Ask Amy: Husband worries about wife's male friendship
-- Shylingual
Dear Shylingual: I don't see this as pretentious or as you being judgmental, but more as you being open - literally -- to "interpretation." Some people may like this, some may not. Some may privately snicker, or answer your question in English.
It seems fairly important, however, that you demonstrate enough competence to understand the response, when someone answers your question: "Como estas?"
I'm interested in what readers have to say.
Dear Amy: You frequently receive questions regarding friends and family members whose behavior changes radically. This creates confusion and relationship problems.
My wonderful Momma went from sweet and loving -- to angry and vicious. She hallucinated about very sexual things: men, fires, and water. She physically attacked my dad (my siblings and myself found this out after she died).
After many years of this behavior -- testing, and numerous doctor visits, my beautiful mother was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia. Nine weeks later, she was gone.
Please, I beg your readers, if your loved one changes drastically, keep fighting for their mental health.
-- Still Grieving
Dear Grieving: Lewy Body Dementia is a devastating illness which (to my amateur understanding) seems to combine symptoms of Parkinsons disease and dementia. Notably, the wonderful comic and actor Robin Williams was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia after his death by suicide, which has helped to raise awareness.
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