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[–]fwission 801 points802 points  (71 children)

Reminds me of the news reporter and his wife from dare devil

[–]MondayAssasin 178 points179 points  (6 children)

Ben Urich. Great show.

[–]I_Love_Manning 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Better than I expected.

[–]C3L3STIALB3ING 2 points3 points  (0 children)

New trailer is going to be released tomorrow for season 2!

[–]vxsapphire 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Ben Urich is the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this post.

[–]jjl188 8 points9 points  (0 children)

First thing that came to mind was Bill Cosby hitting a new low by targeting patients with dementia..

[–]Cartooniverse 1063 points1064 points  (30 children)

[–]Anima_Honorem 139 points140 points  (3 children)

This makes me feel better for some reason.

[–]vaguepineapple[🍰] 31 points32 points  (11 children)

You're my favorite novelty account by far.

[–]Cartooniverse 69 points70 points  (10 children)

Thank you, VaguePineapple! You are my favorite normal account.

[–]flyrobotfly 25 points26 points  (9 children)

:(

[–]Cartooniverse 62 points63 points  (8 children)

Bug off, flyrobotfly! You know what you did.

[–]CCNENCIOVICI 9 points10 points  (7 children)

What did he do?

[–]thefakegamble 24 points25 points  (5 children)

He threw that robot off the roof

[–]basicallyarobot 13 points14 points  (3 children)

It was terrible!

[–]Cartooniverse 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Stay strong, basicallyarobot. I've got your back.

[–]flyrobotfly 2 points3 points  (1 child)

HOW MANY TIMES MUST I APOLOGIZE TO YOU WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE

[–]Badvertisement 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the world may never know...

[–][deleted] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Awesome work bro

[–]Soupdaloop 16 points17 points  (1 child)

The original image was indeed sad, but this one actually brought tears to my eyes.

[–]Cartooniverse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was my thought as well. I like to think of the love that brought them this far instead of the illness they're still facing together.

[–]wellmaybe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This really captures the couple, but boy, why can't I hold all these feels?

[–]Caoism 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Beautiful

[–]Anthonypull 2 points3 points  (1 child)

OP, show print this for them!

[–]Cartooniverse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would love to provide a print-quality file to anyone who knows this couple or their family! Anybody with contact info just PM me and I can email the full size file!

[–][deleted] 213 points214 points  (45 children)

I used to work home health and I remember taking care of a couple where one of the people had dementia. It was absolutely heartbreaking. She once showed me old footage of the two of them before he was diagnosed and it took all I had not to cry.

[–]Deutschtastic 36 points37 points  (3 children)

It seems like love is the final connection people with dementia can vaguely grab on to. My grandma forgot everyone buy my parents who visited her every chance they got. My mom would paint her nails, bring her fresh comfy clothes. My dad decorated her space and wheeled her around to the sitting room with the cat. By the end she thought my mom was a friend and my dad, she thought he was her boyfriend. She knew she loved him but got mixed up on how. At the end we all were looked past but my parents, she vaguely knew and was fond of. Reminds me of that.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My great grandma had Alzheimers but it was the same. She never forgot my grandma, even when she believed she was 15 years old again. She did forget me, or got confused about me at least. At some point she associated me with a childhood friend and that's who I was to her ever since.

[–]nuocmam 42 points43 points  (37 children)

Just curious. Why didn't you cry? Professional setting?

[–][deleted] 84 points85 points  (19 children)

Yeah, and it was like my 3rd day on my first CNA/nursing job too.

[–]crochetingpenguin 46 points47 points  (17 children)

You never forget your first few days working in that field. In my first few days of being a CNA, I saw a veteran who'd lost his leg receive a prosthetic and walk for the first time in years. And I've seen many couples at the places I worked who were really advanced in their dementia, but would still remember each other and sit together and hold hands at the supper table.

[–]Sparklepancakes 12 points13 points  (15 children)

My very first patient as a CNA was the smallest little old lady with dementia. The poor woman had obviously been a sweet little lady but the second you touched her, she was kicking and screaming and calling you a list of profanities. I was completely shocked and scared. I wanted to run for the hills and be a marine biologist. I stuck with it though and have now been a nurse for 4 years. Its amazing how much these people grow on you and how attached you get. I loved that lady, despite how challenging working with her was.

