DEAR DEIDRE: DELIVERING some food to my cousin, I had the most unsettling experience.
My mum had asked me to take some meals as his wife recently walked out on him and he now lives alone.
He is 61 and I’m 43.
While I was speaking to him in the kitchen he started to stroke the front of his jeans, pinching and holding where his penis was.
This wasn’t a mere adjustment but prolonged and almost as if he had an erection.
He has never behaved like this before.
It was totally out of character.
I was so uncomfortable that I left as soon as I could.
Now Mum has asked me to go again but I can’t face it.
DEIDRE SAYS: Is there someone calm in your family who you can confide in?
Avoid being left alone with your cousin and suggest he sees his doctor to explore why he has started to behave so unpredictably.
Although he is still relatively young, some people diagnosed with dementia become inappropriately sexual.
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