Just goes to show you cannot rely on AI.
Experts have proven it to be real. The way the hairs (like the hackles standing up in her neck) and muscles move could not be faked at the time.
The fur fabric you could buy back then didn't look anything like real fur. Nor were there computers and CGI and whatnot to make fake moving images.
The only logical explanation by experts was that it is a real living walking and breathing creature and NOT a human in a suit.

Great to read! Good luck with it all, very exciting.

If you do start a FB page bear in mind you will get a lot of flak and ridicule.
Just look at the FB Expedition Bigfoot Fan page and read some of the horrible replies of people.
Are you up for that?
On that page it isn't really moderated, although there are moderators. I think they somehow benefit from all the attention?
In any case, just so you have an idea what you're up against.

There are still so many idiots out there that don't believe Bigfoot is real until one is killed and dissected. The old-fashioned barbaric way of having proof.

Anyhow, enjoy the journey! It's not for nothing this came on your path!
And LiDar is great in Bigfoot research!
In Expedition Bigfoot this LiDar expert captured one on handheld LiDar. He couldn't see Bigfoot but the image was clear!

Hi John!
In a way I feel the first part of what I wrote in my previous reply still goes:

What impact will it have on the other person?
How often does it occur, how bad does it get? Are there also stable times? Does it impact finances (unable to work), Is it very trying for the other person?
Does it limit what you can share together? Does it mean you regularly have to spend time apart? and so on and so forth.

When to tell is always difficult. Right of the bat is not giving yourself a chance, but waiting too long so the other person could be emotionally invested, isn't fair.

So I'd say after at least some conversation, maybe phone calls, but before you meet.
OR...
on the first meet.

WOW! That is totally amazing, and also beautiful!
Weren't you scared though, even a little bit? I mean, usually they make themselves scarce but they are strong, fast, and big, hihi.
Were you alone?
Anyhow, amazing experience!!

Thank you!
She's not on anything. It's in very early stages. And whatever she takes aside from her regular medication, throws her body out of whack. She has issues with bloodpressure, INR, heart, easily gets dizzy (because of that).
Whenever she takes something that could remedy these issues, and the early signs of dementia, it triggers her heart or INR and blood-pressure and so on.
That's the problem.
If only she could take hormones all these issues would be remedied. But even the lowest most minute topically applied dab of hormone cream throw has her entire system off-kilter.
She had the same with top quality algae oil capsules, CoQ10 and so on.

Tonight I watched "The Client" - 1994 or 1995

Great movie!

So what are you saying? You have antique standards? Or are you one of the perves who loves such photos?
Not certain, but it doesn't sound you understand the point I was making.

Me thinks you are right.

Thank you for that feedback, Kristi!
Much appreciated.
If she gets to the point she cannot live alone any longer she will go in the home that is kind of part of the individual senior homes she now lives in.
It's not that far yet though. Wait and see.
It'll be sad to have that happen as she then will only have the one room in which you cannot fit a lot of things. But it is what it is.

And you're right, women have this way more often than men.
Women have a very high risk of dementia due to hormone loss after menopause.
It's one of these big things, I believe 65% for women, that you can develop, unless you use hormone replacement.

I'm not surprised that in men it works out differently either. Lack of hormones also can make someone moody and/or angry.

I know all that, but it's extremely hard to deal with when it's your mother.
I think it's easier with a stranger as you're not attached to them, they're not in your inner circle.
When it's your own mother that treats you like chit you automatically feel like "WTH are you thinking treating me this way?!"
In a way it's like starting to say goodbye while she's still alive. It's not like she's completely lost it, yet, but I nevertheless have to bear in mind that she's not her normal self anymore.

In any case, I will see her again tomorrow when we visit my daughter and granddaughters.
Hopefully that's enough distraction to make it easier.

Thank you again, Kristi! VEry helpful.
If I feel I need it I will find a group on FB.

Okay :) Time to paint!
I want to finish my painting.
All that remains is the tiniest little glimmer in an eye.
I've done that 4x already, didn't work out.
I hope I can now get it done!!
The other eye worked out in 1 go.
Fingers crossed!

After I came across a man who met his woman on a FB group, I too became a member of 2 FB groups for singles and dating.
I had never thought of that, but no harm no foul, right?!

I found 3 groups, disregarded 1 immediately based on the photos that women had posted:
Cleavage, short tight skirts, one was sat down showing naked thighs and almost showed her fanny?!?!?

In one of the other groups it's exactly the same.
WTH?