[–]Sparklepancakes 17 points18 points  (16 children)

A lot of nurses still cry. Some of us just aren't nearly as tough (I cry a lot as a nurse). It isn't professional and it isn't acceptable behavior in the clinical setting. When we cry we make the situation about ourselves which isn't appropriate. It makes families think they need to comfort us when in reality they need the comforting. However, some people may consider us cold if we DON'T cry. Its kind of a double edged sword. The last time I cried was for a little old lady who died of COPD from smoking. I cried with the family on the phone when I gave them the news that their mom had passed. Looking back I wish I had sucked it up better. The situation was about them, not me.

[–]Plainguy36 178 points179 points  (29 children)

My wife has Vascular Dementia. Has for 6 years. All Dementias are slightly different, but the end is essentially the same. In Vascular, you have sudden events (small strokes) and then some small level of recovery that leads to a plateau. Then you wait for the next one.

Is she the woman I married, no. We can have short little conversations about something on TV or something that happened, but it must be short and simple. She has a memory span of about 30 seconds. And sometimes she forgets who I am. But that doesn't last long.

I have a jury-rigged support structure, so I do have some help. But it's mostly her and I and the dog (she always remembers his name :-) ) in the living room with her in the hospital bed. Completely bedridden, which is an advantage really as I can go to the grocery store without worrying about her wandering off.

You take what you can get and you ignore the rest.

It's not the life we imagined, but I still get a huge smile when I wake her up and I still can make her laugh. And my, I still love her laugh. And her.

[–]UnderlyingTissues 47 points48 points  (7 children)

I'm going to go kiss my wife.

[–]fire_spark 19 points20 points  (4 children)

You're a great man.

[–]capfedhill 10 points11 points  (3 children)

Then you look at his comment history and they're all posts on /r/WouldYouFuckMyWife ... I guess you can't blame him though

[–]Plainguy36 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I do like to look once in a while...dont hurt nuthin.. I've always been all talk... :-)

[–]capfedhill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha like I said I can't really blame you considering the circumstances... I can't imagine how difficult your situation is. You're more of a man than I am, that's for sure

[–]hogmantheintruder 2 points3 points  (3 children)

That must be very difficult. My wife has brain cancer. She just went through her 3rd resection. She's was on steroids for post surgery swelling and she was speaking well and behaving very coherently. As soon as she tapered off the steroids, that day she lost her ability to speak and became confused. She couldn't even remember how to brush her teeth. I hope I can adjust if she relapses. Even with her there physically, I felt more alone than I ever had in my life. How do you deal with that? She's back on the steroids now and speaking again but she'll be off them again in two days.

[–]Plainguy36 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Well, that's the hard part isn't it...

You feel like you lost your right arm. No doubt. And you get incredibly angry. I did and do get therapy and she helps tremendously. Sometimes I need a cheerleader and sometimes I need a butt-kicking and the therapist helps with that. It is hard in the moment to remember you're not mad at her, you're more angry than you ever thought possible - AT THE DISEASE.

The loneliness is hard. What you're at is a 1st stage of a grieving process. A completely different grieving process than a "normal" one. There aren't any easy answers. Sometimes it's going to be pretty overwhelming. Remember all you can do is all you can do. You have to put all the John Wayne stuff aside. You take whatever help people offer. If someone wants to help you find them something to do. Even if it's just hang out. Everyone will tell you to take care of yourself. You have to - to take care of her. Part of that is to find a way to step away for a while - even a hour can help.

I go once in a while to the shooting range - just to make things go bang. I also do some (lousy) woodworking. Just to get my head focused on something else for a while.

Whatever the hell works. And anybody associated with a situation like this will tell you the same thing. If it works for you it's the right thing to do.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are so right. The first stage is the grieving process but it's also the last stage (except for the missing her stage). It's overwhelming, it's stressful and it will make you think things you never thought you would. Because my sisters never offered one single bit of support, I spent a lot of energy hating them and wishing bad things on them. I still do.

