Is my dad gay or is it just the dementia? (reddit)
My dad is several years into a dementia diagnosis. He's always been straight as far as I know. He married my mom and had 5 kids, and I've never seen him show any attraction to men until this year. Things he's done in this time:
- walk up to my shirtless male neighbor and say "wow, you've got a hot body!"
- mention someone he knew in high school and say "I was in love with him, but we never did anything. I didn't touch his penis."
- talk about male body parts a lot in general, in inappropriate contexts
- a character on TV said they were bisexual, and he laughed and said "hey, me too!"
Is it possible he always had feelings toward men and just repressed them? Or can dementia cause people's sexual orientations to change? It doesn't matter either way, I guess I'm just curious.