Murderous intent?

It’s not a wise gift for a diabetic, is it really?

Who wants to be wise at 90 years old though ?

My late overweight diabetic OH could be said to have committed suicide in the same way. I kept him to a healthy nutritious diet but he went out of his way to shovel as much sugar as he could into his body and refused to take his medication . All this was to let medical professionals understand that they didn’t know what they were doing ; he knew his own body. He died.

Many years ago I worked on an elderly care ward at our local hospital.
A lovely 93 year old lady was being "encouraged," against her will, to get out of bed and do some physio every week day.
All she wanted to do was sit in bed and eat yoghurt, which was precisely what the weekend nursing staff let her do.

As one of them said, "If you can't sit in bed and eat yoghurt at 93, when can you?"

Before she went into a care home in February at 96 my sister and I shopped for Mum for the half a dozen years after she could no longer come with us. She wanted cakes , biscuits sweets and pudding, even though she had medical problems that a better diet may have helped alleviate. We weren’t trying to murder her- 1: she was over ninety, so why not eat what she wanted , and 2: we wouldn’t take away her choice to decide what she would eat

What I don't understand is the "she gains half a stone each time" who is monitoring this? Each time she eats a sack-full? But if they are secret how does anyone know. Anyway when I'm 90 be damned if anyone is getting to weigh me!!!

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people’s gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

I've always said that should I win the lottery (that I don't do) I shall open up a care home where the people can do whatever the hell they want (unless it's really impossible, or illegal)

With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.

We spent more hours than I was happy about one holiday searching for the "perfect" red hat for my mother-in-law to wear to her ladies' group.
Never did find one that was acceptable ?

Oh V3ra! I remember wearing a red hat, red shoes and carrying smart red bag to a wedding in the Sixties, to go with a navy and red outfit. Then someone said to me "Oh! Red hat, no drawers" ?

Callistemon21 it was "all fur coat and no knickers" where I come from ?

Both phrases were acceptable around here.

Oh, thank goodness.
I never wore the hat again although it was very smart but wore the shoes a few times. DD2 found the handbag about 35 years later! and said "I love it, it's retro, can I have it?"

MissAdventure

Both phrases were acceptable around here.

Or not acceptable if you're on the receiving end
???

All mouth and gators for a man, I think it was.

gators?

Alligators?

I dunno.
I always thought they were like bicycle clips?
Braces?
Maybe I've spelt it wrong?

Yammy

Is this a spoof? A diabetic aged 90 being fed sugar and accusing the person of getting wills changed in their favour.
If it isn't I'll have what she's having if I can get to 90.

Can't be doing her any harm if she's still here, apart from the UTIs.
OP could buy them from her and get her flowers instead, although I doubt she'd find them as tasty!

If they were Cadbury roses she might.

Still no explanation from the OP.

My guess is that a sibling who does nothing to help, visited their mum and fetched her in a pile of sweets.
The op found them, and posted because she was angry.
I think I'm Hetty whatsername, here.

MissAdventure

I dunno.
I always thought they were like bicycle clips?
Braces?
Maybe I've spelt it wrong?

Oh yes. Gaiters, I think
Keep your legs warm, with an elasticated bit that goes under your foot.

I am so old I remember wearing some when I was a small child! Winters were chilly then and tights hadn't been invented.

Alligators would probably work, too.

? ?

Next gransnet outing red hats should be obligatory!
I admire elderly eccentrics but haven't the courage to be one myself but then again maybe I am