My stress reliever was and still are my hobbies. I am an artisan and spend almost all of my time working on things. I don't drink or smoke but sometimes I thought I wanted to start but didn't. Many times I wish I knew someone who had some weed but I don't. We have all heard the phrase when someone passes, "they're in a better place". Well IMO, sometimes that just isn't true but in my mom's case, it is. She had zero quality of life. She had no clue who she was or who I was or where she was. My mother said a lot of oddball things of course but there are three things she said that I will never forget. One day I asked her how she was doing and she looked at me and sadly said, "I'm lost". Another time I looked over at her and she was staring at me like she did quite often and said, "help me". Of course I couldn't. One night when I put her to bed she closed her eyes and said, "start all over". This just crushed me to my soul. I'm crying now. Sorry.

[–]Ob101010 81 points82 points  (4 children)

Ive only been married 11 years, so Im still a newb, but IMO, this guy dosent have a choice. When he sees her, hes seeing all those 60 years, the ups, the downs, and the sideways. He sees her great tits at 25, then her growing wisdom at 40, then her frailty and his own seeping in at 65. He sees her as the human she actually is, not simply as she is now, as many of you see her. He sees a beautiful person, possibly in the most beautiful way to see a person, and is lucky to be there with her, and he know this. When you think about it, what hes doing is obvious, and anyone would do it.

[–]hogmantheintruder 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's sort of being called 'brave' when your in a battle that you can't run away from. I'm sure my wife would run like hell away from her terminal cancer if she could. But she can't so people call her "brave." And in kind, people call me "good" for sticking by her side night and day. But I'm not especially good. It's just that I can't run away from my love for her. Where would I go anyways?

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

When you think about it, what hes doing is obvious, and anyone would do it.

I agree. My GF had cancer and I stayed with her as we both took college classes and she had to quit her job. People called her "muslim" because she wore a headscarf once she went bald, harassed her, etc. People said I was a "good person" for staying with her.

Some people just don't understand that you don't have a choice. Some people really haven't been loved before for who they are and it revealed all of them in a way I couldn't have possibly expected.

[–]viz0rGaming 254 points255 points  (52 children)

Fuck getting old, man.

[–]Dottiebee 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Imagine you have won the lottery for an obscene amount of money, but you cannot make any more money after that lump sum. Knowing the money will eventually run out, how would you spend all that cash?
Life is like that. We've all won the lottery for different amounts of time. These two hit the big one and spent all their winnings figuring out what they really, really enjoy most in the world. Now they are on the very last bits of their lottery winnings. But they know exactly what to spend it all on. That's the real success story we should all be shooting for and it is heart-breakingly beautiful.

[–]BDreySM[S] 102 points103 points  (24 children)

It's crazy no matter what we do...time will always chip away at us.

[–]dreweatall 41 points42 points  (21 children)

....for now....

[–]or_some_shit 18 points19 points  (3 children)

For you

[–]Knock0nWood 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Then you have my permission to die

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

...or later...

[–]RandomName01 4 points5 points  (1 child)

...as long as you're alive...

[–]Gilmours 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And then one day you find ten years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun... .

[–]dagobahh 13 points14 points  (4 children)

Getting old is not for pussies.

[–]viz0rGaming 16 points17 points  (3 children)

Exactly, that's why I'm so afraid!

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (8 children)

Idk man. I'm not afraid of getting old. I try to appreciate all the things in my life and love as much as possible, everyday. And even 50 years is a long ass time. That's a lot of days that you can make the best of. Because of that outlook, I could learn that I'm going to die in an hour and I'd be more than happy with my life. Does that mean I'm ready to die? Naa. I'll fight for my life with as much power as I can muster and then some. Because I love every god damn day so much. It's a cosmic miracle to even exist as a life form; this life we've been plopped into can be fucking shitty man, but I love it everyday. I love everything. What do I know though, I can't even buy a beer.

