No he hasn't replied - he has a little formula for replying which I am close to figuring out. He doesn't seem to be able to reply more quickly than I do. So if for example, I reply in (say) 6 hours, he will wait longer than that. If it is two days he will wait at least three days. It is all a bit childish. I mix it up a bit to throw him off!!
Sometimes the only way to deal with a MLCer is to laugh at their antics. Can't they see how totally ridiculous they are (as well as mean and cruel and hurtful)? At the end of it all I think they are the ones most hurt by it all.
Today is a big day for him - lunch and afternoon with youngest son, and then a hand delivered letter from his eldest son (care of younger brother) . . . .who isn't a happy bunny with his father, and has decided it is time he was challenged on his behaviour.
I truly do not know whether to laugh or cry at times. Mostly I laugh these days.