Losing it.

Peartree

Thanks BlueBelle your obviously are in charge of Gransnet.

Where did that come from ???

I was simply agreeing with you and with others that my memory’s not as good as it used to be and names and faces sometimes evade me However if your harking back to my first post asking what DN stood for at least 7 others didn’t know and all you had to do was say oh sorry it means ‘Darling Neice’ absolutely no need for spiky answers

And if franberns my mum I don’t know how she’s writing on here as I lost my mum 11 years ago

Puzzling post Peartree

If I were you I would stick with the 'demential'. No idea what that is but it may be some excuse for rudeness.

Dear Franbern are you Bluebelles mum? And im far from demential I think you are much more spiteful then I could ever be.

Peartree

Thanks BlueBelle your obviously are in charge of Gransnet.

Well, if this sort of nasty sniping is how they respond on Mumsnet, then you are very welcome to stay here. What a nasty response to Bluebelle's honest comment!!!

By the way, the initials that are used on GN are set ones and are shown in a special thread for what they mean. Not one for Niece or Nephew. How long extra does it take to type those words?

So, if you want the same sort of sniping back I would say that YES/ you could well be showing very early signs of early on-set demential. Your spiteful comment to Bluebelle could be part of this condition.

Have you tried going through the alphabet until the name pops into your head? It works for me. I've never been great at remembering names, but faces and places I can remember very clearly.

I've begun having to plan a journey in my head to work out how to get from A to B. Not frequent journeys, but ones I may not have done for a couple of years, especially not during the whole of the pandemic.

Thanks BlueBelle your obviously are in charge of Gransnet.

Brain fade, trying to think about too much at the same time, occasionally I get it, not too often but it is embarrassing. More often I go to the fridge and have forgotten what I wanted.

It gives me so much hope when I read others stories on here
CrazyH and Maybee I ve also had hints from my adult child that perhaps I should go to the doctor for tests
It s names with me too canadiangran and juliette I was lying in bed this morning and thinking about all our political troubles and Jeremy Corbyn came into my brain well his picture did but his name didn’t after about ten minutes Jeremy came forth then ages later Corbyn emerged

It's names I have problems with. Yesterday I was trying to remember Hugh Grant's name and couldn't even remember what he'd been in. This morning I easily recalled Bridget Jones and the other actor's names because I concentrated on them once my mind had retrieved them yesterday. I remember association being recommended for remembering names. I connected the word huge with Hugh Grant - can't think why!!

I was wondering what DN was as well, thought it was a place or meeting, like U3A. But then I have translation issues sometimes not being from UK!

Back to topic, I once was in a meeting and had a lapse of memory for a co-worker's name, and I had to reference her while I was speaking to the group. Total silence from me mid-sentence, and someone filled in blank. I was so embarrassed, and thought about it all night long. This was a few months ago, and I haven't had anything similar happen since, but I was definitely worried about it.

My memory lapses always seem to be names.

crazyH

MayBee70 - well said - same here with my daughter. She even suggested taking me to the memory clinic. What a cheek !!

I do always say to both of my kids when they want me to do something please remind me closer to the date’ but that’s because, since I retired, I lose track of where we are, calendar wise.

Peartree

I thought it was obvious that DN was Dear Niece!why would I write District Nurse or Dear Neighbour.?

It was obvious to me 🙂

MayBee70 - well said - same here with my daughter. She even suggested taking me to the memory clinic. What a cheek !!

It's called getting older Peartree.
These made me laugh especially the wedding one. Hilarious.
I often do silly things, in spite of brain exercises. I often try to change channels with my phone. And sometines I lift my phone to Google something and forget in those few seconds what it was I wanted to look for.

My daughter seems to think that my memory is awful eg I looked after her boys the other night and she messaged one of them to check that I’d remembered to go round. But, from my experience, she’s the one that doesn’t remember things.

Why would it be obvious Peartree DN could stand for anything how do we know your talking about your niece it could have even been dear nephew
If you feel more comfortable on Mumsnet then that’s where you need to be

So much easier if people can be bothered to write what they mean, thanks

Georgesgran, I've tried to change the tv channel - on my mobile (more than once) and can't always recall names (but can picture the faces) of family members. I have no idea of their birthdays, either. It's not a new thing, though, just the way my brain works (or doesn't) - so I don't worry about it.

Peartree - I have also become very forgetful. It happens as we get older. There are lots of brain training games online. I’ve done one or two, but I must do more.

If NDN means Next Door Neighbour (as it often seems to) then DN could well be Dear Neighbour
Why not say “Niece” ?

Peartree

I thought it was obvious that DN was Dear Niece!why would I write District Nurse or Dear Neighbour.?

well, it obviously was not obvious, since at least 6 people were puzzled by it.

I often forget what I was about to say usually when I am not busy.
You don't need to exercise your brain. Looking after a baby will give you plenty of physical and mental exercise.

Yes crazyH. I wish I could clone him so a great many women could experience such a lovely life. I only hate his smoking and drinking on a weekend because I want him to stay with me forever.

That conversation is familiar Ravenscroft. .

I was telling my husband something the other day while we were driving. I then forgot what I was saying and asked him to remind me and he answered 'I wasn't listening' so don't know.

Do they talk about neices on MN? We dont talk much about them here. I wonder why and I thought it was neighbour too....