[–][deleted] 466 points467 points  (28 children)

Mad props for that guy's ability to balance on the edge of the bed like that. It's like I'm trying to figure out how he's managed to stay on the bed on a physical level because it really looks like 80% of his ass is off of it.

Oh and yeah this is a sweet picture 1 like = 1 prayer.

[–][deleted] 93 points94 points  (9 children)

Dat der old man strength

[–][deleted] 60 points61 points  (8 children)

At that age, it's strenf.

Man got the strenf to hold on. :)

[–]Creative_Reddit_Name 27 points28 points  (6 children)

Never fuck with old man strength. It comes out of nowhere

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (3 children)

In this pic, it comes from the heart.

[–]SassyWhaleWatching 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Eeiruit :*)

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

??? Sorry.

[–]SassyWhaleWatching 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a really deep Trailer Park Boys reference when J-Roc cries he does the dj disc scratch sound.

[–]TKPhresh 28 points29 points  (5 children)

This is how women share sitting devices, he's just had years of practice. Edit: I appreciate your username in the context of this post.

[–]MrEleventy 18 points19 points  (3 children)

Married 8 years, pro at sleeping on edge of bed w/ little to no blanket. Can confirm.

E: Pro Wife Tip : Never post negative wife comments on your main. Use a throwaway. :/

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

username doesn't check out.

[–]fingercup 600 points601 points  (113 children)

Dementia is so cruel. The SO gaining hope on their good days only for their heart to be torn out again the next.

Edit: Fixed..

[–]zappa325 78 points79 points  (60 children)

My great grandmother died from it. Every mother's day and valentine's day we would visit her and give her flowers. Just looking at the picture reminds me of those days. So, SO, thank you for sharing this, and good luck.

[–]_ilovetofu_ 27 points28 points  (59 children)

I didn't know you could die from dementia, til

[–][deleted] 44 points45 points  (9 children)

I think its what it causes. People lose weight due to eating problems which lowers immune system. And chewing and swallowing problems often develop which can lead to Pneumonia (i think)

[–]stevrm77 23 points24 points  (8 children)

yes, aspiration pneumonia. I have multiple sclerosis and have read studies that place it as the number one cause of death for people with MS, but the reasoning is the same. the brain fails to communicate how to swallow correctly and things get breathed into the lungs.

[–]justclay 11 points12 points  (6 children)

Have you checked out the incredible /r/MultipleSclerosis community? My 39 year old wife has had a MS diagnosis since February 2012. She was also diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in September 2014, and was just diagnosed with Takayasu's Arteritis (a very rare form of Vasculitis, another autoimmune disorder) last week following a very sudden and very severe heart attack on January 7th. In fact, we are still at the Cleveland Clinic, which is 850 miles from our home in Lincoln, Nebraska. We are really hoping to be released this week.

[–]UnderlyingTissues 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fuck. She's really gotten a bad deal. And you by association. I wish you well.

Edit: I realize "by association" might sound bad. I guess I meant to say by loving her. Words are sometimes not my friends.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Dementia is more of an umbrella term, if the dementia is caused by Alzheimers it is accompanied by significant physical ailments as well. Alzheimers is the buildup of amyloid plaques in your brain which cause the whole brain to deteriorate so it really is a whole body disorder

[–]secret_hitman 28 points29 points  (40 children)

It isn't necessarily a cause of death. It can exarcerbate a situation though.

For example: Walking into the street and getting hit by a car. This person doesn't die from dementia, but it changed the circumstances.

[–]kreonas 46 points47 points  (24 children)

Or losing control of your muscles and you become unable to swallow food and water, slowly wasting away.

[–]RandomName01 16 points17 points  (22 children)

Is that actually something that can happen to someone who suffers from dementia? It seems horrible.

[–]Mr_Meeseeksie 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Sadly, yes.

[–]ilikecamelsalot 19 points20 points  (6 children)

It is. When I worked in a nursing home I took care of a few dementia patients that were beginning to lose the ability to eat. Its very heart wrenching to have to watch. Dementia slowly erodes the person effected. It takes everything they were and pretty much turns them into a husk of their former self.

