That’s a tough spot to be in. I’ve been there myself and hearing all kinds of information from different sources that heard it from Tom when they were at the market who heard it from Mike when he was buying groceries that heard it from Dave who was actually at the bank. It happens so much that the information gets all out of whack and the best, like you learned in the end, is to just go to the source and ask the question lol. Hopefully your mom learns that too but I know the type, thinking that because they are family they are going to be correct. Not always the case!
That's what I told her at the end of our conversation. These days it's hard to believe in anything and sometimes fact-checkers don't help too.
Fact checkers are such a load of shit! That stuff really drives me nuts. Very little is a “fact” and far too much is a biased opinion. People who do the checking are too often incredibly biased and it ends up just being censorship.