I couldn't remember what I wanted to say to my boyfriend

(Chapter 13 Interaction with Spouse or Significant Other in my book)

The other night, my boyfriend said something that upset me. We were sitting on the couch watching tv and I was starting to say something to him. He asked me to wait a minute because he was watching something on tv. A short time later he asked me what I wanted to say and of course I had forgotten it. His response was something like this, “Since you forgot it, it must not have been that important.” Before I was diagnosed with a memory impairment, I might have been okay with this statement, but since I live with a memory impairment, I'm a little sensitive about some things that are said to me.

My first reaction was to tell him, “I’m going to try not to get upset!” But a short time later, I did go into the bathroom and cry! I don't think that I talked to him again that evening. The next day while we were talking on the phone, he apologized to me for what he said. He said that he really needs to think more before opening his mouth. I told him that I accepted his apology and then I explained it to him like this: “I don't choose what I remember or what I forget. I have no control over that! But since it is not my choice, I do forget things that are really important. Unless someone tells me about it, I have no idea that it happened!”