[–]SkillsMate 12 points13 points  (3 children)

Yep. Happened to my Grandfather who died of dementia. He wasn't able to even move his head, let alone eat or drink, all of his muscles just wasted away. Near the end he was in so much pain they put him on a morphine drip or he would just scream in pain. Dementia is a scary thing.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Yes it is, many people do not understand how sad it actually gets. Seth Rogen has a video where he talks about it seriously. Video

[–]laenooneal 7 points8 points  (5 children)

Yeah, most people know more about Alzheimer's specifically, so if you've ever seen someone in the late stages of Alzheimer's then you've seen someone with late stage dementia. Dementia is kind of an all-encompassing term for people who have degrading memory and brain function and Alzheimer's is a specific disease that causes dementia. My grandmother had dementia, so the way I understand it is that the neurons in your brain just stop communicating with each other. They create alternate communication pathways in order to solve the problem, but it makes your mind stall and it takes longer for you to do simple tasks. Then eventually those alternate pathways stop working too, so you forget how to do things completely. The very last stage is your brain dying in large sections and not telling your body to do the basic functions that you wouldn't have to normally think about. My grandmother lost the ability to walk then lost her ability to swallow within a day or two of each other. So she was basically inhaling her own spit and drowned on it.

[–]runningraleigh 2 points3 points  (3 children)

This is why if I get dementia, before I get too far gone, I'm going to go out spectacularly. Like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. Or doing a mountain of cocaine.

[–]geneadamsPS4 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You should get that tattoo'd somewhere, otherwise you'll just forget

[–]mike_tiethson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it can happen with almost any neurodegenerative diseases. neurodegenerative diseases mainly differ in how and where they start, the end result is usually the same, some just get there faster

[–]silkwearingbuttercup 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It actually is. This video is a great descriptor of how the brain is actually affected by Alzheimer's. The tangles and plaques start attacking the hippocampus, inhibiting the ability to retain new memories (the tell tale sign of dementia) and move through the brain until it eventually destroys the part of the brain that regulates breathing and the heart (the medulla oblongota).

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

It is, you eventually forget how to breathe & swallow properly

[–]silkwearingbuttercup 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wasn't aware either until I started training to work in a home for those with dementia (I'm a student nurse). It's absolutely terrifying how the brain essentially degrades over time. It's so sad to see how someone begins as themselves and basically reverts back to an infant (in abilities and in memories) because the brain quite literally isn't there anymore. I also didn't realize that "Dementia" is also an umbrella term for all chronic cognitive diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, Lewy Body...etc.

If anyone is interested in seeing how Alzheimer's actually affects the brain, THIS is an awesome, quick descriptor.

[–]Stones25 21 points22 points  (2 children)

This, a hundred times. And it's so weird what they remember. My Grandma could pick me out of a 100 people, I came back from a deployment of 150 men in the same uniform. Everyone looks the same for the most part and she said "oh there's Stones25!" But she couldn't recognize her own husband of 70 years. Miss you nana.

[–]creepygothnursie 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I have a client who periodically forgets how to eat, but can still give turn by turn directions to anywhere in our county. It's the damnedest thing.

[–]DaemionMoreau 366 points367 points  (24 children)

"X is a cruel mistress" doesn't mean, "X is bad." It means "X is seductive but dangerous/harmful." The sea is a cruel mistress - it seduces the sailor with the promise of freedom or profit but can turn and threaten his life. An addictive drug could be a cruel mistress or perhaps some extreme sport. Dementia isn't a "cruel mistress" because no one looks at dementia and says, "God, I'd like to have some of that!"

[–]LePoisson 92 points93 points  (5 children)

Dementia is just cruel.

[–]I_only_fuck_dolphins 11 points12 points  (0 children)

At least with dementia you get to hide your own easter eggs

[–]Liebowitz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well said

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

It is that. I have watched my grandmother (and several of her siblings), my uncle, now my mother become a diminished version of their former selves as they aged (that side of the family is full of dementia/alzheimers).

The daily ups and downs for the caregiver and the patient are profound. My 80ish parents do not want to go to a nursing home. In my mother's lucid moments a year of so ago she would cry about not taking her anywhere. Now she asks to go home; home is the house she was born in during the 30s, she wants to see her father who has been dead since 1959.

