Visited my dad yesterday. He asked me how my mom is doing since she's still on vacation in town so I had to explain to him what happened last week, where I just finally had enough of her sneaking her husband into situations to force interaction and I told her no more. She hasn't replied and probably won't talk to me for years; her decision so idc. My dad can get along with either or both of them in very short bursts as long as nobody gets aggressive and crazy which is a high risk. He and my mom went through a nasty divorce about 20 years ago and there used to be a lot of animosity that has died down over time. Regardless, my dad understands that my sister and I both hate our mom's husband and he knows the score.

So last Monday was the blowup between my mom and me. Hearing this, my dad has a long pause and then he says, "guess what I did for dinner on Tuesday (the following night)". I immediately start laughing. Turns out my mom invited my dad by text to meet "us" for dinner. My dad thought she meant me and her. My dad gets to the restaurant and finds my mom... then her husband shows up. He makes nice for like 15 minutes before asking her, "where is [mr bigot]?" She did to him more or less what she has done to me repeatedly so he understood my point. Very funny.