BY Lux Alptraum
November 19, 2007
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Former Supreme Court Justic O’Connor recently revealed that her husband is seeing another woman. And no, she’s not divorcing him — nor is she condemning him for cuckolding her. Turns out, she’s actually happy for him: O’Connor’s husband has Alzheimer’s, and the relationship, a product of the memory loss associated with the disease, has turned his life around.

There’s a couple things that fascinate us about this story. For one, we’re pretty touched by the idea that it’s still possible to find love, or at least romance, at the age of 77 and while suffering from Alzheimer’s (it certainly gives us hope for our own dating future!). And while we hesitate to call O’Connor polyamorous, we’re still pretty impressed by her ability to accept, adapt to, and openly acknowledge an alternative lifestyle.

At the same time, it’s a little sad to see that, in spite of what “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” might have taught us, if we lose our memories we won’t necessarily end up back in the arms of the ones we used to love. Sure, we know it’s an unrealistic fantasy — but a part of us still wants to believe that there’s a “one” (or “ones”) that we’re destined to be with, that, even after memory loss, we’ll still find ourselves magically drawn to.