I'm not sure if this is common for women to do on dating sites, but what a daft thing to do!
You're basically selling sex.
You'll get a lot of attention, but that isn't about you as a woman, it's lust.
Could very well be that men become member of such sites only so they have free w@nking material.

Using sexy photos attract sexual attention, not love.
It lowers your standards, puts you on pretty much the same level as a girl in the red light district.
And then they do state they want respect?
Seriously?

Reason this shocks me is that it shows that nothing much has changed over the centuries. We're being used for sex.
Only by acting this way it's women themselves who encourage this.
Apparently most have become ingrained with the idea that your self-worth hinges on how sexy you are.
A lot of that is directly due to media and television (series like Baywatch for instance).

There are Muslims in Western countries who consider Western woman to be sl*ts.
Seeing this kind of shizzel I'm inclined to agree.
Not saying they have a great way of treating women, but I am saying the way women present themselves -and thus encourage certain treatment- is truly bad news.
Most certainly for other women who do not want to lower their standards to that level.

So many have fought to be equal and have equal rights, but looks like we're a far cry removed from that. These women ensure that we're still nothing more than eye-candy and lust objects.

I think that as long as women aren't able to step into sisterhood, we won't get equality.
Most behave like children with boobs in a competition to be the sexiest, most popular and so on.

We have to stop competing and develop self-love and self-respect as opposed to dimming our Light.

We cannot rate "prefer not to say".
Well, we can. Zero.
Get a profile text.

Thank you, Soufie!
She lives in a nearby town, 14 kms from me, still by herself, not in a home or anything.

You also have quite the history, phew!
Isn't it unreal how many women's live have been altered or affected by mothers?

I'll just make the best of it, but cut back on visits.

I feel upset and sad and angry.

I was going to my daughter tomorrow, see her and my 2 li'l granddaughters again. I was really looking forward to it! Haven't seen them in over a month as I had to cancel a prior visit due to a cold sore.

Now my daughter asked if my mum was coming with, which I hadn't counted on.
I've had some huge fall-outs with my mother of late. She's losing it and I bear the brunt of it. She's never been loving, understand, and appreciative of me, more that I've been used as her emotional crutch all my life. Even as a young child.
The manipulation & emotional blackmail I've had to endure are unbelievable.
As it is, I just can't and won't put up with it any longer.

But her abuse is getting worse now she's losing it.

Long story short it resulted in me now having to wait yet another day to see my granddaughters AND take my mother with me. Which is the last thing I want.
The way to get to this new appointment was far from pleasant, another escalation and more abuse.

I don't want to involve my daughter in all that chit so for now I'm leaving it as is.
But not happy.
Stress, sadness, which I immediately feel in my body.
Aching muscles etc.
And very sad she messed up my happiness about seeing my granddaughters tomorrow.

I know it will sound harsh to many but after all the abuse I've had from my mother my entire life I truly wouldn't mind never seeing her again.

The way she's losing it is fast. Not that long ago it was possible to have a decent conversation. No longer. She's not interested in anything, blunt enough to say that, cuts you off mid-sentence as she feels you've talked enough and she's entitled to speaking, never apologises and so on.
She's always been kind of like that, but now it's 10x worse.
And she's only beginning to get dement.

I've read this was hard on family, but bleep me!
If it is going to mean abuse abuse abuse, I am not sure what I'll do, but likely not go anymore.

Anyone else had similar experiences?

Currently watching movies from the 90s :)
Lots of good movies in that decade!!
Way before the B S started with the marvel stuff, which is the main menu nowadays and has been for over a decade.

The Fugitive, US Marshalls, Armageddon, Primal Fear, Deep Impact etc.

Thank you, Julie. I will :)

It is indeed real, unfortunately woven into western life-style.
I too think, actually am certain, it is instigated by the ones in power, of which big pharma is a major part.
When people are stressed they're more prone to experiencing fear, mostly fear of lack.

But this fear can very easily sky-rocket in certain situations.
Just take the pandemic. Almost everyone got a shot and no one knows what they were injected with. Nor did they care at the time.
They were driven by fear of death.
Although the virus may have been real, I strongly feel it was a construed event.
Maybe an experiment that got out of hand, but I doubt that.
Maybe more a test to see how far people are willing to go when you push the right buttons.
Since this whole AI thing is another scheme, and now it's clear people are willing to have whatever put in their bodies when they fear for their life.
They would've agreed with chips and whatnot if that could've saved them from the alleged disease.

But in any case, back to anxiety... it is a strange thing.
Even I am not 100% free of it while I am not an active part of society since I don't work, have a small social circle and low budget so I rarely go places.

Getting to the finish line now!
Almost done :D

Thank you, Julie :)