Insensitivity! Rudeness! Alzheimer's! Anger!
My nan was never the brightest spark. She was a lovely woman, but my super-bright grandfather married her more for her comely charms than her wit. She was a lovely woman, but always a bit of a bumbler, and as she got older this bumbling increased, as it so often does.

When my nan hit about 65, my mother, in a rare display of slightly tiddly honesty, after a frustrating day of my nan being particularly bumbly and inapropriate said "You know, you diluted my brain cells! I'd have been a genius if it wasn't for you!"

My nan was quite upset by this, and stunned us by announcing that she was suffering the early symptoms of Alzheimer's (which eventually indirectly caused her death).

My mum, still squiffy, responded in a stage whisper to my dad "Nonsense. She's just daft!"

Well done Mum. She still claims to this day though, that she was right.
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