Caregiving to elderly people dear to you - and you can go crazy

[malaise]

11. It's hard to win with stuborn elders

At least the next time you can use this example to deny his wish. He'll cry and scream anyway.
Sadly the phrase once a man twice a child is real and we really have little choice but to treat them as children sometimes. It's hard because we love and respect our elders and we want then to make their own decisions.

By the way you weren't crazy - just overwhelmed.