Today as most days my mother in law has called numerous times. Each day she has some obsession. Two days ago it was that his dad's girlfriend was hiding under his bed, last week their was a 16 year old hooker servicing all the men at the nursing home. Today she's called 4 times already accusing my husband of stealing her car keys to go joy riding. Each call has gotten more and more angry. We often wonder what pushes her button to go on these tangents. My husband now just lets them go to voicemail. If you try to reassure you she often forgets by the end of the conversation anyway.
She proceeded to call several more times, and she left voice mails about library books mostly, and every voice mail she was sassy and cranky. I did answer once, and we discussed her library books being due in July. When I tried to explain it was an old note and we were now in August, she finally got to the point, which was that she wanted to get new books. Why she felt the need to strategize a phone call about the library with due dates to back her up, I'm not sure, but that's what it felt like when I finally made the connection.
She called this morning at 7am, let it go to voice mail, but her voice mail asked, in a snarky- put-out tone for me to come rescue her.
All I can think of is that she must have gotten results in the past (you know, gotten her way) by being ugly, snarky, and difficult until she wore the person down. It's like my Mom is now a toddler!!!! Breakfast is almost over, so I anticipate a call soon. UGH
And yes, lots of phone calls end up being the same question and answer repeated about 5 times. No way my Mom is remembering anything. ha!
Did hubby enjoy his joy riding in his Mom's car? Keep a log of these items to look back upon. I wished I had written down things my late Mom-in-law said, she was a pistol.
I wonder if elders see something on TV and think it is happening right there in their assisted living or nursing home. Or they hear another person gossiping, again thinking what they heard, or thought they heard, was real.