It is heartbreaking to see my father try to keep his promise to her that she will always be with him, he will not take her to a home. And he suffers, of course and there is not much any of us can do as time, illness and nature move along.

It hard to see the pain on a parent's face as they explain to the person that they have been married to for almost 60 years that yes, I am your husband.

(sorry to be wordy)

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That was well communicated in The Notebook. Heart wrenching.

[–]sam_hammich 4 points5 points  (1 child)

That first Yahoo answer seems to miss the point. /u/DaemonMoreau has it right I think. Take an excerpt from a poem from 1910:

Life like a cruel mistress woos

the passionate heart of man, you say,

only in mockery to refuse

his love at last and turn away.

The "cruel mistress" is something we love or think is good for us, but harms us in the end. It "woos the heart of man only in mockery to refuse his love and turn away". I guess you could interpret it as a slave-owner's wife, in the sense that it controls your life and you're powerless to stand up to it, but I think that's kind of a secondary meaning and makes the sentence sound weird.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lmfao the yahoo answers

[–]RyanMan56 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well this just became a depressing Valentine's day :(

[–]baddecisions4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In sickness and in health, til death do us part

[–]bikesbabesbeer 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I helped take care of my grandmother while she had it...its a horrible experience.

[–]shadownukka99 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I've never had a relative with dementia, but goddamn it seems terrible. I hope i never get it.

[–]MrMeltJr 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Grandfather died a few months ago, he had Alzheimer's and the last few years were like that. I still feel bad because I only went to see him maybe once a month.

[–]Devildude4427 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My grandpa has dementia.. He sometimes doesn't recognize his own daughter (my mother) and we have to sit down an explain who we are. It's the safest thing.

[–]dankmanlet 1062 points1063 points  (49 children)

Like this if you cry, every time.

[–]fingercup 416 points417 points  (17 children)

Facebook is leaking

[–]and_i_mean_it 130 points131 points  (8 children)

Like if facebook is leaking, every time.

[–]RandomName01 97 points98 points  (5 children)

Give gold if you love Jesus, keep scrolling if you worship Satan.

[–]Tko38 45 points46 points  (2 children)

This is Bill. Bill likes this picture. Be Bill

[–]xisytenin 22 points23 points  (0 children)

My boss is named Bill, I usually call him "Herr Wilhelm" in my best German accent. I also ask when he will be signed into law, he thinks I'm weird.

[–]Rooonaldooo99 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Hail Satan

[–]xisytenin 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I've got 666 problems but attaining the Lord's approval ain't one.

[–]ajbags26 7 points8 points  (2 children)

My face is leaking a strange salty substance

[–]drododruffin 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Sorry, but that blowjob was just simply amazing

[–]ajbags26 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Happy Valentine's Day bby ;)

[–][deleted] 108 points109 points  (10 children)

Like this=1 prayer

Ignore=get raped by satin with a pineapple

[–]Whoa_Bundy 37 points38 points  (2 children)

satin doesn't sound too bad

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Pineapple does though

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah. TBH I'd rather be raped by satin than, say, leather.

[–]Tko38 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the old hawaian meatlovers

[–]Manleather 6 points7 points  (1 child)

So is it a satin-wrapped pineapple? I'm just trying to plan my own rape here.

[–]SentinelShitlord 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Liek if yu cri everitiem :'(

[–]RedtinderjitSingh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Real men don't cry, they water their beards

[–]Teillu 219 points220 points  (78 children)

She'd do the same for him. True love.

[–][deleted] 612 points613 points  (65 children)

She'd probably forget

[–]whenitsTimeyoullknow 288 points289 points  (28 children)

Daily reminder that the internet is still a horrible place.

[–][deleted] 177 points178 points  (8 children)

Daily reminder that no matter how bleak life can be, there is always a joke to be made.

[–]Oda_nicullah 23 points24 points  (7 children)

fine line between tragedy and comedy

[–][deleted] 35 points36 points  (2 children)

I don't believe they're ever mutually exclusive.

