Thats great! Its nice when people sort of stand up for you like that.
I had the same thing happen with my MIL. She would tell me about how much she loved me and wanted our M to become strong again, all the while telling him that she understood what he was doing and he needed to do what made him happy; she enabled him.
Did he get his own booster seat? He should have one anyway!
I guess I gave the wrong finger to the wrong man...