my mother in law is depressed

@sanell (2112)
United States
October 12, 2006 11:28pm CST
okay here is the deal, my mother in law lives in LA LA land for one, but other than that, she is a mess, she just had her second divorce now from a guy who she claims was abusing her but we all think that she just was not getting her way with what she always wanted to do, and so therefore made up some excuse that she had to get him out and she did not want to blame herself, so she made up the excuse that he was abusing her. She is working with a therpaist as long as that therapist agrees with what she says and feels then she holds onto them. She is such a lost cause too, she spends money like a crazy person, she has two homes, two cars, one she can not control and already got into a wreck with the sports car. It is absolutely ridiculous, how do we control this woman? any thoughts or suggestions?
2 responses
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
13 Oct 06
Until she chooses to change, you can't do anything for her. She needs to come to terms that she has a problem and be willing to work on it. To help with her spending, you can bring her a financial advisor to try to talk to sense into her. Even with her over spending she needs to admit that she over spends before she will do anything about it.
@sanell (2112)
• United States
13 Oct 06
Well, the ironic thing is she HAS a financial advisor, she has no idea how much money she has, she pretends that she does, but he does not stop her or tell her that things are getting bad. It is strange because her mother is in a nursing home, and she also has a condo, her brother told her mother that in order for her to stay in the nursing home she would need to sell her condo...it is costing her more money than what she will be able to afford. So she told my mother in law and my mother in law said for her to NOT sell the condo. So she has no clue about that kind of stuff. Her mom finally called us grandkids to ask for help. So we are helping her out....she is a loon and yea, you are right she will need to fix herself.
• United States
13 Oct 06
Just pray for her and hope that she changes her ways. She sounds like she may be a little spoiled.