The old man told his beloved that he wanted to spend his whole life with her and knelt down in front of her. It would be fine, but it’s his second proposal in the last 13 years – he just forgot about the first one.
Not because he is a bad husband, but because of dementia he does not remember half the events of the last decades.
Bill Duncan d’Abredin met the love of his life during one of his performances: he worked as a magician at various events.
He noticed that he immediately liked Ann, 51, and soon an affair began between them.
After several years together, Bill began asking Ann almost daily if she would like to become his wife.
It went on for a year, but each time the woman laughed it off and walked away from the conversation.
Throughout this time, he never called her by name, but simply addressed her as “my dear”.
When the hand and heart proposals exceeded one-third of the hundreds, Ann couldn’t stand it and said “yes.”
After that, she asked Bill if he remembered that she was already his wife?
The man just laughed, kissed his beloved and patted her on the back, enjoying the joke. All he wanted was to start the celebration as soon as possible.
However, Ann did not laugh at Bill. In fact, they got married in 2007. True, a few years after the wedding, the wife began to notice oddities in her husband: he began to forget both things from their joint past and what happened passed a few hours ago.
A visit to the doctor confirmed his wife’s terrible assumptions: Bill had been diagnosed with dementia.
With this syndrome, which occurs mainly in older people, there is severe memory impairment, social skills and thinking ability are reduced.
Since Bill was diagnosed with this disease, Ann has dedicated her life to caring for him.
Therefore, at the age of 70, she went to meet her husband and agreed to play a second marriage. It was decided to hold the ceremony in the backyard of the couple’s house in the circle of close friends and relatives. The celebration took place in the summer of 2019.
Since 72-year-old Bill didn’t know they already had a wedding, he happily waited for the bride at the altar under Mendelssohn’s step.
Despite the fact that Ann remembered their first ceremony perfectly, the second “wedding” was an unexpected miracle for her