Done!

The NY Times article points out that the couple was always affectionate. As others pointed out, there are moments, even hours, of lucidity in dementia. She could have consented. Her kids, however, don't seem to be as accepting as you are.

I do happen to like both. Pomegranate glazed salmon with a side of kale?

If only. For now I go by “everything in moderation" because hey, good food is delicious. Just can't eat too much of it.

Little dried fruit, one of the benefits in my book. You're right though, if it's predominantly chocolate, probably not health food. So many bars are just well marketed candy.

Yeah. Less than 5 grams of sugar. I eat a half a bar after working out sometimes. I can't do the bars that taste like cookies or cake or whatever. Just not my thing.

I don’t think Kind bars are junk food, necessarily, but no food should come with health claims. Period. Pomegranates don’t prevent cancer any more than an all salmon diet prevents heart disease. We focus too much on “miracles” and there just aren’t any. Eat fewer calories than you burn. Balance fat, carbs and protein.…

The current climate is such that there’s no such thing as moderation. We are all Paleo or vegan or whatever diet du jour, and don’t think about basics like “calories”.

Oh man. I will need to try it. I've been blinded by the mustard and BBQ.

Yessss.

They are good, particularly if you don't like too much sweet. The BBQ and Honey Mustard are my favorite, and I'll eat the Thai Chili if necessary.

I dig their savory bars. Less sugar. More nuts and BBQ flavor.

It’s not all Kind bars, just some, yes? And isn’t saturated fat in moderation okay now? Like we determined eggs are now okay last week, right?

I’m with you. I’ve seen too many families act like their parent is a child and not an autonomous human. What’s funny is my mom is at a Catholic institution. I don’t think they have any explicit policies about sexuality, but there is a definite attitude of “unless something terrible is going on, whatever”. I thought…

So are children of nursing home residents. I worked in a nursing home as a teenager; my mother is still a nurse at one. She’s told me many stories of residents in dementia wards getting it on with each other— and the only people who are really horrified are the children. “Ick, Mom/Dad is too old for that!” My mom, who…

Is it the nursing home staff, or is it her children who can’t acknowledge that, even with dementia, people can still have sexual needs and desires? I know it’s icky to think of our parents having sex— especially when a parent is a widow/er— but I feel like the NYT article goes into more detail beyond that he’s Rapey…

Alle's no longer at XOvain? Day ruined.

I actually laughed out loud at this one, which doesn't happen so much on SNL these days. So yeah, I'm apparently an awful person.

Makes sense— food on airplanes are always pretty intensely flavored because you lose some sense of taste/smell in the air. I imagine it's much worse in space.

The last vacation my mom and I took with my dad while he had limited mobility (but before he broke a hip) was a cruise. It was excellent for him (not so much for me for reasons that weren't the cruise's fault) as everything was flat, people were happy to help and he could easily be accomodated. And my mom didn't have…