Man accuses wife of overreacting when his mother mistakenly throws out her 7-year-old sourdough starter inherited from her grandmother, but apologizes, later tracking down more from a friend she once shared it with: 'Last tangible part of my grandmother'

I've witnessed firsthand friends lose their minds, confidence, and inner glow to the task of creating and even maintaining a sourdough starter. Only those brave enough to have once tried the tedious task can understand the pain and frustration that comes along with it. Suddenly, every other life challenge feels like a breeze in comparison to the first time you try to watch her grow, and fail miserably…So we deeply sympathize with this woman's pain, and need to cry over her dough's loss, despite her reasons being more sentimental than we may have realized…

This woman received a 7-year-old sourdough starter from her late grandma, becoming a symbol of their relationship, and the "only tangible part" left of her grandmother…When her kind mother-in-law came over to babysit one afternoon, she did her DIL a favor by doing a few chores around the house, taking some of the workload off the busy couple's schedule! But when she returned home, she noticed something tragic…her sourdough starter had been emptied, the jar scrubbed devastatingly spotless…She knew her MIL must have incidentally thrown it out, but that didn't stop the tears from coming in hot!