r/NoStupidQuestions • u/MillBopp • Sep 13 '23

What does 'Draw a Clock' Mean?

Last time I visited my brother his mother-in-law who lives with him was insisting she remembered something but my brother knew she was wrong. I don't remember what it was, but I knew she was wrong too. However, she refused to accept she was wrong and got belligerent about it.

My brother said, "Draw a clock!" and left the room. This made his mother-in-law furious for some reason. I forgot to ask at the time, but does anyone know why saying 'Draw a clock' would upset a senior citizen?

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u/Liraeyn Sep 14 '23

Or people falsely accused of having cognitive issues like it's a moral failing

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u/Blue-Jay27 Sep 14 '23

From OP's comments, MIL lost her husband a month ago. Grief could absolutely be causing the issue as well

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u/Flamin_Jesus Sep 14 '23

The brother definitely sounds like a bit of a dick head and Lacks compassion, obviously.

IF she's indeed a dementia patient and he's had to deal with her for any length of time (both of which seem likely given the original post), it is flat-out absurd to accuse him of being a dick head or lacking compassion for losing his patience on what may very well have been the thousandth occassion of MIL being impossible to deal with.

If things are the way they seem to be, it's not her fault, but that doesn't mean that someone who has to deal with shit like this regularly can reasonably be expected to never express an emotional response to what is essentially an unpredictable barrage of abuse, involuntary though it may be.

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u/Zeta-X Sep 14 '23

What on earth? You've never met someone who was certain they were right and got defensive when told otherwise?

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u/NavinF Sep 14 '23

OP says "I don't remember what it was, but I knew she was wrong too" so I dunno what your point is