My dad is starting to slip mentally I fear, it isn't big obvious things, it's only little things that are a bit out of character for him that I'm noticing. I'm worried that I'd be over reacting in speaking with him about it. After all, I do things sometimes that aren't always that bright, but I've got the benefit of being relatively young, so nobody has me under the microscope.
He has a net worth of about $1.2M, and a big motorhome that he goes to Arizona every winter with. He was widowed 1.5 yrs ago (2nd marriage). For some reason he now behaves like he's in a rush constantly, whether eating or driving, or falling in love, but there is absolutely no schedule and nothing to rush for.
He's always been a competent driver, and still is, but I've noticed some minor flaws lately that if he were younger, I'd probably shrug off, but now it's got me worried.
He's lonely, I get it, but he called a couple of weeks back to announce that he was deeply in love with a lady with whom he had spent the weekend and that when he comes home in the spring, she'll be living with him. That sounds great, but the lady is flat broke, in a wheelchair, on oxygen, and he informed my sisters and I that if he dies, that our inheritance would go to his new love because of her special needs. I hope she isn't a gold digger, but he has a strong track record of attracting them. BTW, the loss of the inheritance isn't the issue here, my sisters and I all have net worths that don't require an inheritance to make much difference in our lifestyles. What worries us is that it was out of character for him to casually make a statement like that.
Of course we want him to be healthy, happy and independent, but it's so much more important to protect him and others if his driving isn't up to par. He's got enough money to get him comfortably through his golden years, but I fear he'll lose it to gold diggers, and also fear that if I tell him that, he'll think that I am just being greedy and am trying to protect the inheritance.
Normally I'm not so indecisive, but this is new territory to me and I'm uncertain on what to do here (if anything at all). Anybody been there, have some advice? Thanks
He has a net worth of about $1.2M, and a big motorhome that he goes to Arizona every winter with. He was widowed 1.5 yrs ago (2nd marriage). For some reason he now behaves like he's in a rush constantly, whether eating or driving, or falling in love, but there is absolutely no schedule and nothing to rush for.
He's always been a competent driver, and still is, but I've noticed some minor flaws lately that if he were younger, I'd probably shrug off, but now it's got me worried.
He's lonely, I get it, but he called a couple of weeks back to announce that he was deeply in love with a lady with whom he had spent the weekend and that when he comes home in the spring, she'll be living with him. That sounds great, but the lady is flat broke, in a wheelchair, on oxygen, and he informed my sisters and I that if he dies, that our inheritance would go to his new love because of her special needs. I hope she isn't a gold digger, but he has a strong track record of attracting them. BTW, the loss of the inheritance isn't the issue here, my sisters and I all have net worths that don't require an inheritance to make much difference in our lifestyles. What worries us is that it was out of character for him to casually make a statement like that.
Of course we want him to be healthy, happy and independent, but it's so much more important to protect him and others if his driving isn't up to par. He's got enough money to get him comfortably through his golden years, but I fear he'll lose it to gold diggers, and also fear that if I tell him that, he'll think that I am just being greedy and am trying to protect the inheritance.
Normally I'm not so indecisive, but this is new territory to me and I'm uncertain on what to do here (if anything at all). Anybody been there, have some advice? Thanks
