Last night, we got into an argument because I was teasing him about him not knowing my plans for tonight despite us talking about them the previous 2 days.
You see, over the past several weeks my SO has been unable to retain any information about my life. I'll tell him about something and after the conversation happens it vanishes from his memory. Last night, he got mad because I said I would just tell him about "it" after I get back instead of telling him yet again about it. The ups and downs of my life just don't stick with him these days because he is deeply struggling with clinical depression.
It has been frustrating but I'm trying to be supportive of him through his difficult time. Sometimes I don't even want to bother telling him anything happening in my life. Like, he'll just forget or not have any feedback anyway.
I don't feel my teasing was cruel or mean. I was trying to make light of the situation; joke about the new normal. I did explain my intentions to him once he had calmed down and I also apologized.
In his anger, he also cancelled our visit for this weekend. I'm waiting to hear back if he means it or not. *sigh*
I'll try to watch my mouth next time...
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I'm actually the one with a compromised memory but it is consistent in all areas of my life and I've always been this way. I think I have a P in my Myers-Briggs type (it's been a while, so I forget what it is).