Well the good thing is that he is sympathetic and wishes for us to reconcile. My wife doesn't talk to him about our issues. He will ask me once a week or so how things are going, so I feel that talking to him a bit won't be so uncomfortable as long as I keep it cool. I'd guess he is thinking that this new house will make his daughter happy and therefore make her a little happier about her life. I would bet he's hoping it has a positive effect on us. He's old school Italian and he thinks he can fix anything. I have spoken to him about our problems and I have seen his eyes well up in sadness. Old school Italians do net believe in divorce so I am sure he thinks this will yield a net positive. I will confront my wife about it today and just act surprised and positive: "hey, I saw the email...what's going on? It sounds exciting!" and see how she squirms...