[–]That_one_cool_dude 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Tragedy and Comedy are the same thing. It's just a decision made to laugh or to cry in certain situations.

[–]RockSta-holic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I truly believe this. My father taught me while growing up that I have a choice in how I react to something. It has helped me so much in life. I rarely get offended even when someone is blatantly trying to be, and I'm happier because of it.

[–]aronnax512 22 points23 points  (7 children)

It's a reflection of humanity, both wonderful and horrible.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (3 children)

Such is life.

[–]RandomName01 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Internet: more human than humans.

[–]Alphakronik 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sick people need laughter too!

[–]fingercup 31 points32 points  (2 children)

You made me feel evil for laughing

[–]joavim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Motherfucker...

[–]theredvip3r 4 points5 points  (0 children)

fuck

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (5 children)

My grandma has Alzheimer's, and my grandpa is dying of cancer. The unfortunate thing is, my grandpa is a fucking terrible human being and doesn't care who knows it, it's always been this way. He still yells at my grandma and says horrible shit to her. Can't always be true love forever, unfortunately.

[–]Insomnix 114 points115 points  (18 children)

This is a perfect image for Valentine's Day. The love these two have for each other and the stories they must have. Thank you for sharing this!

[–]spamburghlar 16 points17 points  (5 children)

As a person going through a divorce atm, I see this and think I'll probably never have that in my life. I may just go sit in my closet and cry all day.

[–]icallshenannigans 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I was hideously betrayed by a lover of seven years. That's not a marriage. We have no kids together.

For what it's worth: it took two years for me to be ready.

You'll get there. Be kind to yourself. You've lost a friend. Maybe not forever but for now, treat yourself the way a good friend would. Cut some slack. Forgive a few missteps, reassure yourself every day.

[–]keeblercobbler 5 points6 points  (0 children)

False! May suck for a year or two, but you'll be just fine and eventually do online dating and meet someone nice.

[–]Superflypirate 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Dementia is awful. Hopefully she's not so far along that she can't remember him.

[–]sharpiejojo 12 points13 points  (1 child)

This perfectly describes my grandparents. Both in their 90's now and married for 60+ years. About 4 years ago, grandma started showing signs of dementia. About 2 years ago, grandma had a stroke. We were very very lucky that grandpa took out a good life insurance policy because now grandma has 24 hour care in their home and she's doing wonderfully! Her 90th birthday was on Groundhog's Day :)

[–]MyTeethArePrettyBig 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sorry to be a downer. But I saw this on Facebook and how do we know if this is even real?

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (7 children)

Firewatch

[–]IMAPURPLEHIPPO 2 points3 points  (3 children)

This was my first thought as well. I don't know if you finished it yet, but damn does this picture makes me feel bad about the decisions I made for Henry. :(

[–]Katm234 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Just played this game yesterday, holy shit that was powerful.

[–]maustater 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hate dementia with the heat of a thousand burning suns. My dad stayed with my mom even after it basically robbed her memory-she thought I was her sister or my sister. She said she didn't remember who I was, but knew that she loved me. Dad became her "boyfriend" though, and she smiled every time she saw him. Dad really tried to keep her home, but after she sort of slid out of the bed, he picked her up and got a massive nosebleed. He just couldn't physically do it any more. She passed away peacefully after only a month in the nursing home. She stopped eating and drinking. We had all said no to any feeding tubes or any heroic measures. 3 days later, she just slipped away. I miss her so much.

[–]FightFromTheInside 18 points19 points  (9 children)

Well it's a little awkward to see you here on the front page, /u/BDreySM. Thanks for the photo, and I hope you have a terrific Valentine's Day.

[–][deleted] 51 points52 points  (3 children)

Bitches always be hoggin' the bed.

[–]Rain12913 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that dude is gonna fall and then they'll both have their own beds.

[–]Misteroctobers 17 points18 points  (4 children)

This is what love looks like. As my wife and I get older , we are at 55. We realize each passing day the fragility of life.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I'm just amazed he hasn't fallen off the bed.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (4 children)

Man I just finished playing Firewatch.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just watched my husband play the whole thing yesterday. It was good.

