I hope the talk with your daughter goes well. Irrational hostile behavior would be setting off warning bells and lights like crazy.
Ya...that's my concern. We are familiar with what we call "spin outs" where one gets all worked up and gets angrier and angrier, yammering on without so much as taking a breath...it can get ugly. It's hard to explain. Anyway....we're aware of it when it happens here at home, and I jokingly note after a spin out that "dude, your PTSD is showing again, you might want to tuck it back in." LOL. (Okay, I freely admit that some may not find this humorous, but at times the predictability is...to me anyway) But this is something that we're accustomed to, it is part of our dynamic, we don't share it with others...meaning, it never happens at someone else's house and it doesn't happen when guests are here at ours. What bugs me is if this guy's letting the crazy out in our house....what's he like at home? My husband even looked at his daughter several times during the exchange to see what her reaction was and she had her head down, focusing on the baby. Wouldn't make eye contact. He was able to diffuse the situation by redirecting the conversation after the guy made it clear he wasn't going to engage in a two way conversation....and like a lamb this guy totally followed, as if his outburst never even happened.
I just hope she doesn't get defensive when we ask her about it. Johni....he showed real restraint. We need to find out more about the situation before we start putting together bail funds. Given Wayne's history, I'm honestly surprised he took the time to calm the guy down. Knowing what he's capable of, I'm glad he did. That twig of a kid wouldn't have had a chance. Too many bad things could have happened. One of his favorite sayings is "...I'd get out of jail before he'd get out of the hospital."
Yikes....our "someday to be" son in law just about got tossed out of our house on his head. Dude just flipped out about football...an irrational rant that turned hostile, complete with yelling at my husband. I'm really glad we have mellowed out in our old age. Still in shock. going to have to have a talk with our daughter about that. that's the father of our grandson...and I'm tellin ya. That. was. not. normal.


