Mother-In-Law Had a Major Meltdown Today
By LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (75)
United States
November 8, 2026 9:51pm CST
MIL was in rare form today.
Her other son and his wife visited her for about an hour earlier today. Then around 4:30 pm she called my hubby, who is the older of the two sons, and had a meltdown.
"I hate living here. I don't want to live here."
"Your wife (that would be me, Looeyville) has stolen everything from me. She hates me. She's waiting for me to die so she can have all of my things."
"You haven't visited me in over 20 years"
"The food here isn't fit for a dog. It tastes like (expletive)"
"I never saw any doctors or was told I have Alzheimers, you just locked me in here."
I'm sure there was more, but that was the gist of it. Hubby stays calm and doesn't try to argue with her or use logic with her, but he tries to divert her to other subjects. It wasn't working really well today, she was really agitated.
Hubby thinks maybe I shouldn't visit her anymore. She really enjoys interacting with me when I'm there, but later she accuses me of stealing her stuff. Hubby thinks if I don't go, then she can't think I'm stealing from her. I think she's going to think what she's going to think, but I'll defer to hubby because it's his mother after all. I don't want to be the source of her agitation.
I always post some sort of pink photo with posts about the mother-in-law because pink is her favorite color.
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@AmbiePam (132825)
• United States
10h
I’d go by what your husband suggested too since it’s his mother, but like you, I don’t think it’s going to make a difference. She’s not going to remember you weren’t there when she makes her next upset phone call. Her disease just doesn’t follow logic.
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@LooeyVille (75)
• United States
10h
She told hubby, "Looeyville grabbed my jewelry box, stuck it up under her arm, and ran out the door across the yard and to her car. I saw her!" The parking lot isn't visible from her room. And naturally I wasn't even there. But hubby said, really funny, "Mom, Looeyville can't run. She's old and broke down." LOL!
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Oh, Loo. That’s hilarious!
@Traceyjayne (15222)
• United Kingdom
47m
@LooeyVille I love that …seems like your hubby takes things in his stride .
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@MarieCoyle (64904)
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10h
Can she even use a phone without help? Does someone have to dial the numbers for her? I wonder who else she calls…and does she even need a phone.
She will see you at Thanksgiving. But she will also totally forget she even made that phone call-she forgot yesterday about wanting cough drops, etc. Like I said, I wonder who else she calls. It can’t be good. But if husband suggests that you don’t go it might be less stress for you right now. I’m just sorry.
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@MarieCoyle (64904)
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9h
@LooeyVille
She may reach the point before long that she can't even use the phone at all, even as simple as it's set up for her. I know my friend who cares for her mother with Alzheimer's reached the point she couldn't even do that. The phone became a huge source of agitation for her, they talked to her doctor and he said to remove the phone, so they did.
Alzheimer's/Dementia is the meanest disease ever.
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@LooeyVille (75)
• United States
10h
She can only call 3 people who are programmed into her phone on speed dial. Son #1, Son #2, and her sister-in-law. Son #2 would freak out if he couldn't talk to his mom every night by phone.
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@wolfgirl569 (142452)
• Marion, Ohio
1h
Not visiting is worth a try. But I think she will still do it. It's part of what she has
@Deepizzaguy (126597)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11h
If your mother-in-law finds out offensive, I would stay away for now.
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