock it up to a widespread skill issue, or some kind of default mania.




  • 65 isn’t very old, but it’s a lot on anyone’s plate if she was also taking care of a 90+ Alzheimer patient and 3 dogs.

    The fact that they had a rodent infestation (which are known vectors for Hanta in NM) on their property seems like a pretty significant indication that she was overwhelmed. It’s not like they are average retirees; resources were not an issue.

    What IS an ongoing pattern though, is elderly people overestimating their capabilities based on their younger selves, and ignoring the signs they need additional support. Eventually something catastrophic happens, like a car accident, and then people shake their heads like, “well, we kept telling Bill he was too old to drive at night anymore, but he’s just stubborn like that.” Meanwhile the collateral damage is done.