You can be sure it was nothing favorable to you, HM. I seriously doubt if it was neutral or even-handed, but even if it were, the in-laws are more likely to side with him and distance themselves anyway, blood being thicker than water. They're stuck with your ex no matter what; not so a former spouse.
And despite however many years and however close the R might have been, in most former in-laws' eyes that's about all we amount to in the end: just the former spouse. Persona Non Grata.
Kind of makes the circle of betrayal seem all the more complete, don't it?
But it's a sign of the times, the diminishment in status we once gave Honor, Integrity, Loyalty and (most of all) Family. Can't blame the ignorant, cowards that they are, for going along with the crowd. Pitiful lemmings running off the cliff and all the while never understanding why the earth has disappeared from beneath their very feet.
HM, it's their loss. Believe me. While they have appeased the folly of their brother, it has come with a price: They have diminished their own family. It's sad they may never understand the error. They are missing out on knowing and enjoying the company of a very special person, and the mother of their niece. A lady who graces us here in these forums and for which we are all the more blessed.
