Care and Feeding: What to say to your daughter's son-in-law?

My son-in-law's decision to never visit us means that we see considerably less of our daughter and grandchildren.

He's lovely and I understand that he just hates the dynamic with my daughter in the family home.

How do I resolve this? We never speak to him and my daughter is unhelpful.

The only thing my niece seems to enjoy is ruining everyone’s fun. She could have said no and let my wife find someone else. Instead, she did her best to ruin the weekend . I encourage you to be a little more gentle in your thoughts about her. Be kind—but firm. She’ll get through this..

A 94-year-old man has cut down an ancient tree he loved and watched from her window because he was tired of leaf blowing.

He sold his grandmother's business without discussing it with her in the 70s .

He can't hear well, so using things like headphones to multitask as I call are off the table.

I’m angry that he sees our phone calls as a time to expound rather than connect.