What’s going on with MIL?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know why people are piling on you, OP. I would not appreciate such behavior either!

I think you need to call to see how she is, and ask her how she thinks that day went. My friend's mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, so... these things can happen.

You think it's dementia if someone dresses up hot??? Dressed in a too tight dress -- dementia! Put on makeup -- dementia! Bought toys that DIL doesn't agree with -- dementia! Took too many photos -- dementia! Put those photos on Instagram -- definitely dementia! Just listen to yourself.

PP you replied to. Unusual impulsivity, forgetfulness and inattention are MOST DEFINITELY symptoms you see in early dementia. Other explanations are:
- she may still be feeling some fluctuations from menopause or HRT;
- she had an argument the night before or the morning of with her spouse or someone close to her, and it made her behave weirdly;
- she had alcohol on the way over;
- she had drugs or too much/new type of medication;
- she has a brain tumor. One of my BILs died of a brain tumor. Those can happen too.

I don't know why you're trying to make fun of me, but you're looking rather ignorant yourself. OP says most of these behaviors are not habitual for her MIL.

Because the prevalence of dementia for her age group is non-existent.

To copy from Google: Dementia is relatively rare at age 58, as most cases are diagnosed in individuals over 65. While dementia is uncommon in this age group, the overall prevalence of all-type dementia for individuals aged 50–59 is approximately 27 per 10,000 cases, or roughly 0.27%

The MIL had fun at the party, that's all.

Rare is not the same as "non-existent."

FWIW, I agree that OP needs to loosen up on some of these rules (minus the social media one). But the behaviors OP listed would 100% be out of character for my mom and MIL too, so I'd also wonder what was going on. You have one day as a data point right now, so I would probably just keep an eye out at this point. Have you talked to your DH about his OP?