My son-in-law insulted my son’s partner and it has caused a family rift

My daughter says that my husband and I never liked her choice of partner and he says we should forget about her. But I want to reconnect. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader

Our daughter, son-in-law (SiL) and granddaughter, visited us last year, at the same time as our son and his partner and another couple. When we were sitting down to eat, our SiL didn’t come to the table but sat outside on the terrace, drinking beer.  My husband asked why he didn’t come to the table and he said he was not hungry. 

After dinner, our SiL said that he would never trust people in the same profession as my son’s partner.  He insisted such people were not to be trusted and added some less than complimentary words. My husband and I felt he was being insulting. We tried to stop him talking but he kept returning to the subject. Nobody laughed.

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