My father is late 80s with early signs of Dementia. He's very lucid but frail and has a lot of time to think, lockdown in a Care home has been very tough for him. My mum has advanced dementia.
We talk daily and this morning we were talking about death. He told me that he only has one regret, I stupidly pressed him and he told me that he'd had a long term affair with his secretary when I was a teenager.
I'm absolutely stunned. My father is one of the most upright honest people I've ever known, or at least I thought he was.
I did ask if my mum ever knew and he said not.
My lovely gentle mum would've been heartbroken, what if she did know?
How on earth to do I process this? I really wish he hadn't told me.