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His easily agreed upon positive traits are that he is compassionate, friendly, courageous, nonchalant, and humorous. He is also brutally honest, stubborn, opinionated, and an over-exaggerator. Though some might call these ‘flaws’, I adore every single of his less than desirable personality traits as well. He is excessively honest, he will tell you that “you look like a hooker” or that “you are being a total asshole.” Most would be offended by his brutal honesty but I recognize it as more of concern for others well being. He does not want you to humiliate yourself and he will never lie to you. This makes him a very trustworthy person. He is the most stubborn man you will ever meet and he is very opinionated. He looks at all sides of a situation and then forms an opinion. Once he has made his decision, you will never change his mind. I think of this as loyalty, and I have the same ‘opinionated’ and ‘stubborn’ attitude myself. Although he never had an opportunity to go to college, he is well read and highly intelligent. He was an airplane mechanic, a job that takes great amounts of knowledge. Grandpa is a bit of an over exaggerator, I think he embellishes his stories for entertainment purposes. Grandpa’s Alzheimer’s causes him to be a bit delusional at times, which makes it hard to tell when he is telling the truth, when he is exaggerating for entertainment, or when what he is saying is a symptom of his disease.
