
I kind of hope he doesn’t get his memory back. Like it’s okay if he doesn’t. Does someone’s memories make up who they are? Like if your momma gets Alzheimer’s and can’t remember her does your love for her start to fade? I think it really shows how in life you have to grow and develop and change and adapt and how loving someone isn’t always so straightforward. If my husband woke up tomorrow and couldn’t remember me, our relationship would change and that is perfectly okay.

Narratively, I think it would be an interesting take. I’m always for complicated plots and haywire emotions, sure beats a bland and repetitive story.
As for irl, it’s definitely a situation that isn’t clear cut for sure :c I get where you’re coming from, but I can also see how it can be more complex for other people. It all depends on how people define and show and characterize love. For some people, the way the dynamic their relationship has and how it makes them feel is a large part of things and although I love that for you, it would be fine if things changed, but for others it feels understandable for me as well that they couldn’t handle the consistent reminder that this person who used to share many memories and familiar interactions is suddenly acting completely different.
Lots of times people are able to identify loved ones based on the way they speak and act and if all of that changed, it can signify to them that they no longer have the same person by their side. For example, plenty of relationships have ended because their current dynamics no longer resemble one they previously considered to be “in love”.
There’s also the very real grieving process people go through when their relatives have dementia and/or Alzheimer’s. I’ve heard it been described from family members of patients I’ve had as watching their loved one slowly pass away before their very eyes even if they’re still technically alive. Sure, the family still loves them, but now their loved one no longer is capable of reciprocating and that’s understandably painful. Granted, that, as you stated already, is life and whether people are ready for the change and the terrible events life can throw at them remains to be seen :c
I’m mad..old man need to go! How you gonna let our boy get got like that????