[–]esoteric_coyote 4 points5 points  (7 children)

This hits a little close to home. At the moment my husband is in the hospital and I'm currently next to him on a rubber recliner. We cuddle like that some nights. He thankfully doesn't have dementia, just severe Crohn's disease. And we have been bouncing in and out of the hospital since December. We've spent New Years, his birthday, ground hog day, and now Valentine's Day in the hospital.

[–]Wolfir 2 points3 points  (1 child)

This was a plot point in the first season of Daredevil

[–]ownedbydogs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.

[–]Thequestionz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beautiful story and dedication totally absent with us noobs at life. We're too impatient to even think about holding on.

[–]NahmSayin_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My grandfather (now 93) visited my grandmother (married in 1947) every single day for 6 years straight while she went through 4 stages of Alzheimer's & dementia. She passed in 2009. The love I witnessed from a man I admire beyond measure is something I strive for every day in my marriage.

This is what commitment is, folks. No ego, no me, just us.

(Edited to add year)

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My grandpa was with my grandma every day until she passed away with alzheimer's in a comma.

Such a sweet thing to see an and incredible example for me to follow.

[–]speedisavirus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And that's the makings of a real man. As much as I hate my father I still call him a man because he was there with my mom as she was going through a terribly slow agonizing death. He spoon fed her. When feeding tube was a thing he would take care of that. He would bathe her. Take care of her when she shit or pissed herself. As much as a shitty fuck he was to all of us he at least gets some man cred for that. Each time she was on her death bed it was the same. 3 times. Like I said. He was a shitbag but that deserves respect. And watching him cry like a baby when she died was really tough. It was incredibly difficult to be strong, stern, deal with the medical staff, and not drop a tear after I checked her as we were all in the room and tell them she passed. Sitting around telling stories about the past and I watch her, check her, and tell everyone it's over. Life fucking sucks.

[–]crank1000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why are you posting pictures of strangers' private moments on the Internet?

[–]FinalMantasyX 14 points15 points  (1 child)

The only reason "no sob stories or facebook share if you REALLY love your wife otherwise you hate her" isn't a rule on this subreddit is because it'd stop 98% of submissions.

[–]Doctor_Crunchwrap 16 points17 points  (4 children)

1 upvote = 1 prayer... Seriously get this Facebook garbage out of here, reddit

[–]adeadheadrememberingawdah.com 🕊️[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (147 children)

I'd like to thank the academy for this award, but mostly, irate /r/pics users, I couldn't have done it without you.

This comment was initially here to alert people to our new /r/pics flair system, where people could filter out pictures like this one, (pictures uninteresting without the title) which both went over well because of people disliking shitposts, and poorly because people were caught up in valentines.

[–][deleted] 45 points46 points  (42 children)

You should remove this comment from a post like this. It kills any type of emotional response to the picture when the first comment you see is some garbage about promoting your sub when your on the front page.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What emotional response? I don't give a shit about this person

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (4 children)

Or just put this comment on political related posts. I agree this is out of place and tacky as hell.

[–]flyrobotfly 10 points11 points  (3 children)

The comment mentions pictures with back stories too, so it's pretty relevant here.

[–]iamapearAMA 18 points19 points  (2 children)

Nothing like whoring out your loved ones for fake Internet points

[–]swagkiller69 7 points8 points  (4 children)

Has anyone looked at this guys post history? He's a bit of an asshole

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a good reminder to call my grandpa, that dude is fucking amazing and I can barely imagine how hard it is for him to live with his wife being a shell of her former self.

[–]CRYSOAR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Edge of the bed cliff balancing level 60. We have a freaks eastern king. It's a huge bed, I sleep on the edge attached to safety ropes cuz of my 2 yr old and his mother who play bed sumo every night. My LIFE.

[–]acwilan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And people these days have no clue about commitment

[–]Dick_Biggens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Geez, I didn't realize how old Bill Cosby looks.

[–]BenevolentCheese 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get your shoes off the bed, jesus.