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Louise & Hugo · 0:24

We had an argument over a cardigan.

An argument over a cardigan opens a conversation about choice, independence and dementia. Watch Louise and Hugo find the humour in an ordinary moment.

Transcript

Louise: We had an argument over a cardigan. An actual cardigan.

Hugo: What happened?

Louise: She wouldn't change it. I kept saying the other one was clean.

Hugo: You were trying to get everything ready.

Louise: Yes. Then she said, You wear that same jumper every time you come.

Hugo: an uncomfortable amount of evidence.

Louise: I asked what she liked about hers. Dad bought it.

Hugo: That was worth knowing.

Louise: We left it on. It could wait. had tea instead.

Hugo: How was that?

Louise: Lovely. until she asked whether I owned another jumper.

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